Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Jesper De Jong will play each other in the final of the Almaty 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.52
Jesper De Jong -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Ranked no. 232, the Chilean reached the final after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 7-63 6-2, Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-1, Pavel Kotov 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Andrej Martin 6-3 6-0.
In the semifinal, Tomas Barrios Vera had a good straight sets win against Martin (6-3 6-0). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 53 points vs Martin’s 25. The Chilean was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera was pretty effective on serve to win 87% (20/23) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tomas Barrios Vera broke Martin 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Chilean started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (236-127). 20-13 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomas Barrios Vera has an overall168-88 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Marcelo’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Santiago Challenger.
Marcelo has a composed 23-16 win-loss record in 2021, 20-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Jesper De Jong
Ranked no. 319, De Jong reached the final after defeating Daniel Michalski 6-2 6-1, Khumoun Sultanov 6-1 6-3, Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 6-2, Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-2, Riccardo Bonadio 7-66 6-2 and Mirza Basic 6-4 7-63.
In the semifinal, De Jong had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-4 7-63). During the match De Jong scored 81 points vs Basic’s 74. Jesper was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, De Jong blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jesper De Jong lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, De Jong put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (32/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Jesper broke Basic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jesper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Jesper’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Almaty 2 Challenger.
Jesper has a compiled 12-13 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 80 | 110 |
| Pts | 282-208 | 405-304 |
| Total Points | 490 | 709 |
| Winners | 102 | 162 |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% |
Tomas Barrios Vera played 4 matches while De Jong competed in 6 matches. De Jong started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera dropped 1 set while Jesper De Jong hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 3 set(s) less than De Jong (9 vs 12). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 30 games less than De Jong. The Chilean scored 102 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, De Jong struck 162 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 136/213 | 221/371 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 102/136 | 162/221 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 49/77 | 75/150 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Tomas Barrios Vera fired 10 aces (2.5 per match). De Jong managed to score 26 aces (4.3 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, De Jong won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 17 | 27 |
| Converted | 17/40 | 27/52 |
| % Converted | 43% | 52% |
| Conceded | 15 | 30 |
| Saved | 9 | 20 |
| % Saved | 60% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 10 |
Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponents 17 times with a 43% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 27 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | ||||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Popko |
1/4 Kotov |
1/2 Martin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 27 | 15 | 80 | |
| pts | 73-58 | 65-39 | 91-86 | 53-25 | 282-208 | |
| Total points | 131 | 104 | 177 | 78 | 490 | |
| Winners | 33 | 21 | 28 | 20 | 102 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 32% | 31% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/62 | 28/39 | 41/79 | 23/33 | 136/213 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 72% | 52% | 70% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 21/28 | 28/41 | 20/23 | 102/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | 68% | 87% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/18 | 10/11 | 26/38 | 6/10 | 49/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 91% | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/10 | 2/12 | 6/10 | 17/40 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 17% | 60% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 15 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 4/6 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| De Jong | ||||||||
| Q1 Michalski |
Q3 Sultanov |
R1 Coppejans |
R2 Gabashvili |
1/4 Bonadio |
1/2 Basic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 110 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 68-45 | 69-56 | 60-44 | 70-54 | 81-74 | 405-304 | |
| Total points | 88 | 113 | 125 | 104 | 124 | 155 | 709 | |
| Winners | 21 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 32 | 162 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 42% | 38% | 43% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 32/59 | 39/65 | 34/62 | 38/59 | 48/78 | 221/371 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 54% | 60% | 55% | 64% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 27/32 | 29/39 | 23/34 | 30/38 | 32/48 | 162/221 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 84% | 74% | 68% | 79% | 67% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 11/27 | 9/26 | 17/28 | 12/21 | 14/30 | 75/150 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 41% | 35% | 61% | 57% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 27 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/10 | 5/9 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 4/11 | 27/52 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 56% | 80% | 40% | 36% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 30 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 5/8 | 20 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 86% | 67% | 75% | 0% | 63% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
Head 2 Head
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