Marcos Giron and Radu Albot will square off in the qualifications of the National Bank Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcos Giron who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marcos Giron is the pick to win this match.
Marcos Giron -> 1.66
Radu Albot -> 2.13

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Prediction and head to head Marcos Giron vs. Radu Albot

This will be the 2^nd time that Marcos Giron and Radu Albot square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Albot won 6-3 5-7 7-5 in the 1^st round in Washington back in July 2023.

Marcos Giron

Ranked no. 69, Giron got to the qualifications after beating Nick Chappell 6-4 3-6 6-2.

In the qualifications, Marcos defeated Chappell (6-4 3-6 6-2). During the match, Giron scored 99 points vs Chappell’s 90. Giron was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Giron scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Marcos Giron lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Giron put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (37/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Chappell 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Giron has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (306-216). 7-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Giron has a composed 207-130 record in the last years on hard.

The American has an aggregate 19-19 win-loss record in 2023, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Radu Albot

Ranked no. 97, the Moldovan reached the qualifications after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-2 7-5.

In the qualifications, The Moldovan had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-2 7-5). During the match Albot scored 72 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 60. The Moldovan was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Albot fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Radu broke Kumar Mukund 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Radu’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.

The Moldovan has a compiled 27-23 win-loss record in 2023, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Montreal

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2019. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Giron	Albot
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	27	20
Pts	99-90	72-60
Total Points	189	132
Winners	37	32
%Winners	37%	44%

Both Giron and Albot played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marcos Giron dropped 1 set while Radu Albot hasn’t dropped a set so far. Giron has played 1 set more than Albot (3 vs 2). Therefore, Giron played 7 games more than Albot. Giron scored 37 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Moldovan made 32 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Giron	Albot
Aces	3	6
Avg per match	3	6
1st in	55/82	43/69
%1st in	67%	62%
1st pts	37/55	32/43
%1st pts	67%	74%
2nd pts	14/27	13/26
%2nd pts	52%	50%

Giron blasted 3 aces . Albot struck 6 aces . Giron won 67% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Albot won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Giron	Albot
Won	5	4
Converted	5/15	4/7
% Converted	33%	57%
Conceded	8	11
Saved	5	10
% Saved	63%	91%
Times Broken	3	1

Giron broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Marcos dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Radu broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Radu conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.

Giron
	Q1 Chappell	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	99-90	99-90
Total points	189	189
Winners	37	37
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	3	3
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	55/82	55/82
% 1st in	67%	67%
1st pts	37/55	37/55
% 1st pts	67%	67%
2nd pts	14/27	14/27
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/15	5/15
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Albot
	Q1 Kumar Mukund	Total
Score	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	20	20
pts	72-60	72-60
Total points	132	132
Winners	32	32
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	43/69	43/69
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	32/43	32/43
% 1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	13/26	13/26
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	11	11
Saved	10/11	10
Saved %	91%	91%
Times Broken	1	1

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