

What Time Will Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard Play Against Carlos Alcaraz?
Perricard and Alcaraz are on the Day 2 Schedule at China Open 2024 on Friday 27 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard of France will be facing Carlos Alcaraz of Spain for the first time. Based on their 52-week averages, Mpetshi Perricard has a higher conversion score, steal score, and serve quality. He also has a higher forehand and backhand quality. Alcaraz, on the other hand, has a higher attack score and return quality, as well as a higher steal score.
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard is 21 years old and ranked 51st in the world, with a career-high ranking of 44. In 2024, he has a record of 10-8 and won the Lyon title. This is his debut in Beijing. He broke into the top 100 in May 2024 and reached his career-high ranking after winning his first ATP Tour title in Lyon.
During his Lyon title run, Mpetshi Perricard achieved his first career top 30 wins by defeating No. 19 Bublik in the semifinals and No. 29 Etcheverry in the final. He also had success in Wimbledon as a lucky loser, defeating No. 21 Korda in the first round and becoming the first lucky loser to reach the fourth round since 1995. In the Challenger circuit, he has a 50-33 record and has won titles in Leon, Nottingham, Cuernavaca, and Acapulco. In the junior rankings, he reached No. 4 in 2021 and reached the semifinals of the Roland Garros boys’ singles and won the boys’ doubles title.
It is worth noting that Mpetshi Perricard is playing his first match against a top 10 opponent and is looking for the biggest win of his career. He has a record of 4-2 against top 30 players, with his only losses coming against Musetti in Stuttgart and Wimbledon during the 2024 grass season.
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Carlos Alcaraz is also 21 years old and currently ranked 3rd in the world, with a career-high ranking of 1st. In 2024, he has a record of 43-9 and has won three titles. In Beijing, he has a record of 3-1, with a semifinal appearance in 2023. Alcaraz made history by becoming the youngest and first teenage world No. 1 in the PIF ATP Rankings. He achieved this feat by rising from No. 32 at the end of 2021 to No. 1 at the age of 19 in September 2022 and remained at the top of the rankings for a total of 36 weeks.
Alcaraz has notable victories in his career, including winning the US Open at the age of 19, becoming the youngest men’s champion since Sampras in 1990. He also won the 2024 Roland Garros, becoming the youngest man to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces. He defeated Djokovic, a 7-time champion, in the Wimbledon finals in both 2023 and 2024, becoming only the second man in the Open Era to win his first four Grand Slam finals after Federer. However, he lost to Djokovic in the 2024 Paris Olympics final.
Among his achievements, Alcaraz is the youngest ATP 500 champion at the 2022 Rio de Janeiro and the 3rd-youngest ATP Masters 1000 champion at the 2022 Miami. He also defeated Nadal and Djokovic back-to-back at the 2022 Madrid tournament, becoming the youngest player to achieve this feat at the same clay-court event.
In this match, Alcaraz will be facing a younger opponent for the third time in his career. He has a record of 16-2 against players ranked outside the top 50 in 2024, with his only losses coming against No. 117 Monteiro in Rio de Janeiro and No. 74 van de Zandschulp in the US Open.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Perricard will win.
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