Martin Klizan and Alessandro Giannessi will fight against each other in the quarter of the Marbella Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Klizan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Martin Klizan is the pick to win this match.
Martin Klizan -> 1.86
Alessandro Giannessi -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Martin Klizan vs. Alessandro Giannessi
This will be the 2nd time that Martin Klizan and Alessandro Giannessi clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klizan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Klizan won 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Como Challenger back in 2018.
Martin Klizan
Ranked no. 161, Martin reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Cressy 6-1 7-63 and Henri Laaksonen 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Klizan had a good straight sets win against Laaksonen (6-3 6-3). During the match Klizan scored 60 points vs Laaksonen’s 39. Klizan was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Klizan scored 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Martin Klizan was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 82% (14/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Klizan broke Laaksonen 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovakian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Klizan has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (262-197). 2-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klizan has a 154-83 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Martin has a 5-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See his history.
Alessandro Giannessi
Ranked no. 169, the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Joao Domingues 6-3 6-4 and Pedro Sousa 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Giannessi had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-4 6-3). During the match Giannessi scored 64 points vs Sousa’s 54. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Giannessi scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alessandro Giannessi lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Giannessi put 63% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Alessandro broke Sousa 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Alessandro’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Antalya 2 Challenger.
Giannessi has a 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Klizan | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 38 | 38 |
Pts | 143-101 | 132-104 |
Total Points | 244 | 236 |
Winners | 48 | 68 |
%Winners | 34% | 52% |
Both Klizan and Giannessi played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Klizan and Giannessi have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (38). Martin scored 48 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Giannessi managed to score 68 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Klizan | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Aces | 6 | 3 |
Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
1st in | 65/111 | 85/122 |
%1st in | 59% | 70% |
1st pts | 48/65 | 68/85 |
%1st pts | 74% | 80% |
2nd pts | 31/46 | 15/37 |
%2nd pts | 67% | 41% |
Klizan scored 6 aces (3 per match). Giannessi fired 3 aces (1.5 per match). Klizan won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Giannessi won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Klizan | Giannessi |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 6 |
Converted | 8/17 | 6/11 |
% Converted | 47% | 55% |
Conceded | 7 | 10 |
Saved | 5 | 8 |
% Saved | 71% | 80% |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Klizan broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Martin dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Alessandro broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Alessandro conceded his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
Klizan | ||||
R1 Cressy |
R2 Laaksonen |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-63 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
pts | 83-62 | 60-39 | 143-101 | |
Total points | 145 | 99 | 244 | |
Winners | 28 | 20 | 48 | |
%Winners | 34% | 33% | 34% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 37/66 | 28/45 | 65/111 | |
% 1st in | 56% | 62% | 59% | |
1st pts | 28/37 | 20/28 | 48/65 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 71% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 17/29 | 14/17 | 31/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 59% | 82% | 67% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 | 8/17 | |
Converted % | 40% | 57% | 47% | |
Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 1/2 | 5 | |
Saved % | 80% | 50% | 65% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Giannessi | ||||
R1 Domingues |
R2 Sousa |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 38 | |
pts | 68-50 | 64-54 | 132-104 | |
Total points | 118 | 118 | 236 | |
Winners | 35 | 33 | 68 | |
%Winners | 51% | 52% | 52% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 45/59 | 40/63 | 85/122 | |
% 1st in | 76% | 63% | 70% | |
1st pts | 35/45 | 33/40 | 68/85 | |
% 1st pts | 78% | 83% | 80% | |
2nd pts | 6/14 | 9/23 | 15/37 | |
% 2nd pts | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 6/11 | |
Converted % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Saved | 4/5 | 4/5 | 8 | |
Saved % | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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