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H2H prediction Ivo Karlovic vs. Marcos Giron | Houston Challenger odds, preview, pick

Houston Challenger. Karlovic and Giron will play each other in the final of the Houston Challenger. See the H2H stats, betting odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

17 November 2019

Prediction and head to head Ivo Karlovic vs. Marcos Giron

Ivo Karlovic and Marcos Giron will play each other in the final of the Houston Challenger for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on MATCH COURT 1.

Ivo Karlovic: results and record

Ranked no. 106, the Croatian reached the final after defeating Liam Caruana 7-5 6-4, Sekou Bangoura 7-6⁵ 2-6 6-4, Alexis Galarneau 7-6³ 7-6⁷ and Christopher O Connell 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-4.

The Croatian best result of the season was reaching the final in Pune.

Karlovic has a 22-20 win-loss record in 2019, 15-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Houston Challenger

Ivo lost in the quarter 6-1 6-4 to Dominik Koepfer.

Marcos Giron: results and record

Ranked no. 123 (career high), Giron got to the final after beating Brandon Holt 7-6⁴ 6-7⁷ 6-2, Jenson Brooksby 6-2 4-6 6-3, Jason Jung 6-1 2-6 6-2 and Mitchell Krueger 7-6⁴ 6-2.

Marcos’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the New Haven Challenger and the Orlando Challenger.

The American has a 48-26 win-loss record in 2019, 28-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Houston Challenger

Giron had to bow in the 1^st round 6-4 6-2 to Ivo Karlovic.

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Prediction and head to head Ivo Karlovic vs. Marcos Giron

This will be the 3^rd time that Ivo Karlovic and Marcos Giron fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Karlovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Karlovic won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Houston Challenger back in 2018.