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.

Tenerife Challenger
Griekspoor's Record

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).

Tenerife Challenger
Verdasco's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Griekspoor
F.Verdasco
4h:14
4h:14
Time on court​
4h:31
4h:31
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
3
3
Match played
3
3
57
57
Games Played​
65
65
6
6
Set played​​
7
7
214
214
Total points​
225
225
71.3
71.3
Avg point​
75
75
77
77
Winners
89
89
25.7
25.7
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
36%
36%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
20
20
5.3
5.3
Avg Aces
6.7
6.7
14
14
Double Faults
10
10
4.7
4.7
Avg Double Faults
3.3
3.3
77/103
77/103
1st won total​
89/122
89/122
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
43/82
43/82
2nd won total​
51/87
51/87
52%
52%
2nd won %
59%
59%
-- Break Points --
13/33
13/33
BP won
14/21
14/21
4.3/11
4.3/11
Avg BP won
4.7/7
4.7/7
39%
39%
Won
!
67%
67%
17
17
Conceded
15
15
5.7
5.7
Avg Conceded
5
5
4
4
Broken
5
5
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.7
1.7
13
13
Saved
10
10
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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

Tennis Scores in Tenerife Challenger

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