Tallon Griekspoor and Fernando Verdasco will square off in the semifinal of the Tenerife Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.44
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Fernando Verdasco
There is no head to head record between Tallon Griekspoor and Fernando Verdasco since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), Tallon reached the semifinal after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-2, Yan Bondarevskiy 6-4 6-4 and Altug Celikbilek 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Celikbilek (6-3 7-5). During the match, Griekspoor scored 75 points vs Celikbilek’s 64. Griekspoor was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Griekspoor made 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 58% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Celikbilek 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (268-142). 9-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Griekspoor has a composed96-41 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Prague Challenger where he defeated Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he overcame Sebastian Baez in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in the Amersfoort Challenger where he beat Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 6-1 3-6 6-1 and in the Murcia Challenger where he beat Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3 and in the Napoli Challenger where he defeated Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-3 6-2 and in the Napoli 2 Challenger where he overcame Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-3 6-2.
Tallon has a compiled 52-17 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Fernando Verdasco
Ranked no. 165, Verdasco got to the semifinal after defeating Gian Marco Moroni 6-1 5-7 6-2, Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 6-2 and Nuno Borges 6-3 7-63.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Borges (6-3 7-63). During the match Verdasco scored 68 points vs Borges’s 53. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Verdasco bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Fernando Verdasco was quite efficient on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Verdasco was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Borges twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard 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.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 10-18 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 65 |
| Pts | 214-170 | 225-171 |
| Total Points | 384 | 396 |
| Winners | 77 | 89 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Both Griekspoor and Verdasco played 3 matches. At the moment, Fernando Verdasco dropped 1 set while Tallon Griekspoor hasn’t conceded a set so far. Griekspoor has played 1 set(s) less than Verdasco (6 vs 7). Therefore, Griekspoor played 8 games less than Verdasco. Griekspoor scored 77 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Verdasco struck 89 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 5.3 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 103/185 | 122/209 |
| %1st in | 56% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 77/103 | 89/122 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 43/82 | 51/87 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 59% |
Griekspoor managed to score 16 aces (5.3 per match). Verdasco scored 20 aces (6.7 per match). Griekspoor won 75% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Verdasco won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Griekspoor | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 14 |
| Converted | 13/33 | 14/21 |
| % Converted | 39% | 67% |
| Conceded | 17 | 15 |
| Saved | 13 | 10 |
| % Saved | 76% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
The Dutch broke his opponents 13 times with a 39% conversion rate. Griekspoor surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded. Fernando broke his opponents 14 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | |||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Bondarevskiy |
1/4 Celikbilek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 21 | 57 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 80-67 | 75-64 | 214-170 | |
| Total points | 98 | 147 | 139 | 384 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 33 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% | 44% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 26/46 | 36/68 | 41/71 | 103/185 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 53% | 58% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 25/36 | 33/41 | 77/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 16/32 | 13/30 | 43/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 50% | 43% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/14 | 4/11 | 13/33 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 36% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/8 | 6/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 86% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Verdasco | |||||
| R1 Marco Moroni |
R2 Giustino |
1/4 Borges |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 98-83 | 59-35 | 68-53 | 225-171 | |
| Total points | 181 | 94 | 121 | 396 | |
| Winners | 34 | 25 | 30 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 52/100 | 30/44 | 40/65 | 122/209 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 68% | 62% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 25/30 | 30/40 | 89/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 83% | 75% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/48 | 10/14 | 18/25 | 51/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 71% | 72% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 4/9 | 2/2 | 14/21 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 44% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/0 | 3/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 64% | – | 75% | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Tenerife Challenger
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nuno BorgesBorges (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Joao SousaSousa (7-66 6-3) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Joao SousaSousa (7-6(6) 6-3) – See score progression
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 6-7(5) 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
