Alexander Blockx and Cristian Garin will face off in the 1st round of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Blockx who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexander Blockx is the pick to win this match.
Alexander Blockx -> 1.5
Cristian Garin -> 2.58
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Prediction and head to head Alexander Blockx vs. Cristian Garin
This will be the 2nd time that Alexander Blockx and Cristian Garin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Garin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Garin won 7-6(6) 6-1 in the Rubber 2 in 1 back in 2025.
Alexander Blockx
21 - 9win/loss
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LLLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-19 | 16-10 | 16-6 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 46-28 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 23-11 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 69 (career-high), Alexander will start his run in Madrid after he played his last match in Munich where he lost 6-4 7-6(8) to Shelton in the 2nd round on the 15th of April.
Blockx has an aggregate 21-9 win-loss record in 2026, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Canberra Challenger where he overcame Rafael Jodar in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, The Belgian has an overall 141-83 record. He has a positive 29-20 record on clay.
Previously in Madrid
Blockx has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristian Garin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11-17 | 2-6 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 49-22 | 6-6 | 39-13 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-24 | 3-6 | 13-14 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 22-12 | 18-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-23 | 4-5 | 9-11 | 1-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Garin reached the 1st round after beating Ugo Blanchet 7-5 6-4 and Martin Damm 2-6 6-4 7-6(5).
Garin has a composed 5-9 win-loss record in 2026, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
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