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Match Details
Fixture: (9) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Marton Fucsovics
Date: May 27, 2024
Tournament: French Open 2024
Round: First Round (Round of 128)
Venue: Stade Roland Garros, Paris
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Prize money: €24,961,000
Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN+
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Marton Fucsovics preview
Ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas will face Marton Fucsovics in the first round of the French Open.
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The Greek has won 24 out of 33 matches so far this season, winning the Monte-Carlo Masters. His last tournament was the Italian Open, where he was seeded sixth.
He started the tournament with a victory over Jan-Lennard Struff and followed it up by defeating 27th seed Cameron Norrie 6-2, 7-6(1). Tsitsipas then beat Alex de Mimaur 6-1, 6-2 to book his place in the quarterfinals. Here, he faced Nicolas Jarry and won the opening set before the Chilean bounced back to beat him 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Marton Fucsovics has won 11 out of 19 matches so far this season, most notably reaching the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open. Here, he beat Pedro Cachin and Gael Monfils before losing to Casper Ruud.
The Hungarian then reached the quarterfinals of a Challenger event in his home country before withdrawing. His next tournament was the Italian Open, where he locked horns with Alexandre Muller in the first round.
Fucsovics won the opening set 6-4, but the Frenchman won the second set 7-6(5) before winning the final set 6-2 to book his place in the second round.
StefanosTsitsipas vs Marton Fucsovics head-to-head
Tsitsipas leads 1-0 in the head-to-head between the two, having previously beaten him 6-3. 6-4 in the first round of the 2019 Barcelona Open.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Marton Fucsovics odds
All odds sourced from BETMGM.
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Marton Fucsovics prediction
Stefanos Tsitsipas will enter the match as the heavy favorite to win based on his current run of form and quality.
The Greek loves to play on clay and has often saved his best for the surface. From his baseline game to his backhand, Tsitsipas will be very difficult for Fucsovics to counter.
The Hungarian has served 12 aces so far on clay in 2024 and will look to serve more of those against the Greek. He employs a very physical game and his intensity will have to be at its best in order to cope with Tsitsipas.
While Fucsovics on his day can be formidable, the Greek's current run of form makes it hard for him to lose the match.
Pick: Tsitsipas in straight sets.
