Facundo Diaz Acosta and Akira Santillan will face off in the quarter of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.22
Akira Santillan -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Akira Santillan
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Akira Santillan since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-19 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 137, the Argentine reached the quarter after beating Oscar Otte 6-4 6-71 6-1 and Maxime Janvier 6-1 3-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine defeated Janvier (6-1 3-6 7-65). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 97 points vs Janvier’s 89. Facundo was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was extremely effective on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 71% (20/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Janvier twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo has lost 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Diaz Acosta has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (165-99). 23-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diaz Acosta has an aggregate145-84 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he beat Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-4 6-3.
Diaz Acosta has an overall 26-12 win-loss record in 2023, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger
Facundo has never competed in this tournament before.
Akira Santillan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-6 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374, Santillan reached the quarter after defeating Conner Huertas Del Pino 6-1 6-2, Liam Gavrielides 6-0 6-4, Marco Cecchinato 7-5 6-3 and Jozef Kovalik 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Akira defeated Kovalik (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match Santillan scored 74 points vs Kovalik’s 61. Akira was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Santillan bagged 9 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Akira Santillan lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Santillan put 72% of his first serves in, winning 83% (38/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Akira was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kovalik 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Santillan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Portimao.
Santillan has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2023, 13-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 78 |
| Pts | 193-174 | 263-193 |
| Total Points | 367 | 456 |
| Winners | 84 | 108 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Diaz Acosta played 2 matches while Santillan competed in 4 matches. Santillan started his run from the qualifications while Diaz Acosta had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Facundo Diaz Acosta surrendered 2 sets, while Akira Santillan surrendered 1 set. Diaz Acosta has played 3 set(s) less than Santillan (6 vs 9). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 19 games less than Santillan. Diaz Acosta scored 84 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Santillan struck 108 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 118/184 | 133/211 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 84/118 | 108/133 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 42/66 | 41/78 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 53% |
Diaz Acosta blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Santillan recorded 22 aces (5.5 per match). Diaz Acosta won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Santillan won 81% 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 | Diaz Acosta | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 18 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 18/27 |
| % Converted | 40% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 29% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponents 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 18 times with a 67% conversion rate. Akira conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | ||||
| R1 Otte |
R2 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-71 6-1 | 6-1 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 96-85 | 97-89 | 193-174 | |
| Total points | 181 | 186 | 367 | |
| Winners | 45 | 39 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/101 | 55/83 | 118/184 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 39/55 | 84/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 20/28 | 42/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 71% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/10 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 20% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Santillan | ||||||
| Q1 Huertas Del Pino |
Q3 Gavrielides |
R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 6-4 | 7-5 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 21 | 26 | 78 | |
| pts | 57-34 | 61-41 | 71-57 | 74-61 | 263-193 | |
| Total points | 91 | 102 | 128 | 135 | 456 | |
| Winners | 20 | 24 | 26 | 38 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 37% | 51% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 33/53 | 29/52 | 46/64 | 133/211 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 62% | 56% | 72% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 24/33 | 26/29 | 38/46 | 108/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 73% | 90% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 11/20 | 12/23 | 8/18 | 41/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 52% | 44% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/6 | 4/10 | 4/4 | 18/27 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 83% | 40% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/2 | 1/2 | 0/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 50% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
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