Learner Tien and Eliot Spizzirri will face off in the semifinal of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.39
Eliot Spizzirri -> 2.81

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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Eliot Spizzirri

There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Eliot Spizzirri since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Learner Tien

Ranked no. 148 (career-high), the American got to the semifinal after defeating Govind Nanda 7-6(7) 6-1, Micah Braswell 6-2 7-6(6) and Denis Kudla 7-6(5) 6-3.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Kudla (7-6⁵ 6-3). During the match, Tien scored 85 points vs Kudla’s 75. Tien was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Regarding the service games, Tien recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Learner Tien was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (41/58) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Learner broke Kudla once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.

Tien has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 76% of his matches (90-29). 48-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall76-22 record in the last 3 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.

Tien has a compiled 48-8 win-loss record in 2024, 48-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Eliot Spizzirri

Ranked no. 301, Eliot got to the semifinal after defeating Ozan Baris 3-6 6-3 6-3, Abedallah Shelbayh 4-6 7-6(2) 6-4 and Jeff Wolf 6-3 1-6 7-5.

In the quarter, Spizzirri defeated Wolf (6-3 1-6 7-5).During the match Spizzirri scored less points (5) than Wolf. In fact, the world no. 148 won 79 points vs Wolf’s. That means that Spizzirri was more focused during the important points. Eliot was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.

About the serving games, Spizzirri fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Eliot Spizzirri lost the serve 8 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Spizzirri put 63% of his first serves in, winning 53% (29/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (12/32) on the 2nd serve. Spizzirri broke Wolf 8 times after converting 57% of his break points (8/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Spizzirri’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Wichita,M25 Tulsa and M25 Laval.

Eliot has an overall 27-11 win-loss record in 2024, 26-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Tiburon Challenger

Spizzirri has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tien	Spizzirri
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	9
Tot Games	63	88
Pts	238-203	277-271
Total Points	441	548
Winners	105	105
%Winners	44%	38%

Both Tien and Spizzirri played 3 matches. At the moment, Eliot Spizzirri surrendered 3 sets while Learner Tien hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tien has played 3 set(s) less than Spizzirri (6 vs 9). Therefore, Tien played 25 games less than Spizzirri. Tien scored 105 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Spizzirri fired 105 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tien	Spizzirri
Aces	12	17
Avg per match	4	5.7
1st in	142/234	173/271
%1st in	61%	64%
1st pts	105/142	105/173
%1st pts	74%	61%
2nd pts	50/92	47/98
%2nd pts	54%	48%

Tien struck 12 aces (4 per match). Spizzirri made 17 aces (5.7 per match). Tien won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Spizzirri won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tien	Spizzirri
Won	7	18
Converted	7/16	18/38
% Converted	44%	47%
Conceded	17	30
Saved	15	14
% Saved	88%	47%
Times Broken	2	16

Tien broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Eliot broke his opponents 18 times with a 47% conversion rate. Eliot conceded his serve 16 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

Tien
	R1 Nanda	R2 Braswell	1/4 Kudla	Total
Score	7-67 6-1	6-2 7-66	7-65 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	21	22	63
pts	72-60	81-68	85-75	238-203
Total points	132	149	160	441
Winners	30	34	41	105
%Winners	42%	42%	48%	44%
SERVE
Aces	6	2	4	12
Double Faults	4	2	4	10
1st in	38/70	46/75	58/89	142/234
% 1st in	54%	61%	65%	61%
1st pts	30/38	34/46	41/58	105/142
% 1st pts	79%	74%	71%	74%
2nd pts	16/32	16/29	18/31	50/92
% 2nd pts	50%	55%	58%	54%
Breaks
Won	3	3	1	7
Converted	3/5	3/9	1/2	7/16
Converted %	60%	33%	50%	44%
Conceded	3	4	10	17
Saved	2/3	3/4	10/10	15
Saved %	67%	75%	100%	81%
Times Broken	1	1	0	2

Spizzirri
	R1 Baris	R2 Shelbayh	1/4 Wolf	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3	4-6 7-62 6-4	6-3 1-6 7-5
Tot Set	3	3	3	9
Tot Games	27	33	28	88
pts	83-82	115-105	79-84	277-271
Total points	165	220	163	548
Winners	37	39	29	105
%Winners	45%	34%	37%	38%
SERVE
Aces	7	5	5	17
Double Faults	2	0	4	6
1st in	54/85	64/99	55/87	173/271
% 1st in	64%	65%	63%	64%
1st pts	37/54	39/64	29/55	105/173
% 1st pts	69%	61%	53%	61%
2nd pts	14/31	21/35	12/32	47/98
% 2nd pts	45%	60%	38%	48%
Breaks
Won	5	5	8	18
Converted	5/10	5/14	8/14	18/38
Converted %	50%	36%	57%	47%
Conceded	6	7	17	30
Saved	3/6	2/7	9/17	14
Saved %	50%	29%	53%	44%
Times Broken	3	5	8	16

Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger

• Learner TienTien – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6⁵ 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Colton SmithSmith (7-6⁵ 6-4) – See score progression
• Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri – Jeff WolfWolf (6-3 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy – Karue SellSell (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
• Goncalo Oliveira/Kelsey StevensonOliveira/Kelsey Stevenson – Trey Hilderbrand/Alex LawsonHilderbrand/Alex Lawson (3-6 7-5 10-8) – See score progression
• Learner TienTien – Denis KudlaKudla (7-6(5) 6-3) – See score progression

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