Marcos Giron and Roberto Marcora will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on COURT 15. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.53
Roberto Marcora -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Roberto Marcora

There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Roberto Marcora since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Marcos Giron

Ranked no. 104, Giron reached the 3rd round after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-2 7-64.

In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Peniston (6-2 7-64). During the match Giron scored 74 points vs Peniston’s 59. Giron was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Giron blasted 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marcos Giron lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Giron put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Peniston 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Giron has a unfavourable record in the last 9 years having won 36% of his matches (1209-678). 7-5 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Giron has a 248-157 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

Giron’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bendigo Challenger.

Giron has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

The American lost in the 1st round 7-5 6-3 to Christopher Eubanks.

Roberto Marcora

Ranked no. 163, Marcora reached the 3rd round after defeating Gage Brymer 6-4 6-3 and Romain Arneodo 4-6 6-1 7-68.

In the 2nd round against Arneodo, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-68). During the match Marcora scored 105 points vs Arneodo’s 87. Roberto was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Marcora blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Roberto Marcora was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (46/62) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Arneodo 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Roberto has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Marcora has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 63% of his matches (373-220). 10-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Marcora has a 368-231 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Marcora’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.

The Italian has a 16-6 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger

Marcora didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Giron Marcora
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 21 49
Pts 74-59 170-136
Total Points 133 306
Winners 31 73
%Winners 42% 43%

Giron played 1 match while Marcora competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Roberto Marcora conceded 1 set while Marcos Giron hasn’t lost a set so far. Giron has played 3 sets less than Marcora (2 vs 5). Therefore, Giron played 28 games less than Marcora. Marcos scored 31 winners (42% on total points). On the other side, Marcora blasted 73 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Giron Marcora
Aces 4 16
Avg per match 4 8
1st in 47/74 97/153
%1st in 64% 63%
1st pts 31/47 73/97
%1st pts 66% 75%
2nd pts 15/27 33/56
%2nd pts 56% 59%

Giron blasted 4 aces . Marcora blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Giron won 66% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Marcora won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Giron Marcora
Won 4 6
Converted 4/5 6/11
% Converted 80% 55%
Conceded 7 10
Saved 5 7
% Saved 71% 70%
Times Broken 2 3

Giron broke his opponent 4 times with 80% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Roberto broke his opponents 6 times with 55% conversion rate. Marcora conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Giron
R2
Peniston		 Total
Score 6-2 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 74-59 74-59
Total points 133 133
Winners 31 31
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 47/74 47/74
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 31/47 31/47
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 15/27 15/27
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/5 4/5
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 7 7
Saved 5/7 5
Saved % 71% 71%
Times Broken 2 100
Marcora
R1
Brymer		 R2
Arneodo		 Total
Score 6-4 6-3 4-6 6-1 7-68
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 19 30 49
pts 65-49 105-87 170-136
Total points 114 192 306
Winners 27 46 73
%Winners 42% 44% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 10 16
Double Faults 1 1 2
1st in 35/59 62/94 97/153
% 1st in 59% 66% 63%
1st pts 27/35 46/62 73/97
% 1st pts 77% 74% 75%
2nd pts 13/24 20/32 33/56
% 2nd pts 54% 63% 59%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/6 3/5 6/11
Converted % 50% 60% 55%
Conceded 3 7 10
Saved 2/3 5/7 7
Saved % 67% 71% 138%
Times Broken 1 2 50

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