Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Marcos Giron will clash against each other in the quarter of the Winston-Salem for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 9:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz Garfia who should win in 3 sets.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia -> 1.74
Marcos Giron -> 2.19
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Marcos Giron
There is no head to head record between Carlos Alcaraz Garfia and Marcos Giron since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Ranked no. 54 (career-high), Carlos reached the quarter after defeating Alexei Popyrin 6-79 6-1 7-61 and Marton Fucsovics 6-3 0-6 6-2.
In the 3rd round, The Spaniard defeated Fucsovics (6-3 0-6 6-2).-83) than Fucsovics. In fact, the world no. 54 won 83 points vs Fucsovics’s. That means that Alcaraz Garfia was more focused during the important points. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Alcaraz Garfia couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz Garfia put 57% of his first serves in, winning 57% (31/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (24/41) on the 2nd serve. Alcaraz Garfia broke Fucsovics 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alcaraz Garfia started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Alcaraz Garfia has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 74% of his matches (96-33). 10-5 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alcaraz Garfia has an aggregate23-7 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Facundo Bagnis in the final 6-4 6-4 and in in Umag where he beat Richard Gasquet in the final 6-2 6-2.
The Spaniard has a composed 33-14 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Marcos Giron
Ranked no. 65, the American got to the quarter after defeating Facundo Bagnis 7-5 6-4, Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-4 and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 4-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 3rd round against Herbert, Giron recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Giron scored 91 points vs Herbert’s 80. Giron was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Giron made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marcos Giron was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (37/47) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Giron broke Herbert 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Giron started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 22-17 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Alcaraz Garfia | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 69 |
| Pts | 195-173 | 240-198 |
| Total Points | 368 | 438 |
| Winners | 79 | 105 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Alcaraz Garfia played 2 matches while Giron competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia lost 2 sets, while Marcos Giron dropped 1 set. Alcaraz Garfia has played 1 set(s) less than Giron (6 vs 7). Therefore, Alcaraz Garfia played 13 games less than Giron. Carlos scored 79 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Marcos made 105 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Alcaraz Garfia | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 116/188 | 132/201 |
| %1st in | 62% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 79/116 | 105/132 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 51/72 | 37/69 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 54% |
Alcaraz Garfia scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Giron blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Alcaraz Garfia won 68% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Giron won 80% 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 | Alcaraz Garfia | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 38% | 35% |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 |
| Saved | 13 | 4 |
| % Saved | 81% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Alcaraz Garfia broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Carlos lost his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Marcos broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Giron conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Alcaraz Garfia | ||||
| R2 Popyrin | R3 Fucsovics | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-79 6-1 7-61 | 6-3 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 23 | 56 | |
| pts | 112-88 | 83-85 | 195-173 | |
| Total points | 200 | 168 | 368 | |
| Winners | 48 | 31 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/93 | 54/95 | 116/188 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 31/54 | 79/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 57% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/31 | 24/41 | 51/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 87% | 59% | 71% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/6 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 11/14 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 79% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Giron | |||||
| R1 Bagnis | R2 Delbonis | R3 Herbert | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 28 | 69 | |
| pts | 79-65 | 70-53 | 91-80 | 240-198 | |
| Total points | 144 | 123 | 171 | 438 | |
| Winners | 39 | 29 | 37 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 36/61 | 47/72 | 132/201 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 59% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 29/36 | 37/47 | 105/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 81% | 79% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 13/25 | 16/25 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 52% | 64% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/5 | 3/12 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 60% | 25% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Salem Open
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Max PurcellPurcell (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Benoit PairePaire (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mikael YmerYmer – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-1) – H2H and prediction