Learner Tien and Eliot Spizzirri will face off in the semifinal of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st 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

Learner Tien

48 - 9win/loss

Hard
48-8
I Hard
0-0
Clay
0-1
Rank
117
High
114
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 60-12 53-8 0-1 7-3 0-0 0-0
2023 30-10 20-10 0-0 10-0 0-0 0-0
2022 12-11 8-5 3-3 1-3 0-0 0-0
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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

Tiburon Challenger
Tien's Record

Eliot Spizzirri

Eliot Spizzirri

28 - 11win/loss

Hard
27-9
I Hard
0-1
Grass
1-1
Rank
223
High
223
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-17 28-11 0-0 6-5 1-1 0-0
2023 9-10 6-7 0-0 3-2 0-1 0-0
2022 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 15-4 15-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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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.

Tiburon Challenger
Spizzirri's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

L.Tien
E.Spizzirri
4h:48
4h:48
Time on court​
6h:26
6h:26
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
2h:00
2h:00
3
3
Match played
3
3
63
63
Games Played​
88
88
6
6
Set played​​
9
9
238
238
Total points​
277
277
79.3
79.3
Avg point​
92.3
92.3
105
105
Winners
105
105
35
35
Avg Winners​
35
35
44%
44%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
17
17
4
4
Avg Aces
5.7
5.7
10
10
Double Faults
6
6
3.3
3.3
Avg Double Faults
2
2
105/142
105/142
1st won total​
105/173
105/173
!
74%
74%
1st won %
61%
61%
50/92
50/92
2nd won total​
47/98
47/98
54%
54%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
7/16
7/16
BP won
18/38
18/38
2.3/5.3
2.3/5.3
Avg BP won
6/12.7
6/12.7
44%
44%
Won
47%
47%
17
17
Conceded
30
30
5.7
5.7
Avg Conceded
10
10
2
2
Broken
16
16
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
!
5.3
5.3
15
15
Saved
14
14
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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

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