Marcos Giron vs Tommy Paul Prediction: Giron is going to cause trouble.

The ATP Dallas tournament reaches its final round and Marcos Giron and Tommy Paul are the two names to make it to the final. The tournament started on the 4th of February with a qualifying round consisting of 24 players. After 4 knockout rounds, Tommy Paul and Marcos Giron were the only players to win all rounds and get into the final. 

Tommy Paul and Marcos Giron are no longer strangers to each other. They have met 5 times in the past and Marcos Giron has won more times in their past meetings.

Marcos Giron

Marcos Giron is an American player born on the 24th of July 1993. He's currently ranked 67th on the ATP rankings. In May 2022, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of Number 49. 

Giron won the boys' singles in the Ojai Tennis Tournament in 2009 and the men’s invitational in 2011. And In 2014, Giron won the singles title at the 2014 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships for UCLA.

His singles Grand Slam records include: Australian Open - first round (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), French Open - third round (2021, 2023), Wimbledon - second round (2021, 2022, 2023), US Open - second round (2020, 2021).

And in the Grand Slam doubles he had the following record: Australian Open - third round (2022), French Open - second round (2023), Wimbledon - first round - (2022, 2023), US Open - first round (2014, 2021, 2022).

Marcos Giron won all 4 games of the ATP Dallas in straight sets. He defeated Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (R32), Max Purcell (R16), Frances Tiafoe (QF) and Adriano Mannarino (SM). 

Tommy Paul

Tommy Paul is an American player born on May 17 1997. He is currently ranked 15th on the ATP rankings. On 2nd October 2023, he had a career high rank of 12th. He won one ATP title at the 2021 Stockholm Open. 

In the singles Grand Slam, he had the following record: Australian Open - semi final (2023), French Open - second round (2020, 2021, 2023), Wimbledon - fourth round (2022), US Open - fourth round (2023).

And in the doubles Grand Slam, his records were: Australian Open - second round (2021), French Open - quarter final (2020), Wimbledon - second round (2022), US Open - second round (2016).

Tommy Paul won all 3 matches in the tournament in straight sets. He defeated Taro Daniel (R16), Dominik Koepfer (QF) and Ben Shelton (SM).

Head to Head

Marcos Giron and Tommy Paul have played 5 times against each other in the past. Marcos Giron won 3 times in the ITF the US 2017, Aptos Challenger USA 2018 and ATP Miami 2021. While Tommy Paul won 2 times in the New Haven Challenger USA 2019 and ATP Toronto 2023.

Analysis and Predictions

Marcos Giron is a scary opponent for any player at the moment and Tommy Paul is aware of the threat he is up against. This is one tough fixture where the ATP rankings means nothing because both players are top class at the moment. But I expect Tommy Paul to be able to handle himself through the tough game that Marcos Giron will bring into the court. 

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