Alexander Zverev and Tallon Griekspoor will play each other in the 3^rd round of the French Open for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on Court PHILIPPE-CHATRIER. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Zverev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alexander Zverev is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Zverev -> 1.091
Tallon Griekspoor -> 7.4

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Prediction and head to head Alexander Zverev vs. Tallon Griekspoor

This will be the 5^th time that Alexander Zverev and Tallon Griekspoor square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Zverev (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played each other, Zverev won 7-6(7) 6-3 in the 3^rd round in Indian wells back in March 2024.

Alexander Zverev

Ranked no. 4, the German got to the 3^rd round after beating Rafael Nadal 6-3 7-6⁵ 6-3 and David Goffin 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Goffin (7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2). During the match, Zverev scored 103 points vs Goffin’s 81. Zverev was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about the service games, Zverev struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Zverev was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (46/59) of his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Goffin 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexander hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Zverev has a marvellous record in the last 10 years having won 70% of his matches (444-190). 12-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Zverev has an overall 146-51 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in Australia where he defeated Hubert Hurkacz in the final 6-7(3) 7-6(6) 6-4 and in Rome where he overcame Nicolas Jarry in the final 6-4 7-5.

Zverev has a composed 30-9 win-loss record in 2024, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Tallon Griekspoor

Ranked no. 25, Griekspoor got to the 3^rd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2 and Luciano Darderi 7-6²

6-3 6-3.

In the 2^nd round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Darderi (7-6² 6-3 6-3). During the match Griekspoor scored 108 points vs Darderi’s 85. Griekspoor was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.

About the serving games, Griekspoor fired 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Tallon Griekspoor was very effective on serve to win 71% (42/59) of his 1st serve and 71% (25/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Griekspoor broke Darderi 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Griekspoor has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Tallon’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Rotterdam.

Griekspoor has an overall 17-12 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the French Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Zverev	Griekspoor
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	60	65
Pts	215-173	218-185
Total Points	388	403
Winners	98	76
%Winners	46%	35%

Both Zverev and Griekspoor played 2 matches. At the moment, Tallon Griekspoor dropped 1 set while Alexander Zverev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Zverev has played 1 set(s) less than Griekspoor (6 vs 7). Therefore, Zverev played 5 games less than Griekspoor. Alexander scored 98 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Tallon blasted 76 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Zverev	Griekspoor
Aces	16	24
Avg per match	8	12
1st in	131/175	119/201
%1st in	75%	59%
1st pts	98/131	76/119
%1st pts	75%	64%
2nd pts	25/44	52/82
%2nd pts	57%	63%

Zverev managed to score 16 aces (8 per match). Griekspoor bagged 24 aces (12 per match). Zverev won 75% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Griekspoor won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Zverev	Griekspoor
Won	10	12
Converted	10/28	12/21
% Converted	36%	57%
Conceded	13	19
Saved	11	12
% Saved	85%	63%
Times Broken	2	7

The German broke his opponents 10 times with a 36% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Zverev
	R1 Nadal	R2 Goffin	Total
Score	6-3 7-65 6-3	7-64 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3	6
Tot Games	31	29	60
pts	112-92	103-81	215-173
Total points	204	184	388
Winners	52	46	98
%Winners	46%	45%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8	16
Double Faults	3	3	6
1st in	72/93	59/82	131/175
% 1st in	77%	72%	75%
1st pts	52/72	46/59	98/131
% 1st pts	72%	78%	75%
2nd pts	10/21	15/23	25/44
% 2nd pts	48%	65%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	4	10
Converted	6/18	4/10	10/28
Converted %	33%	40%	36%
Conceded	11	2	13
Saved	9/11	2/2	11
Saved %	82%	100%	91%
Times Broken	2	0	2

Griekspoor
	R1 Mcdonald	R2 Darderi	Total
Score	6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2	7-62 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	4	3	7
Tot Games	34	31	65
pts	110-100	108-85	218-185
Total points	210	193	403
Winners	34	42	76
%Winners	31%	39%	35%
SERVE
Aces	9	15	24
Double Faults	7	5	12
1st in	60/107	59/94	119/201
% 1st in	56%	63%	59%
1st pts	34/60	42/59	76/119
% 1st pts	57%	71%	64%
2nd pts	27/47	25/35	52/82
% 2nd pts	57%	71%	63%
Breaks
Won	8	4	12
Converted	8/13	4/8	12/21
Converted %	62%	50%	57%
Conceded	14	5	19
Saved	8/14	4/5	12
Saved %	57%	80%	69%
Times Broken	6	1	7

Tennis Scores – French Open

• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Andrey RublevRublev (7-6⁶ 6-2 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Jannik SinnerJannik – Pavel KotovPavel (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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