Juan Pablo Varillas and Gerald Melzer will play each other in the quarter of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Pablo Varillas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Pablo Varillas is the pick to win this match.
Juan Pablo Varillas -> 1.7
Gerald Melzer -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Juan Pablo Varillas vs. Gerald Melzer
This will be the 2nd time that Juan Pablo Varillas and Gerald Melzer face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Melzer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Melzer won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in the Quito Challenger back in 2017.
Juan Pablo Varillas
Ranked no. 127, Pablo Patino-Samudio got to the quarter after defeating Hernan Casanova 7-68 7-67 and Julian Lenz 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Peruvian had a good straight sets win against Lenz (6-2 6-4). During the match, Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 62 points vs Lenz’s 44. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pablo Patino-Samudio fired 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Juan Pablo Varillas lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Pablo Patino-Samudio put 62% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Lenz 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Peruvian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Pablo Patino-Samudio has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (297-191). 39-15 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Pablo Patino-Samudio has an overall267-163 record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the year was winning the title in the Biella 5 Challenger where he overcame Guido Andreozzi in the final 6-3 6-1.
The Peruvian has an overall 39-18 win-loss record in 2021, 39-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.
Gerald Melzer
Ranked no. 514, the Austrian got to the quarter after beating Guido Andreozzi 6-2 6-4 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Melzer had a good straight sets win against Agustin Tirante (6-4 6-2). During the match Melzer scored 62 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 43. Gerald was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Melzer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (11/15) on the 2nd serve. Melzer was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Agustin Tirante 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Melzer started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Melzer’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Lima Challenger.
Melzer has a composed 16-9 win-loss record in 2021, 16-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 36 |
| Pts | 158-130 | 123-88 |
| Total Points | 288 | 211 |
| Winners | 69 | 52 |
| %Winners | 44% | 42% |
Both Pablo Patino-Samudio and Melzer played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pablo Patino-Samudio and Melzer have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Pablo Patino-Samudio played 8 games more than Melzer. The Peruvian scored 69 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Gerald scored 52 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 81/133 | 73/103 |
| %1st in | 61% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 69/81 | 52/73 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 22/52 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 57% |
Pablo Patino-Samudio scored 10 aces (5 per match). Melzer recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Pablo Patino-Samudio won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 71% 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 | Pablo Patino-Samudio | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/14 | 9/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 60% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Peruvian broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Juan dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pablo Patino-Samudio | ||||
| R1 Casanova |
R2 Lenz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 7-67 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 44 | |
| pts | 96-86 | 62-44 | 158-130 | |
| Total points | 182 | 106 | 288 | |
| Winners | 46 | 23 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 37% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 28/45 | 81/133 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 46/53 | 23/28 | 69/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 82% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/35 | 8/17 | 22/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 47% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/10 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 0/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 0% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Melzer | ||||
| R1 Andreozzi |
R2 Agustin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 61-45 | 62-43 | 123-88 | |
| Total points | 106 | 105 | 211 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/50 | 38/53 | 73/103 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/38 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 68% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/15 | 11/15 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 73% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/4 | 9/15 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 100% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 3/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 75% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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