Alison Riske and Caroline Garcia will play each other in the 2nd round of the Viking Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alison Riske who should win in 3 sets.
Alison Riske -> 1.63
Caroline Garcia -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Alison Riske vs. Caroline Garcia
This will be the 3rd time that Alison Riske and Caroline Garcia face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Riske (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Riske won 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Miami back in 2018.
Alison Riske
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-11 | 1-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-21 | 15-14 | 2-3 | 1-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 7-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 6-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 36-24 | 22-18 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 14-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Daria Snigur 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Alison had a good straight sets win against Snigur (7-5 6-3). During the match, Riske scored 72 points vs Snigur’s 56. Riske was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Riske fired 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alison Riske was very efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of her 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve twice. Alison broke Snigur 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).
Riske has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (246-209). 1-0 on grass in 2022. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Riske has an overall 61-25 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Adelaide.
Riske has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Caroline Garcia
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-27 | 23-17 | 4-4 | 7-3 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-21 | 21-13 | 11-4 | 4-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-26 | 15-14 | 8-6 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-11 | 5-6 | 4-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, Caroline reached the 2nd round after defeating Lauren Davis 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-3 7-63). During the match Garcia scored 79 points vs Davis’s 68. Caroline was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Garcia recorded 14 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Caroline Garcia lost the serve twice and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Garcia put 68% of her first serves in, winning 71% (41/58) of the points behind her 1st serve and 41% (11/27) on the 2nd serve. Caroline broke Davis 3 times after converting 50% of her break points (3/6).
Caroline’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Lyon.
Caroline has a composed 8-9 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Nottingham
Previously, she won this tournament once in 2019. See her history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Riske | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 79-68 |
| Total Points | 128 | 147 |
| Winners | 31 | 41 |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% |
Both Riske and Garcia played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Riske and Garcia have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Riske played 1 game less than Garcia. Alison scored 31 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The French player blasted 41 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Riske | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 14 |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 58/85 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 41/58 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 11/27 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 41% |
Riske struck 2 aces . Garcia made 14 aces . Riske won 72% points behind her first serve. She extremely effective on her second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Garcia won 71% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Riske | Garcia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The American broke her opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. The French player broke her opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Caroline conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.
| Riske | |||
| R1 Snigur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 31/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Garcia | |||
| R1 Davis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-68 | 79-68 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 58/85 | 58/85 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 41/58 | 41/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 11/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Nottingham
- Tereza MartincovaMartincova – Magda LinetteLinette (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Heather WatsonWatson (7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Jodie Anna BurrageAnna Burrage (6-2 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sam RifficeRiffice – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- George LoffhagenLoffhagen – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Maria SakkariSakkari – Rebecca MarinoMarino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuriko MiyazakiMiyazaki – Beatriz Haddad MaiaHaddad Maia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alison RiskeRiske – Caroline GarciaGarcia (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Harriet DartDart – Camila GiorgiGiorgi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Shuai ZhangZhang – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (1-0) – H2H and prediction