Tallon Griekspoor and Elias Ymer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tallon Griekspoor who should win in 2 sets.
Tallon Griekspoor -> 1.26
Elias Ymer -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Tallon Griekspoor vs. Elias Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Tallon Griekspoor and Elias Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Griekspoor (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Griekspoor won 7-5 6-2 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2019.
Tallon Griekspoor
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-28 | 10-11 | 8-8 | 10-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-24 | 14-10 | 3-5 | 12-7 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-6 | 12-6 | 4-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 59-17 | 11-3 | 36-10 | 9-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-9 | 3-1 | 12-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 35 (career-high), Tallon will start his run in Marrakech after he played his last match in Indian Wells where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Alcaraz in the 3rd round on the 13th of March.
Tallon has a compiled 13-5 win-loss record in 2023, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in Pune where he defeated Benjamin Bonzi in the final 4-6 7-5 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Tallon has an overall 316-174 record. He has a positive 146-74 record on clay.
Previously in Marrakech
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
Elias Ymer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-30 | 5-13 | 6-9 | 8-7 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-41 | 10-13 | 24-17 | 7-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-32 | 12-11 | 20-15 | 5-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 20-11 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 1-4 | 8-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Ymer got to the 2nd round after beating Matteo Martineau 4-6 7-63 6-4, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 7-67 6-4 and Adam Moundir 6-4 7-66.
In the 1st round, Ymer had a good straight sets win against Moundir (6-4 7-66). During the match Ymer scored 81 points vs Moundir’s 73. The Swede was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Ymer fired 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ymer broke Moundir twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Ymer has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2016 and 2019. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Marrakech
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Maxime CressyCressy (6-74 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Nicolas JarryJarry (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 1-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Adam MoundirMoundir (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman Jebavy/Adam PavlasekJebavy/Adam Pavlasek – Daniel Evans/Jonny O’MaraEvans/Jonny O’Mara (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Younes Lalami LaaroussiLalami Laaroussi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elias YmerYmer – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Daniel EvansEvans (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco PassaroPassaro – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Hugo GastonGaston (1-1) – H2H and prediction