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Alexander Zverev #5 def. Stefanos Tsitsipas #3

6-4 3-6 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 21, 2021*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(4)
Loser	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Aces	15	10
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	75	63
First serve points won %	71	73
Second serve points won %	33	38
Break points saved %	50	20
Break points converted %	80	50
Service points won %	62	60
Return points won %	40	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Country	GER	GRE
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Aug 12, 1998
Age	24	23
Height	198	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,263	8,350
Elo (entering)	2,127	2,162
Career W-L	528–215	353–188
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$37,859,522

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 2 – 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2021	QF	Casper Ruud	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Guido Pella	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2021	R32	Lloyd Harris	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 22, 2021	F	Andrey Rublev	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefanos Tsitsipas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 21, 2021	QF	Felix Auger-Aliassime	6-2 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2021	R16	Lorenzo Sonego	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2021	R32	Sebastian Korda	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data