Dali Blanch and Santiago De La Fuente will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 3. 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 Dali Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dali Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Dali Blanch -> 1.42
Santiago De La Fuente -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Dali Blanch vs. Santiago De La Fuente
There is no head to head record between Dali Blanch and Santiago De La Fuente since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dali Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-28 | 8-13 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 17-17 | 19-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-28 | 11-17 | 10-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-20 | 10-10 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 649, Blanch reached the qualifications after defeating Alexey Nesterov 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Nesterov (6-1 6-4). During the match, Blanch scored 63 points vs Nesterov’s 40. Blanch was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dali Blanch was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Nesterov 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Blanch has a negative win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 48% of his matches (82-88). 7-5 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has a composed41-37 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Dali’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Telde and M15 Kursumlijska Banja.
Blanch has a composed 9-10 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.
Santiago De La Fuente
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 17-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-22 | 0-1 | 25-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 890, the Argentine got to the qualifications after defeating Ignacio Carou 2-6 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications against Carou, Santiago recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-0). During the match De La Fuente scored 82 points vs Carou’s 62. Santiago was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, De La Fuente scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Santiago De La Fuente lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, De La Fuente put 58% of his first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. De La Fuente broke Carou 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
The Argentine has a composed 2-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 63-40 | 82-62 |
| Total Points | 103 | 144 |
| Winners | 26 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 33% |
Both Blanch and De La Fuente played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Santiago De La Fuente conceded 1 set while Dali Blanch hasn’t conceded a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set(s) less than De La Fuente (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blanch played 5 games less than De La Fuente. The American scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine bagged 27 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 38/65 |
| %1st in | 62% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 27/38 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/27 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 37% |
Blanch scored 2 aces . De La Fuente managed to score 1 ace . Blanch won 90% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, De La Fuente won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | De La Fuente |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 7/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Blanch broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Dali pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Santiago broke his opponent 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Santiago conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Nesterov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| De La Fuente | |||
| Q1 Carou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-62 | 82-62 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/65 | 38/65 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 10/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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