Marcos Giron conquers Jeff Wolf 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in Houston on Wednesday in what was an all-American contest. Giron will engage against Luciano Darderi in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. Previously, the best he could do was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. Here you can see his history at this event.
Marcos added to his prize money $ 8,385 after winning this match. He has already won $ 19,995 after this win. If he wins the next match, Giron will add $ 14,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 34,510 in total.
Highlights Marcos Giron vs. Jeff Wolf US Men’s Clay Court Championship – Houston
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:43
At the end of the match, Giron scored 77 points vs. Jeff’s 65.
Giron
Giron won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Wolf
On the other side, Wolf was not so effective in converting his break points (only 14% – 1/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Giron and Wolf is 4-0 for Marcos.
Draw and next match H2H: Marcos Giron vs. Luciano Darderi – stats
Giron will play Darderi in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Marcos Giron and Luciano Darderi since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Giron won the set after he broke Wolf in the 6th (4-2) and in the 10th (6-4) game. Jeff tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (5-4) game. Yet, Giron didn’t lose the lead to conquer the set 6-4.
Marcos failed to serve out the set when leading 6-4 to be broken at 40.
Giron converted 20% of his break points (2/10). He had 10 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40), the 8th (5-2 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Jeff was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 9th game (3-5 30-40).
They played 94 points. Giron won 8 more points than Wolf (51-43). Marcos dropped 16 points on serve (26-16). On the losing side, Jeff conceded 25 points on serve (27-25).
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Giron snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Marcos was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 5th game (3-2 15-40). On the other side, Wolf was unable to convert any of his 6 break points. He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40), the 7th (2-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 48 points. Marcos was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Wolf (26-22). Marcos dropped 9 points on serve (19-9). on the other side of the net, Wolf conceded 7 points on serve (13-7).
Tennis Scores in Houston
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- Michael MmohMmoh – Max PurcellPurcell (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (4-6 7-61 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Jeff WolfWolf (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (6-4 2-6 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Zizou BergsBergs (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
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- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Michael MmohMmoh (1-0) – H2H details and stats
