Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on MANOLO SANTANA STADIUM. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.108
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia -> 7.2
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, Nadal will start his run in Madrid after he won the title in Barcelona after beating 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5 Tsitsipas in the final.
Rafael has a 11-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Barcelona where he beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final 6-4 6-7(6) 7-5.
Rafael won his last 5 matches.
Talking about his overall career, Rafael has an overall 1054-216 record. He has a positive 469-42 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Previously, he won this tournament 5 times in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017. See his history.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Ranked no. 120, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Mannarino 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Mannarino (6-4 6-0). During the match Alcaraz scored 62 points vs Mannarino’s 38. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Alcaraz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alcaraz broke Mannarino 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Marbella.
The Spaniard has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Madrid
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BublikBublik – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (6-4 5-7 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Lloyd HarrisHarris (6-2 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Tommy PaulPaul (6-75 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Rafael NadalNadal – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – John IsnerIsner (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (4-6) – H2H and prediction
- Kei NishikoriNishikori – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Daniel EvansEvans (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Casper RuudRuud – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction