H2H: Christian Garin vs. Grigor Dimitrov - Prediction (ATP Paris

Preview and players comparison.

Though Christian Garin has outperformed the Bulgarian in these ten months, Grigor Dimitrov’s ability and experience on indoor hardcourt makes him the favorite in the pair’s first-ever meeting.

Grigor Dimitrov seems to have found his form right at the end of the season as he defeated the in-form Dominic Thiem in straight sets to reach the quarterfinal of Paris Masters. The Bulgarian dropped only four points on his first-serve and broke the Austrian’s serve thrice in the match, 6-3 6-2. With this impressive win over Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov avoided his seventh consecutive round of 16 exit from Paris Masters and registered his best result in this French indoor hardcourt tournament. Former world #3 Grigor Dimitrov has played only two quarterfinal matches in ATP Tour events so far in this disappointing 2019 season and lost both of those matches against Kei Nishikori in Brisbane (season-opener) and Alexander Bublik in Chengdu.

Christian Garin fought back from a set deficit and later saved three consecutive match points in the deciding set tiebreaker to knock out Jeremy Chardy (6-7 6-4 7-6 in R16), who stopped the red-hot Daniil Medvedev in the previous round. Earlier in this season in Houston as well, Christian Garin saved a handful of match points against Jeremy Chardy in the round of 16 and went on to win the maiden ATP Tour title of his career, 3-6 7-6 7-6. The Chilean youngster wouldn’t have asked for a better finish to this hugely successful season. He started the season with only one tour-level main draw win to his name but has managed to win two ATP Tour Titles, bagged first main draw wins on hardcourt (IH and OH) and grass, and now made his first-ever quarterfinal appearance in a Masters 1000 event.