Carlos Alcaraz Garfia aces Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-4 6-2 in the final in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 26 minutes. This is the first time that Carlos conquered this tournament. His best result in this competition so far was reaching the 2nd round. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Alcaraz added $ 147,415 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 317,400 in total after winning this tournament. After winning this tournament, Carlito becomes the youngest men to conquer an ATP500.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman Rio Open – Rio de Janeiro
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Alcaraz scored 59 points vs. Schwartzman’s 40.
Alcaraz
The Spaniard served very well to win 76% of the points (26/34) behind his first serve. Yet he won only 38% points (6/16) on his second serve. Carlos was pretty effective at converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6).
Schwartzman
On the other side, the Argentine was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (2/4). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this contest, the head to head between Alcaraz and Schwartzman is 1-0 for Carlos.
This was the 2nd career title for the Spaniard. (see list of titles and finals). Schwartzman remains with 4th titles after he conquered the tournament in Istanbul 2016, in Rio De Janeiro 2018, in Los Cabos 2019 and in Buenos Aires 2021. (see list of titles and finals)
Live score progression and stats
Norrie didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 2nd game (2-0). Nevertheless, the Spaniard found the way to come back to break the Argentine in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game before winning the set (6-4).
Alcaraz was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd
(1-2 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40). On the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (2-1 15-40 and 30-40).They contested 53 points. Alcaraz conquered the set after winning 7 points more than the Argentine (30-23). The Spaniard lost 9 points on serve (18-9). on the other side of the net, Diego conceded 12 points on serve (14-12).
Alcaraz was quite dominant at the beginning of the set to break Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, there was more to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Schwartzman found the way to break back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Spaniard maintained his focus to break the Argentine in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
An important stage of this set was when Alcaraz won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
Carlos converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40 and 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40). Also, on the other side, Diego converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd game (0-1 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 46 points. Carlos won 12 points more than Schwartzman (29-17). Alcaraz lost 9 points on serve (14-9). On the losing side, Diego conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).