Evan Furness and Gastao Elias will square off in the semifinal of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.65
Gastao Elias -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Evan Furness vs. Gastao Elias
This will be the 2nd time that Evan Furness and Gastao Elias face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Furness (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Furness won 6-2 6-4 in the final in M25 Vale do Lobo back in February 2021.
Evan Furness
Ranked no. 340, Furness got to the semifinal after defeating Miguel Gomes 6-3 6-1, Francisco Cabral 6-3 6-4, Enzo Couacaud 6-4 3-6 7-64, Riccardo Bonadio 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Raul Brancaccio 6-1 1-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The French player defeated Brancaccio (6-1 1-6 6-4). During the match Furness scored 83 points vs Brancaccio’s 73. Furness was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Furness scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 71% of his first serves in, winning 57% (32/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (15/23) on the 2nd serve. Furness broke Brancaccio 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 3 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Furness has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (90-46). 5-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Furness has a 15-10 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Vale do Lobo.
The French player has a 24-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger
Furness has never competed in this tournament before.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 358, the Portuguese reached the semifinal after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 2-6 6-4, Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 3-6 6-1 6-3 and Alex Molcan 6-2 7-5.
In the quarter, Elias had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 7-5). During the match Elias scored 75 points vs Molcan’s 57. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Elias was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gastao Elias lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 53% of his first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. Gastao broke Molcan 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Gastao’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Villena and M25 Vale do Lobo.
The Portuguese has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Furness | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 13 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 120 | 72 |
| Pts | 434-375 | 263-230 |
| Total Points | 809 | 493 |
| Winners | 164 | 80 |
| %Winners | 38% | 30% |
Furness played 5 matches while Elias competed in 3 matches. Furness started his run from the qualifications while Elias had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Evan Furness dropped 3 sets, while Gastao Elias lost 2 sets. Furness has played 5 sets more than Elias (13 vs 8). Therefore, Furness played 48 games more than Elias. Furness scored 164 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese recorded 80 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Furness | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 0.8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 278/401 | 139/253 |
| %1st in | 69% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 164/278 | 80/139 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 67/123 | 65/114 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Furness scored 4 aces (0.8 per match). Elias bagged 6 aces (2 per match). Furness won 59% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 58% 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 | Furness | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 29 | 16 |
| Converted | 29/53 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 55% | 55% |
| Conceded | 58 | 21 |
| Saved | 36 | 11 |
| % Saved | 62% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 22 | 10 |
The French player broke his opponents 29 times with a 55% conversion rate. Furness dropped his serve 22 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Gastao broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.
| Furness | |||||||
| Q1 Gomes |
Q3 Cabral |
R1 Couacaud |
R2 Bonadio |
1/4 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 7-64 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 32 | 29 | 24 | 120 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 79-68 | 111-105 | 98-87 | 83-73 | 434-375 | |
| Total points | 105 | 147 | 216 | 185 | 156 | 809 | |
| Winners | 21 | 32 | 43 | 36 | 32 | 164 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% | 39% | 37% | 39% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 30/43 | 52/77 | 78/107 | 62/95 | 56/79 | 278/401 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 68% | 73% | 65% | 71% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 32/52 | 43/78 | 36/62 | 32/56 | 164/278 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 62% | 55% | 58% | 57% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 13/25 | 17/29 | 15/33 | 15/23 | 67/123 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 59% | 45% | 65% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 29 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 4/8 | 6/14 | 8/14 | 5/8 | 29/53 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 43% | 57% | 63% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 58 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/7 | 8/15 | 10/17 | 9/13 | 36 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 71% | 53% | 59% | 69% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 22 | |
| Elias | |||||||
| R1 Hsin |
R2 Ortega-Olmedo |
1/4 Molcan |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Tot Games | 27 | 25 | 20 | 72 | |||
| pts | 99-93 | 89-80 | 75-57 | 263-230 | |||
| Total points | 192 | 169 | 132 | 493 | |||
| Winners | 33 | 25 | 22 | 80 | |||
| %Winners | 33% | 28% | 29% | 30% | |||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | |||
| 1st in | 56/103 | 49/86 | 34/64 | 139/253 | |||
| % 1st in | 54% | 57% | 53% | 55% | |||
| 1st pts | 33/56 | 25/49 | 22/34 | 80/139 | |||
| % 1st pts | 59% | 51% | 65% | 58% | |||
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 22/37 | 18/30 | 65/114 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 59% | 60% | 57% | |||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 7 | 5 | 16 | |||
| Converted | 4/7 | 7/12 | 5/10 | 16/29 | |||
| Converted % | 57% | 58% | 50% | 55% | |||
| Conceded | 8 | 9 | 4 | 21 | |||
| Saved | 4/8 | 5/9 | 2/4 | 11 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 56% | 50% | 31% | |||
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Oeiras 1 Challenger
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Tiago CacaoCacao (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Igor SijslingSijsling (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Alex MolcanMolcan (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Zdenek KolarKolar (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gastao EliasElias – Evan FurnessFurness (0-1) – H2H and prediction
