Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Roberto Marcora will play each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 4 sets.

As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.35
Roberto Marcora -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Roberto Marcora

This will be the 2nd time that Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Roberto Marcora play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Zapata Miralles (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Zapata Miralles won 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the Todi Challenger back in 2020.

Bernabe Zapata Miralles

Ranked no. 117, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Stefan Kozlov 7-5 1-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Spaniard defeated Kozlov (7-5 1-6 6-3). During the match, Zapata Miralles scored 94 points vs Kozlov’s 85. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zapata Miralles recorded 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve 7 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (38/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (11/31) on the 2nd serve. Zapata Miralles broke Kozlov 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Zapata Miralles has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (271-188). 4-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zapata Miralles has an aggregate39-38 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Heilbronn Challenger where he beat Daniel Elahi Galan in the final 6-3 6-4 and in the Poznan Challenger where he beat Jiri Lehecka in the final 6-3 6-2.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 34-19 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.

U.S. Open
Zapata Miralles's Record

Roberto Marcora

Ranked no. 215, Marcora reached the qualifications after defeating Roberto Cid Subervi 7-62 6-3.

In the qualifications, Marcora had a good straight sets win against Cid (7-62 6-3). During the match Marcora scored 70 points vs Cid’s 52. Roberto was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Marcora scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Marcora was very effective on serve to win 78% (31/40) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Marcora was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cid 3 times.

Roberto has an aggregate 12-25 win-loss record in 2021, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Marcora's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Zapata Miralles
R.Marcora
2h:23
2h:23
Time on court​
1h:45
1h:45
!
2h:23
2h:23
Last match​
1h:45
1h:45
1
1
Match played
1
1
28
28
Games Played​
22
22
3
3
Set played​​
2
2
94
94
Total points​
70
70
94
94
Avg point​
70
70
38
38
Winners
31
31
38
38
Avg Winners​
31
31
40%
40%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
1
1
4
4
Avg Aces
1
1
6
6
Double Faults
2
2
!
6
6
Avg Double Faults
2
2
38/60
38/60
1st won total​
31/40
31/40
63%
63%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
11/31
11/31
2nd won total​
14/25
14/25
!
35%
35%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/10
7/10
BP won
3/3
3/3
7/10
7/10
Avg BP won
3/3
3/3
!
70%
70%
Won
!
100%
100%
11
11
Conceded
4
4
11
11
Avg Conceded
4
4
7
7
Broken
2
2
!
7
7
Avg Broken
2
2
4
4
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Zapata Miralles Marcora
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 28 22
Pts 94-85 70-52
Total Points 179 122
Winners 38 31
%Winners 40% 44%

Both Zapata Miralles and Marcora played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost 1 set while Roberto Marcora hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zapata Miralles has played 1 set more than Marcora (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zapata Miralles played 6 games more than Marcora. Bernabe scored 38 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 31 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Zapata Miralles Marcora
Aces 4 1
Avg per match 4 1
1st in 60/91 40/65
%1st in 66% 62%
1st pts 38/60 31/40
%1st pts 63% 78%
2nd pts 11/31 14/25
%2nd pts 35% 56%

Zapata Miralles blasted 4 aces . Marcora made 1 ace . Zapata Miralles won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 35% of the points. On the other side, Marcora won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Zapata Miralles Marcora
Won 7 3
Converted 7/10 3/3
% Converted 70% 100%
Conceded 11 4
Saved 4 2
% Saved 36% 50%
Times Broken 7 2

Bernabe broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. Zapata Miralles conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 36% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Zapata Miralles
Q1
Kozlov		 Total
Score 7-5 1-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 94-85 94-85
Total points 179 179
Winners 38 38
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 60/91 60/91
% 1st in 66% 66%
1st pts 38/60 38/60
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 11/31 11/31
% 2nd pts 35% 35%
Breaks
Won 7 7
Converted 7/10 7/10
Converted % 70% 70%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 4/11 4
Saved % 36% 36%
Times Broken 7 7
Marcora
Q1
Cid		 Total
Score 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 70-52 70-52
Total points 122 122
Winners 31 31
%Winners 44% 44%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 40/65 40/65
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 31/40 31/40
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 14/25 14/25
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/3 3/3
Converted % 100% 100%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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