Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff Prediction & Picks - Olympic Tournament

ATP - Olympic Tournament

ATP 7 Australia
Alex De Minaur
7/28/24 07:20
ATP 80 Germany
Jan-Lennard Struff

Prediction:

 

Alex De Minaur to Win

 

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 by Bradley Gibbs in Olympic Tournament Picks

On Sunday, one of the more interesting first-round clashes at the Olympics sees Aussie Alex De Minaur take on German Jan-Lennard Struff. As a typically strong clay-court player, the German is the favorite ahead of this clash, but I take issue with that. De Minaur is a more versatile player in terms of surface, sure, but he's far from a poor clay-court player and is now ranked as thhe sixth-best male player on the planet on the ATP. He deserves more respect.

Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff Form

Alex De Minaur and Jan-Lennard Struff Latest Matches

Alex De Minaur Latest matches
W W W L W W
Victories

5/6 (83%)

Defeats

1/6 (17%)

Jul 8, 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships

Arthur Fils
1 :  3
Alex De Minaur

Jul 4, 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships

Jaume Munar
0 :  3
Alex De Minaur

Jun 18, 2024 - ATP Queen's Club Championships

Lorenzo Musetti
2 :  1
Alex De Minaur

Jun 16, 2024 - ATP Libema Open

Alex De Minaur
2 :  0
Sebastian Korda

Jun 14, 2024 - ATP Libema Open

Alex De Minaur
2 :  0
Milos Raonic

Jun 13, 2024 - ATP Libema Open

Alex De Minaur
2 :  0
Zizou Bergs
Jan-Lennard Struff Latest matches
W L W W W L
Victories

4/6 (67%)

Defeats

2/6 (33%)

Jul 20, 2024 - ATP Swiss Open Gstaad

Jan-Lennard Struff
0 :  2
Quentin Halys

Jul 19, 2024 - ATP Swiss Open Gstaad

Jan-Lennard Struff
2 :  1
Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Jul 17, 2024 - ATP Swiss Open Gstaad

Jan-Lennard Struff
2 :  0
Leandro Riedi

Jul 15, 2024 - ATP Swiss Open Gstaad

Jan-Lennard Struff
2 :  0
Albert Ramos Vinolas

Jul 5, 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships

Jan-Lennard Struff
1 :  3
Daniil Medvedev

Jul 3, 2024 - ATP Wimbledon Championships

Zhizhen Zhang
1 :  3
Jan-Lennard Struff

Alex De Minaur against Jan-Lennard Struff : Head to Head (H2H)

Alex De Minaur

67 %

Jan-Lennard Struff

33 %

Jun 1, 2024 - ATP French Open

Alex De Minaur
3 :  1
Jan-Lennard Struff

Mar 25, 2024 - ATP Miami

Alex De Minaur
2 :  0
Jan-Lennard Struff

Apr 12, 2023 - ATP Monte Carlo Masters

Alex De Minaur
0 :  2
Jan-Lennard Struff

Alex De Minaur - Jan-Lennard Struff Key Points

  1. Alex De Minaur has won each of his last two clay-court matches against Jan-Lennard Struff.
  2. When the pair met at Roland Garros, just a few months ago, De Minaur won by three sets to one.
  3. De Minaur will be able to draw on the positive experience of recently reaching the French Open quarter-final at this venue.
  4. Alex De Minaur has won each of his last five clay-court matches against lower-ranked players.

Our Alex De Minaur vs Jan-Lennard Struff Prediction

I'll get straight to it here and say that the early odds on De Minaur are an overreaction to the fact that this will be his first match back on clay after a foray on grass. However, I don't think that is as important as the early odds would have us believe. Struff hasn't looked at his best, since stepping back on to the clay, stuttering beyond Etcheverry in Switzerland, before going out with a whimper against Halys, neither of whom are anywhere near De Minaur's level. This does not bdoe well, as he'll likely need his best to beat the world number six, that's for sure. Factor in that De Minaur thrived at Roland Garros just a few months ago, beating Struff in four set and it really is easy to conclude that early odds of +110 are on the generous side. Our Prediction: Alex De Minaur to Win. 

Prediction:

 

Alex De Minaur to Win

 

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