Benoit Paire vs Nicolas Jarry Tennis Prediction

These two players have never met before. Nicolas Jarry’s recent good form on clay (2018 clay w/l- NJ- 12/4, BP- 0/2) makes him the slight favorite but Benoit Paire has got the experience of playing at this venue, and he is the one that can decide the outcome of this match.

Benoit Paire News

Benoit Paire is currently on a three-match losing run, including two first-round exits from the two clay court tournaments that he entered so far this season, in Marrakech (Gilles Simon) and Monte Carlo (Feliciano Lopez).
The Frenchman has suffered eight defeats in 2018 (excluding Australian Open), and five of those matches have gone to the distance.
This will be Benoit Paire’s eighth consecutive appearance at Barcelona, and reaching the semifinal once in 2016 is his best result in this tournament. Only once in the previous seven visits, he failed to register a win here at Barcelona, in 2014 (retired against Andrey Golubev).

Nicolas Jarry News

While Benoit Paire is yet to win a match on clay since ATP Hamburg 2017, Nicolas Jarry has played 16 matches on clay in 2018 and won 12 of them, including his two wins in the Davis Cup.
The Chilean entered three clay tournaments in February 2018 and enjoyed massive success by progressing to the (maiden) quarterfinal at Quito, (maiden) semifinal at Rio de Janeiro and (maiden) final at Sao Paulo.
Jarry is yet to play a match since losing the crucial fourth rubber against Diego Schwartzman during the Davis Cup weekend earlier this month. This is also his first appearance in this event.

Tennis Prediction: Nicolas Jarry
Odds: 1.80