Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Carlos Alcaraz Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP French Open

Prediction published on 02/06/2024, 14:38  by Steve Ashfield | Modified on 02/06/2024 at 15:07 in ATP French Open Predictions

Carlos Alcaraz is seeded third at Roland Garros and takes on the ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals. Possible semi-final opponents include the second seed Jannick Sinner. Alcaraz reached the last four in 2022, his best performance at Roland Garros. He's third in the live rankings and up to sixth in the ATP Race. The Spaniard is chasing his second title of the year. He's already won the Indian Wells hard court title this year but is yet to reach a clay court final. It's not been an ideal year for him with injuries causing him to retire from and miss tournaments. He's shown good form at Roland Garros though with only one set lost in his four matches. He's beaten two seeds so far with wins over Sebastian Korda (seeded 27th) and the 21st seed Felix Auger-Aliassime.

To reach the last four at Roland Garros, Stefanos Tsitsipas needs to beat Carlos Alcaraz for the first time. He's lost all five of his previous matches against him and the last three were all played on clay. They met at this stage in last year's French Open and Alcaraz won in straight sets. Tsitsipas has won sets in two of their five meetings. Tsitsipas is eighth in the live rankings and is fifth in the ATP Race. He's won one clay court tournament this year with success in the Monte Carlo Masters. A week later he lost  in the Barcelona final. The quarter finals were reached in Rome and now he's in the last eight at Roland Garros. Tsitsipas is playing his fourth quarter final here and reached the final in 2021. To get to the last eight, Tsitsipas has won two matches in straight sets and the others in four. We tip him to win a set in this match.