Blaz Kavcic and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera will face off in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Kavcic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Kavcic is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Kavcic -> 1.61
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera -> 2.20
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Kavcic vs. Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
There is no head to head record between Blaz Kavcic and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 218, Kavcic reached the qualifications after defeating Brayden Schnur 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Schnur (6-4 6-4). During the match Kavcic scored 62 points vs Schnur’s 56. Blaz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kavcic recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaz Kavcic was very effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovenian broke Schnur twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kavcic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (290-191). 16-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kavcic has a 94-67 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Slovenian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Split 1 Challenger.
Kavcic has a 19-9 win-loss record in 2021, 16-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2010. See his history.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Ranked no. 241, Marcelo got to the qualifications after defeating Renzo Olivo 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Olivo, The Chilean recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 92 points vs Olivo’s 82. Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomas Barrios Vera wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Chilean broke Olivo 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Tomas Barrios Vera’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Santiago Challenger.
Marcelo has a 14-13 win-loss record in 2021, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kavcic | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 62-56 | 92-82 |
| Total Points | 118 | 174 |
| Winners | 27 | 35 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Kavcic and Tomas Barrios Vera played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera surrendered 1 set while Blaz Kavcic hasn’t lost a set so far. Kavcic has played 1 set(s) less than Tomas Barrios Vera (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kavcic played 10 games less than Tomas Barrios Vera. Kavcic scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera blasted 35 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kavcic | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 49/84 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 35/49 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 57% |
Kavcic blasted 3 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kavcic won 73% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera won 71% of the points on 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 | Kavcic | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 40% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Blaz broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Blaz pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Marcelo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kavcic | |||
| Q1 Schnur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 62-56 | 62-56 | |
| Total points | 118 | 118 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 37/58 | 37/58 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 27/37 | 27/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 15/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||
| Q1 Olivo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 92-82 | 92-82 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/84 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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