Carlos Alcaraz ousts Hubert Hurkacz 2-6 7-6(4) 6-3 in the semifinal in Cincinnati on Saturday. Alcaraz will square off with Novak Djokovic in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 18 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reach the quarter in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 252,255 after winning this match. He has already won $ 556,630 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 462,705 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,019,335 in total.
Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs. Hubert Hurkacz Western & Southern Open – Cincinnati
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:18
Carlos won this encounter even if he conquered less points than Hubert (98 vs. 100).
Alcaraz
Alcaraz won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points since he converted only 9% (1/11) of the procured opportunities.
Hurkacz
On the other side, Hubert was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Alcaraz and Hurkacz is 3-0 for Carlos.
Draw and next match H2H: Carlos Alcaraz vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Alcaraz will play Djokovic in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Alcaraz won 1-6 7-66 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the final in Wimbledon back in July 2023.
Live score progression and stats
Alcaraz enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Hubert Hurkacz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. The Pole improved his lead after breaking the Spaniard in the 8th (6-2) game before winning the set.
The Pole failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 0.
Hubert was exemplary in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40 and 30-40). Also, on the other side, Alcaraz was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (1-3 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40 and 40-A).
They contested 64 points. Hubert conquered the set after winning 14 more points than the Spaniard (39-25). Hurkacz surrendered 14 points on serve (27-14). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).
Carlos won the set after he broke Hurkacz .
Carlos was unable to convert any of the 3 conquered break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Hubert wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They contested 91 points. Alcaraz won 7 more points than Hurkacz (49-42). Carlos surrendered 16 points on serve (35-16). on the other side of the net, Hurkacz conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Alcaraz grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Alcaraz didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alcaraz won just 3 more points than Hurkacz (23-20). Carlos dropped 6 points on serve (16-6). In addition, on the other side, Hubert conceded 7 points on serve (14-7).
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-6 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (7-65 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (2-1) – H2H details and stats
