Casper Ruud and Tallon Griekspoor will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on CANCHA 4. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Casper Ruud who should win in 2 sets.
Casper Ruud -> 1.37
Tallon Griekspoor -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Casper Ruud vs. Tallon Griekspoor
This will be the 3rd time that Casper Ruud and Tallon Griekspoor fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Griekspoor won 3-6 6-1 6-2 in the 3rd round in the Koblenz Challenger back in 2019.
Casper Ruud
Ranked no. 25, the Norwegian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Casper had a good straight sets win against Elahi Galan Riveros (6-4 6-1). During the match Ruud scored 59 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 36. Ruud was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ruud fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Casper Ruud was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (23/25) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Norwegian broke Elahi Galan Riveros 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Ruud has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (218-138). 4-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ruud has a 45-38 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Norwegian has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Casper has never competed in this tournament before.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 154, Griekspoor got to the 2nd round after beating Hernan Casanova 7-5 4-6 6-2, Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-4 6-75 6-3 and Denis Kudla 7-64 4-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Griekspoor defeated Kudla (7-64 4-6 6-3). During the match Griekspoor scored 70 points vs Kudla’s 62. Griekspoor was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Griekspoor struck 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor was very 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).
Griekspoor has a 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ruud | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 116 |
| Pts | 59-36 | 350-317 |
| Total Points | 95 | 667 |
| Winners | 23 | 147 |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% |
Ruud played 1 match while Griekspoor competed in 4 matches. Griekspoor started his run from the qualifications while Ruud had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tallon Griekspoor surrendered 3 sets while Casper Ruud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ruud has played 9 set(s) less than Griekspoor (2 vs 11). Therefore, Ruud played 99 games less than Griekspoor. Ruud scored 23 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Griekspoor recorded 147 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ruud | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 195/346 |
| %1st in | 52% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 147/195 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 82/151 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 54% |
Ruud made 2 aces . Griekspoor managed to score 34 aces (8.5 per match). Ruud won 92% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ruud | Griekspoor |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 12/30 |
| % Converted | 75% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 28 |
| Saved | 0 | 22 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Norwegian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Casper very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Dutch broke his opponents 12 times with a 40% conversion rate. Griekspoor conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ruud | |||
| R1 Elahi Galan Riveros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 59-36 | 59-36 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/48 | 25/48 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Griekspoor | ||||||
| Q1 Casanova | Q2 Kokkinakis | Q3 Kudla | R1 Kudla | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | 6-3 7-66 | 7-64 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 | 22 | 32 | 116 | |
| pts | 109-101 | 101-92 | 70-62 | 70-62 | 350-317 | |
| Total points | 210 | 193 | 132 | 132 | 667 | |
| Winners | 38 | 45 | 32 | 32 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% | 46% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 62/103 | 55/109 | 39/67 | 39/67 | 195/346 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 50% | 58% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/62 | 45/55 | 32/39 | 32/39 | 147/195 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 82% | 82% | 82% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 24/54 | 18/28 | 18/28 | 82/151 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 64% | 64% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/5 | 1/6 | 1/6 | 12/30 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 80% | 17% | 17% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 28 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 9/11 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 82% | 100% | 100% | 355% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Denis KudlaKudla (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-75 7-65) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gerardo Lopez VillasenorLopez Villasenor (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Marin CilicCilic (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- John IsnerIsner – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Steve JohnsonJohnson (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benoit PairePaire (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6(6) 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6(4) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Laslo DjereDjere – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – John IsnerIsner (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction