Tallon Griekspoor and Feliciano Lopez will face off in the final of the Tenerife Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tallon Griekspoor is the pick to win this match.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.66
Feliciano Lopez -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Feliciano Lopez
There is no head to head record between Tallon Griekspoor and Feliciano Lopez since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tallon Griekspoor
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), Tallon reached the final after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-2, Yan Bondarevskiy 6-4 6-4, Altug Celikbilek 6-3 7-5 and Fernando Verdasco 7-65 6-77 6-3.
In the semifinal, Tallon defeated Verdasco (7-65 6-77 6-3). During the match, Griekspoor scored 115 points vs Verdasco’s 108. The Dutch was pretty aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Talking about the service games, Griekspoor recorded 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tallon Griekspoor lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Griekspoor put 72% of his first serves in, winning 74% (64/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Tallon broke Verdasco 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tallon started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Griekspoor has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (269-142). 10-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Griekspoor has a compiled97-41 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Prague Challenger where he overcame Oscar Otte in the final 5-7 6-4 6-4 and in the Bratislava Challenger where he defeated 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 overcame Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 3-6 7-5 6-3 and in the Napoli Challenger where he overcame Andrea Pellegrino in the final 6-3 6-2 and in the Napoli 2 Challenger where he defeated Alexander Ritschard in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Dutch has an aggregate 53-17 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
The Dutch has never competed in this tournament before.
Feliciano Lopez
Ranked no. 104, Feliciano got to the final after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 1-6 6-4, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-63 6-3, Ryan Peniston 6-2 6-75 6-1 and Andrey Kuznetsov 6-1 7-63.
In the semifinal, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsov (6-1 7-63). During the match Lopez scored 75 points vs Kuznetsov’s 55. Lopez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Lopez struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Feliciano Lopez was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lopez broke Kuznetsov 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lopez started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lopez’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Tenerife Challenger.
Feliciano has a compiled 17-24 win-loss record in 2021, 10-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Griekspoor | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 92 | 97 |
| Pts | 329-278 | 332-284 |
| Total Points | 607 | 616 |
| Winners | 141 | 139 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Griekspoor and Lopez played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tallon Griekspoor lost 1 set, while Feliciano Lopez surrendered 2 sets. Griekspoor has played 1 set(s) less than Lopez (9 vs 10). Therefore, Griekspoor played 5 games less than Lopez. Tallon scored 141 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard bagged 139 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Griekspoor | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 45 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 189/304 | 173/307 |
| %1st in | 62% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 141/189 | 139/173 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 56/115 | 73/134 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 54% |
Griekspoor bagged 24 aces (6 per match). Lopez recorded 45 aces (11.3 per match). Griekspoor won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Lopez won 80% of the points on 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 | Griekspoor | Lopez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 12 |
| Converted | 17/41 | 12/34 |
| % Converted | 41% | 35% |
| Conceded | 24 | 16 |
| Saved | 17 | 11 |
| % Saved | 71% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Tallon broke his opponents 17 times with a 41% conversion rate. Tallon surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Feliciano broke his opponents 12 times with a 35% conversion rate. Feliciano conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Griekspoor | ||||||
| R1 Kirkin |
R2 Bondarevskiy |
1/4 Celikbilek |
1/2 Verdasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-65 6-77 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 21 | 35 | 92 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 80-67 | 75-64 | 115-108 | 329-278 | |
| Total points | 98 | 147 | 139 | 223 | 607 | |
| Winners | 19 | 25 | 33 | 64 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 31% | 44% | 56% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 26/46 | 36/68 | 41/71 | 86/119 | 189/304 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 53% | 58% | 72% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 25/36 | 33/41 | 64/86 | 141/189 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 69% | 80% | 74% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 16/32 | 13/30 | 13/33 | 56/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 50% | 43% | 39% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/14 | 4/11 | 4/8 | 17/41 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 29% | 36% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 6/8 | 6/7 | 4/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 86% | 57% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Lopez | ||||||
| R1 Svrcina |
R2 Ferreira Silva |
1/4 Peniston |
1/2 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-2 6-75 6-1 | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 22 | 28 | 20 | 97 | |
| pts | 86-90 | 73-62 | 98-77 | 75-55 | 332-284 | |
| Total points | 176 | 135 | 175 | 130 | 616 | |
| Winners | 43 | 28 | 35 | 33 | 139 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 38% | 36% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 16 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 45 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 56/95 | 33/70 | 45/83 | 39/59 | 173/307 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 47% | 54% | 66% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 28/33 | 35/45 | 33/39 | 139/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 85% | 78% | 85% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 23/37 | 24/38 | 11/20 | 73/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 62% | 63% | 55% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 1/2 | 5/11 | 3/13 | 12/34 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 45% | 23% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 100% | 75% | 50% | 72% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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