Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev will clash against each other in the final of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 9:00 pm on ESTADIO. 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.58
Alexander Zverev -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alexander Zverev
This will be the 7th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev clash against each other. The head to head is 5-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Tsitsipas won 6-1 6-4 in the R in Atp cup back in 2020.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Alexander Zverev – Atp cup 05-January-2020
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 5 (career high), Stefanos reached the final after beating Benoit Paire 6-3 6-1, John Isner 6-3 6-2, Felix Auger Aliassime 7-5 4-6 6-3 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-1 6-3.
In the semifinal, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-1 6-3). During the match Tsitsipas scored 61 points vs Musetti’s 44. Tsitsipas was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Stefanos broke Musetti 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 68% of his matches (291-139). 10-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tsitsipas has a 115-61 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Tsitsipas’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open , Rotterdam and Acapulco.
Stefanos has a 14-3 win-loss record in 2021, 10-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Stefanos has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Zverev
Ranked no. 7, Alexander got to the final after defeating Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-3 6-1, Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3, Casper Ruud w/o and Dominik Koepfer 6-4 7-65.
In the semifinal, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Koepfer (6-4 7-65
). During the match Zverev scored 84 points vs Koepfer’s 76. Alexander was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.Talking about serving, Zverev blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alexander Zverev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (30/42) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Koepfer 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Acapulco.
The German has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 58 |
| Pts | 270-194 | 222-180 |
| Total Points | 464 | 402 |
| Winners | 118 | 81 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Tsitsipas played 4 matches while Zverev competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Stefanos Tsitsipas surrendered 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t lost a set so far. Tsitsipas has played 3 sets more than Zverev (9 vs 6). Therefore, Tsitsipas played 22 games more than Zverev. Stefanos scored 118 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander struck 81 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 142/224 | 113/175 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 118/142 | 81/113 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 46/82 | 29/62 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Tsitsipas recorded 18 aces (4.5 per match). Zverev fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Tsitsipas won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Zverev won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Zverev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 14 |
| Converted | 14/23 | 14/36 |
| % Converted | 61% | 39% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Stefanos surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 14 times with a 39% conversion rate. Zverev conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | ||||||
| R1 Paire | R2 Isner | 1/4 Auger-Aliassime | 1/2 Musetti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 4-6 6-3 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 31 | 16 | 80 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 59-31 | 84-74 | 61-44 | 270-194 | |
| Total points | 111 | 90 | 158 | 105 | 464 | |
| Winners | 27 | 24 | 45 | 22 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 54% | 36% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/50 | 25/41 | 59/84 | 26/49 | 142/224 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 61% | 70% | 53% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 24/25 | 45/59 | 22/26 | 118/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 96% | 76% | 85% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 12/16 | 14/25 | 12/23 | 46/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 75% | 56% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/5 | 3/3 | 4/8 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 60% | 100% | 50% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 33% | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zverev | ||||||
| R1 Alcaraz | R2 Djere | 1/4 Ruud | 1/2 Koepfer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-3 | w/o | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | – | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | – | 23 | 58 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 72-60 | – | 84-76 | 222-180 | |
| Total points | 110 | 132 | – | 160 | 402 | |
| Winners | 25 | 26 | – | 30 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% | – | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | – | 3 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 29/48 | 42/57 | – | 42/70 | 113/175 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 74% | – | 60% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 26/42 | – | 30/42 | 81/113 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 62% | – | 71% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 6/15 | – | 15/28 | 29/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 40% | – | 54% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | – | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 6/12 | – | 3/10 | 14/36 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 50% | – | 30% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | – | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 57% | – | 50% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | |
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