Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Aleksandar Vukic will face off in the quarter of the Alicante Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bernabe Zapata Miralles who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bernabe Zapata Miralles is the pick to win this match.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles -> 1.64
Aleksandar Vukic -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Bernabe Zapata Miralles vs. Aleksandar Vukic
There is no head to head record between Bernabe Zapata Miralles and Aleksandar Vukic since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bernabe Zapata Miralles
Ranked no. 153, Zapata Miralles got to the quarter after beating Carlos Gimeno Valero 7-5 6-2 and Pol Martin Tiffon 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Martin Tiffon (6-3 7-5). During the match Zapata Miralles scored 71 points vs Martin Tiffon’s 59. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zapata Miralles couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Bernabe Zapata Miralles lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zapata Miralles put 71% of his first serves in, winning 66% (31/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (6/19) on the 2nd serve. Bernabe broke Martin Tiffon 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Zapata Miralles has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (233-166). 11-3 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zapata Miralles has a 174-99 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Zapata Miralles’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger and the Cordenons Challenger.
Zapata Miralles has a 15-10 win-loss record in 2020, 11-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
Zapata Miralles didn’t play in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
Aleksandar Vukic
Ranked no. 186 (career high), the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-2 6-1 and Inigo Cervantes 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Cervantes (6-1 6-1). During the match Vukic scored 62 points vs Cervantes’s 33. Vukic was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Vukic fired 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aleksandar Vukic was extremely efficent on serve to win 73% (22/30) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aleksandar broke Cervantes 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aleksandar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Aleksandar’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
The Australian has a 22-11 win-loss record in 2020, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Zapata Miralles | Vukic |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
Tot Games | 41 | 29 |
Pts | 139-113 | 124-79 |
Total Points | 252 | 203 |
Winners | 58 | 46 |
%Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Zapata Miralles and Vukic played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zapata Miralles and Vukic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Zapata Miralles played 12 games more than Vukic. The Spaniard scored 58 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Vukic bagged 46 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Zapata Miralles | Vukic |
---|---|---|
Aces | 0 | 7 |
Avg per match | 0 | 3.5 |
1st in | 93/125 | 62/106 |
%1st in | 74% | 58% |
1st pts | 58/93 | 46/62 |
%1st pts | 62% | 74% |
2nd pts | 12/32 | 24/44 |
%2nd pts | 38% | 55% |
Zapata Miralles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vukic managed to score 7 aces (3.5 per match). Zapata Miralles won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Vukic won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Zapata Miralles | Vukic |
---|---|---|
Won | 13 | 10 |
Converted | 13/28 | 10/15 |
% Converted | 46% | 67% |
Conceded | 15 | 8 |
Saved | 7 | 8 |
% Saved | 47% | 100% |
Times Broken | 8 | 0 |
Zapata Miralles broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Zapata Miralles conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Aleksandar was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 8 break points.
Zapata Miralles | ||||
R1 Gimeno Valero |
R2 Martin Tiffon |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
pts | 68-54 | 71-59 | 139-113 | |
Total points | 122 | 130 | 252 | |
Winners | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
%Winners | 40% | 44% | 42% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
1st in | 46/59 | 47/66 | 93/125 | |
% 1st in | 78% | 71% | 74% | |
1st pts | 27/46 | 31/47 | 58/93 | |
% 1st pts | 59% | 66% | 62% | |
2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/19 | 12/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 46% | 32% | 38% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
Converted | 7/14 | 6/14 | 13/28 | |
Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
Saved | 2/6 | 5/9 | 7 | |
Saved % | 33% | 56% | 45% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 8 |
Vukic | ||||
R1 Couacaud |
R2 Cervantes |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 15 | 14 | 29 | |
pts | 62-46 | 62-33 | 124-79 | |
Total points | 108 | 95 | 203 | |
Winners | 24 | 22 | 46 | |
%Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
1st in | 32/51 | 30/55 | 62/106 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 55% | 58% | |
1st pts | 24/32 | 22/30 | 46/62 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 73% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 10/19 | 14/25 | 24/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 56% | 55% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/6 | 10/15 | |
Converted % | 56% | 83% | 67% | |
Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 3/3 | 8 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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