Frances Tiafoe and Marcos Giron will square off in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.61
Marcos Giron -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Marcos Giron
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Marcos Giron play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Giron (see full H2H stats
), but they have never competed against each other on clay.The last time that they played each other, Giron won 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2021.
Frances Tiafoe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26-23 | 13-13 | 11-7 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-27 | 21-13 | 5-6 | 4-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-21 | 21-10 | 8-4 | 4-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-25 | 19-11 | 8-6 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-27 | 19-13 | 4-7 | 10-4 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 30, Francis will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-7(2) 7-6(3) 6-2 to Cerundolo in the 4th round on the 29th of March.
The American has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
Talking about his overall career, Tiafoe has an overall 270-192 record. He has a positive 88-49 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Marcos Giron
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23-28 | 12-14 | 4-7 | 4-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-27 | 6-11 | 3-8 | 11-4 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-30 | 17-15 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-31 | 11-13 | 3-9 | 6-5 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 12-10 | 5-5 | 11-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 53, the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-3 6-4 to Fucsovics in the 1st
round on the 24th of March.Marcos has an aggregate 6-8 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.
In terms of his career, Marcos has an overall 297-195 record. He has a negative 18-19 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Houston
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Steven DiezDiez (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction