Denis Kudla and Tallon Griekspoor will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on CANCHA 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.59
Denis Kudla -> 2.42

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Tallon Griekspoor

This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Tallon Griekspoor face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Griekspoor won 6-3 7-6(6) in the qualifications in Acapulco back in March 2021.

Denis Kudla

Ranked no. 123, Kudla reached the 1st round after beating John-Patrick Smith 6-4 6-4 and Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3 6-2.

Kudla has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (326-244). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a 154-120 match record in the last years on hard.

The American has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Acapulco

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016. See his history.

Acapulco
Kudla's Record

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 154, Griekspoor reached the 1st round after defeating Hernan Casanova 7-5 4-6 6-2, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-75 6-3 and Denis Kudla 6-3 7-66.

In the qualifications, Griekspoor had a good straight sets win against Kudla (6-3 7-66). During the match Griekspoor scored 70 points vs Kudla’s 62. The Dutch was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Griekspoor managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor was pretty effective on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Griekspoor broke Kudla once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Griekspoor started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Tallon has a 9-6 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Acapulco
Griekspoor's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudla Griekspoor
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 59 84
Pts 132-111 280-255
Total Points 243 535
Winners 53 115
%Winners 40% 41%

Both Kudla and Griekspoor played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla surrendered 2 sets, while Tallon Griekspoor dropped 2 sets. Kudla has played 2 set(s) less than Griekspoor (6 vs 8). Therefore, Kudla played 25 games less than Griekspoor. Kudla scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch struck 115 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudla Griekspoor
Aces 12 23
Avg per match 4 7.7
1st in 73/125 156/279
%1st in 58% 56%
1st pts 53/73 115/156
%1st pts 73% 74%
2nd pts 32/52 64/123
%2nd pts 62% 52%

Kudla bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Griekspoor scored 23 aces (7.7 per match). Kudla won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Kudla Griekspoor
Won 6 11
Converted 6/14 11/24
% Converted 43% 46%
Conceded 5 27
Saved 4 21
% Saved 80% 78%
Times Broken 1 6

The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Tallon broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Tallon conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.

Kudla
Q1
Smith		 Q2
Gonzalez		 Q3
Griekspoor		 Total
Score 6-4 6-4 6-3 6-2 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 20 17 22 59
pts 66-58 66-53 – 132-111
Total points 124 119 0 243
Winners 27 26 53
%Winners 41% 39% NAN% 40%
SERVE
Aces 3 9 0 12
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 34/60 39/65 / 73/125
% 1st in 57% 60% – 58%
1st pts 27/34 26/39 / 53/73
% 1st pts 79% 67% – 73%
2nd pts 14/26 18/26 / 32/52
% 2nd pts 54% 69% – 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/7 3/7 / 6/14
Converted % 43% 43% – 43%
Conceded 2 3 5
Saved 1/2 3/3 0/ 4
Saved % 50% 100% – 50%
Times Broken 1 0 1
Griekspoor
Q1
Casanova		 Q2
Kokkinakis		 Q3
Kudla		 Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-2 6-4 6-75 6-3 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 30 32 22 84
pts 109-101 101-92 70-62 280-255
Total points 210 193 132 535
Winners 38 45 32 115
%Winners 35% 45% 46% 41%
SERVE
Aces 5 7 11 23
Double Faults 7 3 4 14
1st in 62/103 55/109 39/67 156/279
% 1st in 60% 50% 58% 56%
1st pts 38/62 45/55 32/39 115/156
% 1st pts 61% 82% 82% 74%
2nd pts 22/41 24/54 18/28 64/123
% 2nd pts 54% 44% 64% 52%
Breaks
Won 6 4 1 11
Converted 6/13 4/5 1/6 11/24
Converted % 46% 80% 17% 46%
Conceded 15 11 1 27
Saved 11/15 9/11 1/1 21
Saved % 73% 82% 100% 85%
Times Broken 4 2 0 6

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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