Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz will square off in the quarter of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:45 pm on Pista Rafa Nadal. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.75
Carlos Alcaraz -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Carlos Alcaraz
This will be the 3rd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 7-5 6-3 in the 4th round in Miami back in March 2022.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Miami 29-March-2022
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 29-14 | 11-6 | 11-3 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 5, Stefanos got to the quarter after defeating Ilya Ivashka 6-1 4-6 6-2 and Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Dimitrov (6-1 6-4). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 56 points vs Dimitrov’s 39. Stefanos was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tsitsipas scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Stefanos Tsitsipas lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tsitsipas put 60% of his first serves in, winning 74% (20/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Tsitsipas broke Dimitrov 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Stefanos has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Tsitsipas has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 69% of his matches (356-162). 7-0 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has an overall135-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in in Carlo where he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the final 6-3 7-6(3).
Stefanos has an aggregate 24-7 win-loss record in 2022, 7-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Carlos Alcaraz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-13 | 22-5 | 17-4 | 6-3 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 65-12 | 26-6 | 25-3 | 2-3 | 12-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 57-13 | 21-4 | 27-4 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 48-19 | 15-8 | 22-7 | 10-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 39-7 | 10-0 | 29-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11 (career-high), Alcaraz got to the quarter after beating Soon-Woo Kwon 6-1 2-6 6-2 and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 6-3 6-3.
In the 3rd round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (6-3 6-3). During the match Alcaraz scored 62 points vs Munar Clar’s 38. Carlos was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Alcaraz bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Alcaraz was very effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Carlos broke Munar Clar 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in in Rio de Janeiro where he overcame Diego Sebastian Schwartzman in the final 6-4 6-2 and in in Miami where he defeated Casper Ruud in the final 7-5 6-4.
Carlos has a composed 20-3 win-loss record in 2022, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 41 |
| Pts | 147-111 | 134-91 |
| Total Points | 258 | 225 |
| Winners | 49 | 52 |
| %Winners | 33% | 39% |
Both Tsitsipas and Alcaraz played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefanos Tsitsipas conceded 1 set, while Carlos Alcaraz dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Alcaraz have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Tsitsipas played 1 game more than Alcaraz. Stefanos scored 49 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 52 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 67/125 | 65/111 |
| %1st in | 54% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 49/67 | 52/65 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 35/58 | 28/46 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 61% |
Tsitsipas managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Alcaraz scored 4 aces (2 per match). Tsitsipas won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Alcaraz won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Alcaraz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/23 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 73% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Tsitsipas broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stefanos surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | ||||
| R2 Ivashka |
R3 Dimitrov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 17 | 42 | |
| pts | 91-72 | 56-39 | 147-111 | |
| Total points | 163 | 95 | 258 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 36% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 40/80 | 27/45 | 67/125 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 20/27 | 49/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 9/18 | 35/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 6/8 | 10/23 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 75% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Alcaraz | ||||
| R2 Kwon |
R3 Munar Clar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 41 | |
| pts | 72-53 | 62-38 | 134-91 | |
| Total points | 125 | 100 | 225 | |
| Winners | 31 | 21 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/67 | 27/44 | 65/111 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 21/27 | 52/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/29 | 15/17 | 28/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 88% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/4 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 75% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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