Gastao Elias and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will face off in the quarter of the Maia 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:55 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.55
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Gastao Elias and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 227, Gastao got to the quarter after defeating Eduard Esteve Lobato 6-4 6-2 and Tiago Cacao 6-2 2-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Elias defeated Cacao (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match, Elias scored 86 points vs Cacao’s 80. Elias was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Elias was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Gastao Elias lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 68% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Cacao 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gastao started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Elias has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (324-254). 23-11 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Elias has a compiled 250-171 record in the last years on clay.
The Portuguese’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 36-17 win-loss record in 2021, 23-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 1 Challenger
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 283, Geoffrey reached the quarter after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-3 3-6 6-2 and Goncalo Oliveira 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Oliveira, Geoffrey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Blancaneaux scored less points (1) than Oliveira. In fact, the world no. 227 won 84 points vs Oliveira’s. That means that Blancaneaux was more focused during the important points. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux bagged 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Geoffrey Blancaneaux lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Blancaneaux put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Geoffrey broke Oliveira 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Blancaneaux has an overall 24-31 win-loss record in 2021, 15-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 53 |
| Pts | 149-124 | 172-165 |
| Total Points | 273 | 337 |
| Winners | 57 | 77 |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% |
Both Elias and Blancaneaux played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Gastao Elias dropped 1 set, while Geoffrey Blancaneaux surrendered 2 sets. Elias has played 1 set(s) less than Blancaneaux (5 vs 6). Therefore, Elias played 10 games less than Blancaneaux. The Portuguese scored 57 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 77 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 82/126 | 118/176 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 57/82 | 77/118 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 30/44 | 31/58 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 53% |
Elias scored 2 aces (1 per match). Blancaneaux blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Elias won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elias | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/23 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 35% | 42% |
| Conceded | 9 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 67% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Gastao broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Gastao dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | ||||
| R1 Esteve Lobato |
R2 Cacao |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 | 43 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 86-80 | 149-124 | |
| Total points | 107 | 166 | 273 | |
| Winners | 23 | 34 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 52/77 | 82/126 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 68% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 34/52 | 57/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 16/25 | 30/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 64% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/12 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 5/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Blancaneaux | ||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Oliveira |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 2-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| pts | 88-80 | 84-85 | 172-165 | |
| Total points | 168 | 169 | 337 | |
| Winners | 33 | 44 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 52/82 | 66/94 | 118/176 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/52 | 44/66 | 77/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 14/28 | 31/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 9/12 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 75% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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