John Millman and Marcos Giron will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sofia Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.
Marcos Giron -> 1.75
John Millman -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head John Millman vs. Marcos Giron
This will be the 2nd time that John Millman and Marcos Giron face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Giron (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Giron won 6-4 6-4
in the 2nd round in the Canberra Challenger back in 2015.John Millman
Ranked no. 55, John reached the quarter after beating Mikael Ymer 6-2 6-4 and Illya Marchenko 5-7 7-60 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Marchenko, John recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-60 6-3). During the match, Millman scored 101 points vs Marchenko’s 92. Millman was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Millman fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, John Millman was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (43/56) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Marchenko 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Millman has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (301-202). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Millman has an aggregate 30-23 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Millman has an overall 18-21 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
Marcos Giron
Ranked no. 67, Marcos got to the quarter after defeating Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-72 6-1 6-4 and Alex De Minaur 7-65 7-62.
In the 2nd round, Marcos had a good straight sets win against De Minaur (7-65 7-62). During the match Giron scored 87 points vs De Minaur’s 78. Giron was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Giron recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Marcos Giron was quite effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Marcos broke De Minaur twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marcos started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The American has an aggregate 27-20 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Millman | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 56 |
| Pts | 172-138 | 201-180 |
| Total Points | 310 | 381 |
| Winners | 68 | 81 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Millman and Giron played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Millman surrendered 1 set, while Marcos Giron dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Millman and Giron have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Millman played 4 games less than Giron. Millman scored 68 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 81 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Millman | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 94/156 | 111/194 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 68/94 | 81/111 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 31/62 | 48/83 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Millman managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Giron made 6 aces (3 per match). Millman won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Giron won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Millman | Giron |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 5 |
| Converted | 10/15 | 5/15 |
| % Converted | 67% | 33% |
| Conceded | 13 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 54% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
John broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Millman dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Marcos broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Giron conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Millman | ||||
| R1 Ymer | R2 Marchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 5-7 7-60 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 | 52 | |
| pts | 71-46 | 101-92 | 172-138 | |
| Total points | 117 | 193 | 310 | |
| Winners | 25 | 43 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/61 | 56/95 | 94/156 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 25/38 | 43/56 | 68/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 77% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 20/39 | 31/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/4 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 25% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Giron | ||||
| R1 Munar Clar | R2 De Minaur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-1 6-4 | 7-65 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 26 | 56 | |
| pts | 114-102 | 87-78 | 201-180 | |
| Total points | 216 | 165 | 381 | |
| Winners | 54 | 27 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 31% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 74/116 | 37/78 | 111/194 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 47% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 54/74 | 27/37 | 81/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 25/41 | 48/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/9 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 22% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John MillmanMillman – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gianluca MagerMager – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – James DuckworthDuckworth (1-1) – H2H and prediction