Jan-Lennard Struff and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will face off in the 3rd round of the French Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on Court Simonne MATHIEU. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz Garfia who should win in 5 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia -> 1.56
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Jan-Lennard Struff vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
There is no head to head record between Jan-Lennard Struff and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jan-Lennard Struff
Ranked no. 42, Struff got to the 3rd round after defeating Andrey Rublev 6-3 7-66 4-6 3-6 6-4 and Facundo Bagnis 7-5 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Jan-Lennard had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (7-5 7-61 6-4). During the match, Struff scored 117 points vs Bagnis’s 97. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Struff bagged 15 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jan-Lennard Struff was quite effective on serve to win 82% (42/51) of his 1st serve and 63% (32/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German broke Bagnis 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Struff started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Struff has a good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (357-269). 10-6 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Struff has an aggregate 163-103 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Jan-Lennard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Munich.
Jan-Lennard has a compiled 15-13 win-loss record in 2021, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2019. See his history.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Ranked no. 97, Carlos got to the 3rd round after beating Lukas Lacko 6-3 6-3, Andrea Pellegrino 6-1 6-2, Alejandro Tabilo 6-1 6-1, Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 2-6 6-1 7-64 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alcaraz had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 6-2 6-4). During the match Alcaraz scored 92 points vs Basilashvili’s 73. Alcaraz was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Alcaraz blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz put 68% of his first serves in, winning 78% (43/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Alcaraz broke Basilashvili 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alcaraz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Alcaraz’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
Carlos has a composed 23-10 win-loss record in 2021, 17-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously at the French Open
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Struff | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 13 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 112 |
| Pts | 287-267 | 416-310 |
| Total Points | 554 | 726 |
| Winners | 114 | 169 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Struff played 2 matches while Alcaraz competed in 5 matches. Alcaraz started his run from the qualifications while Struff had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Jan-Lennard Struff dropped 2 sets, while Carlos Alcaraz Garfia conceded 1 set. Struff has played 5 set(s) less than Alcaraz (8 vs 13). Therefore, Struff played 26 games less than Alcaraz. The German scored 114 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard recorded 169 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Struff | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 40 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 20 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 142/283 | 243/372 |
| %1st in | 50% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 114/142 | 169/243 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 76/141 | 73/129 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Struff bagged 40 aces (20 per match). Alcaraz bagged 19 aces (3.8 per match). Struff won 80% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Alcaraz won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Struff | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 28 |
| Converted | 6/26 | 28/50 |
| % Converted | 23% | 56% |
| Conceded | 18 | 26 |
| Saved | 13 | 16 |
| % Saved | 72% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 10 |
Struff broke his opponents 6 times with a 23% conversion rate. Struff conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 28 times with a 56% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Struff | ||||
| R1 Rublev | R2 Bagnis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 4-6 3-6 6-4 | 7-5 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 51 | 35 | 86 | |
| pts | 170-170 | 117-97 | 287-267 | |
| Total points | 340 | 214 | 554 | |
| Winners | 72 | 42 | 114 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 25 | 15 | 40 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 91/181 | 51/102 | 142/283 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 72/91 | 42/51 | 114/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 44/90 | 32/51 | 76/141 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 63% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/15 | 3/11 | 6/26 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 27% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 4/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 80% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Alcaraz | |||||||
| Q1 Lacko | Q2 Pellegrino | Q3 Tabilo | R1 Zapata Miralles | R2 Basilashvili | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 2-6 6-1 7-64 | 6-4 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 14 | 37 | 28 | 112 | |
| pts | 70-48 | 61-36 | 58-33 | 135-120 | 92-73 | 416-310 | |
| Total points | 118 | 97 | 91 | 255 | 165 | 726 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 24 | 50 | 43 | 169 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% | 41% | 37% | 47% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/54 | 38/52 | 34/48 | 84/137 | 55/81 | 243/372 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 73% | 71% | 61% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/32 | 27/38 | 24/34 | 50/84 | 43/55 | 169/243 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 71% | 71% | 60% | 78% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 10/14 | 6/14 | 30/53 | 13/26 | 73/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 71% | 43% | 57% | 50% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 28 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/5 | 6/8 | 8/15 | 6/12 | 28/50 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 80% | 75% | 53% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2/2 | 2/3 | 6/12 | 4/6 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 67% | 50% | 67% | 176% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
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