Mario Vilella Martinez and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia will square off in the 2nd round of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz Garfia who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz Garfia is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia -> 1.33
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Mario Vilella Martinez vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
There is no head to head record between Mario Vilella Martinez and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mario Vilella Martinez
Ranked no. 183, Vilella Martinez reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Vukic 2-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Vukic, Vilella Martinez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Vilella Martinez scored 92 points vs Vukic’s 91. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vilella Martinez made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mario Vilella Martinez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Vilella Martinez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (40/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Vukic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vilella Martinez has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (235-128). 7-8 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vilella Martinez has a 201-96 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Mario’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Trieste Challenger.
The Spaniard has a 10-10 win-loss record in 2020, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
Carlos Alcaraz Garfia
Ranked no. 189, Carlos got to the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Sousa 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-3 6-3). During the match Alcaraz Garfia scored 66 points vs Sousa’s 52. Carlos was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Alcaraz Garfia was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Alcaraz Garfia put 56% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Sousa 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Manacor,M15 Antalya,the Trieste Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
The Spaniard has a 30-6 win-loss record in 2020, 20-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vilella Martinez | Alcaraz Garfia |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 92-91 | 66-52 |
| Total Points | 183 | 118 |
| Winners | 40 | 19 |
| %Winners | 43% | 29% |
Both Vilella Martinez and Alcaraz Garfia played 1 match. At the moment, Mario Vilella Martinez lost 1 set while Carlos Alcaraz Garfia hasn’t lost a set so far. Vilella Martinez has played 1 set more than Alcaraz Garfia (3 vs 2). Therefore, Vilella Martinez played 12 games more than Alcaraz Garfia. Mario scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Carlos fired 19 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vilella Martinez | Alcaraz Garfia |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 62/102 | 29/52 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 19/29 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 13/23 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Vilella Martinez fired 3 aces . Alcaraz Garfia didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vilella Martinez won 65% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Alcaraz Garfia won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vilella Martinez | Alcaraz Garfia |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 57% | 63% |
| Conceded | 11 | 4 |
| Saved | 6 | 2 |
| % Saved | 55% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Vilella Martinez broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Vilella Martinez dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vilella Martinez | |||
| R1 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-91 | 92-91 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 62/102 | 62/102 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Alcaraz Garfia | |||
| R1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 66-52 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/52 | 29/52 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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