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5 issues to learn about Tallon Griekspoor

Find out about Alcaraz’s China Open third-round opponent

September 29, 2024

Tallon Griekspoor will attempt to earn the largest win of his profession on Sunday night when he faces second seed Carlos Alcaraz for a spot within the China Open quarter-finals.

ATPTour.com seems to be at 5 issues to know concerning the No. 39 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings earlier than his massive match in Beijing.

Tallon reached a career-high World No. 21 in November 2023
Griekspoor is at present the No. 1 Dutch participant within the PIF ATP Rankings. Earlier than 2021 he had by no means cracked the High 100. He began his 2023 season at No. 95. Profitable his maiden tour-level title on the ATP 250 occasion in Pune in January 2023, the Dutchman boosted his rating early on within the season.

A 3rd-round look on the Australian Open and semi-final run on the ATP 500 occasion in Rotterdam noticed him steadily propel by the rankings. With one other tour-level title on the ATP 250 occasion in ‘s-Hertogenbosch in entrance of his dwelling crowd and a closing run on the ATP 500 occasion in Washington, Griekspoor stored bettering.

Exhibiting consistency on the Tour all through final season, together with notable wins over Alexander Zverev and Hubert Hurkacz, he reached a career-high No. 21 in November 2023.

He made ATP Challenger Tour historical past
Griekspoor holds the ATP Challenger Tour report for many titles in a season, profitable eight trophies in 2021. No person else has claimed greater than six titles in a season (Benjamin Bonzi, Sebastian Baez, Facundo Bagnis, Juan Ignacio Chela, Younes El Aynaoui).

In the course of the 2021 season, Griekspoor began his ATP Challenger Tour title run by profitable in Prague in Might, adopted by wins in Bratislava and Amersfoort.

He then received 5 titles in a row, beginning in Murcia, triumphing twice in Napoli, Tenerife, and the final one of many season in Bratislava once more. He completed the season with a formidable 8-0 report within the Challenger finals.

He additionally holds the report longest profitable streak on the Challenger stage in a single season with 25 wins in the identical season.

The Dutchman is but to win a match towards Alcaraz
Griekspoor trails the Spaniard 0-3 within the pair’s Lexus ATP Head2Head sequence.

He has by no means taken a set off the four-time main champion. All of the losses have come on massive levels and three totally different surfaces, at 2022 Wimbledon, the 2023 BNP Paribas Open and the 2024 Paris Olympics.

“Wasn’t my finest match, I misplaced in three. I assumed that on grass, if you wish to beat the man at some floor, it will have been grass in my eyes. However he performed properly there, I didn’t play too nice,” Griekspoor mentioned forward of their 2023 Indian wells match. “He’s the most effective gamers on the earth, that’s for certain. He’s so younger. He’s injured, he comes again immediately, he performs so properly. So it’s going to be actually powerful, however on the finish I actually just like the problem of taking part in him. Why not?”

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Tennis runs within the household
Born in Haarlem, Netherlands, Griekspoor began taking part in tennis on the age of six. His older twin brothers Scott Griekspoor and Kevin Griekspoor are former gamers. As a child, he used to hitch the 2 throughout their classes. Scott climbed to a career-high rating of No. 205 and Kevin reached World No. 655.

In 2018, each Tallon and Scott received Challenger titles.

“I all the time had two guys to look as much as, six years older,” Griekspoor mentioned. “They have been a lot better and stronger than me at the moment, so I actually loved that.”

His mom Monique can also be a tennis teacher.

Household’s racing historical past
Griekspoor’s father Ron is a former motocross driver.

“I didn’t do [motocross] that a lot myself. I did it for enjoyable. The opposite facet of my household, my nephews, they’re doing it professionally. Within the household it’s tennis and motocross,” Griekspoor mentioned. “Nearly each weekend when it’s on, I’m watching it. It’s simply a part of my youth. I grew up with it and I actually, actually prefer it.”

The 28-year-old can also be an enormous Components One fan and enjoys watching fellow Dutchman Max Verstappen.