Tallon Griekspoor outlasts Hubert Hurkacz 6-3 1-6 7-6(8) in the 2nd round in Halle on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Griekspoor will face Andrey Rublev in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. This will be his best achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the 2nd round in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tallon added to his prize money € 28,040 after conquering this match. He has already won € 60,145 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Dutch will add € 57,570 to his earnings to get in total € 117,715 in total.
Highlights Tallon Griekspoor vs. Hubert Hurkacz Terra Wortmann Open – Halle
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Griekspoor scored 99 points vs. Hurkacz’s 94.
Griekspoor
Tallon served extremely well to win 75% of the points (47/63) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. Tallon blasted 13 aces and he committed 3 double faults. Griekspoor won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 33% (1/3) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, the Pole was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Griekspoor and Hurkacz is 1-1.
Draw and next match H2H: Tallon Griekspoor vs. Andrey Rublev – stats
Griekspoor will compete against Rublev in the quarter.
This will be the 2nd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Andrey Rublev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rublev won 1-6 6-1 7-66 in the 2nd round in Doha back in February 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Griekspoor was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Hubert Hurkacz in the 1st game (1-0). Tallon improved his lead after breaking the Pole in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Pole was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 3-3 to 6-3.
Griekspoor was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the net, Hurkacz conceded 12 points on serve (9-12).
Griekspoor took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was enough for the Pole to win the set (6-1) as there were no other breaks.
Tallon was completely wiped out in the last 4 games of the set when the score went from 3-1 to 6-1.
They contested 31 points. Hubert was the one to win the set after conquering 11 points more than the Dutch (21-10). Hubert surrendered 5 points on serve (14-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Griekspoor conceded 6 points on serve (4-6).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Griekspoor grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before finally winning the set (7-6).
Tiebreak
The Dutch won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (4-2) and 18th (10-8) point. On the other side, the Pole won 5 minibreaks in the 5th (2-3), 10th (4-6), 12th (6-6), 14th (7-7) and 16th (8-8) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 3-0, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-4, 6-6, 7-7, 8-8, 9-8, 10-8
They played 57 points. Griekspoor was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Pole (32-25). Griekspoor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (15-4). on the other side of the court, the Pole conceded 15 points on serve (19-15).
Tennis Scores in Halle
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-3 1-6 7-68) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-3 6-74 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-74 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Laslo DjereDjere (6-3 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-5 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-67 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (2-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Nicolas JarryJarry (2-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander BublikBublik – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-0) – H2H details and stats