Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz will square off in the quarter of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 3^rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 3^rd 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 4^th round in Miami back in March 2022.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Stefanos Tsitsipas – Miami 29-March-2022

Stefanos Tsitsipas

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 3^rd 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

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 3^rd 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 1^st 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

Tennis Scores in Barcelona

• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (3-6 6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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