Attila Balazs and Pedro Martinez Portero will play each other in the quarter of the Rio Open for the 3^rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 pm on QUADRA GUGA KUERTEN. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.57
Attila Balazs -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Attila Balazs vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

This will be the 3^rd time that Attila Balazs and Pedro Martinez Portero square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Balazs and Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Martinez Portero won 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Buenos Aires back in February 2020.

Attila Balazs

Ranked no. 106 (career high), Balazs reached the qualifications after defeating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-3, Pablo Cuevas 6-4 6-3 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 1-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round against Moura Monteiro, The Hungarian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Balazs scored 73 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 67. Attila was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Balazs blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Attila Balazs lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Balazs put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Balazs broke Moura Monteiro 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Hungarian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Balazs has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (398-325). 4-3 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Balazs has a 74-71 win-loss record in the last 10 years on clay.

Attila’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Bangkok Challenger.

Attila has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rio de Janeiro

Balazs didn’t compete in Rio de Janeiro in 2019.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 133, Martinez Portero got to the qualifications after defeating Mateus Alves (2001) 6-2 6-3, Filip Horansky 6-4 6-2, Hugo Dellien 3-6 6-2 7-5 and Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Andujar (6-1 6-4). During the match Martinez Portero scored 60 points vs Andujar’s 42. Pedro was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Martinez Portero blasted 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pedro Martinez Portero was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Andujar 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pedro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Martinez Portero has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (624-377). 10-2 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Martinez Portero has a 168-109 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.

The Spaniard has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2020, 10-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Rio de Janeiro

Martinez Portero didn’t compete in Rio de Janeiro in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Balazs	Martinez Portero
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	75	81
Pts	209-172	283-224
Total Points	381	507
Winners	81	135
%Winners	39%	48%

Both Balazs and Martinez Portero played 4 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Attila Balazs conceded 3 sets, while Pedro Martinez Portero dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Balazs and Martinez Portero have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Balazs played 6 games less than Martinez Portero. Attila scored 81 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Pedro blasted 135 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Balazs	Martinez Portero
Aces	12	7
Avg per match	3	1.8
1st in	102/187	195/268
%1st in	55%	73%
1st pts	81/102	135/195
%1st pts	79%	69%
2nd pts	46/85	39/73
%2nd pts	54%	53%

Balazs blasted 12 aces (3 per match). Martinez Portero blasted 7 aces (1.8 per match). Balazs won 79% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 69% points behind 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	Balazs	Martinez Portero
Won	10	16
Converted	10/19	16/29
% Converted	53%	55%
Conceded	11	18
Saved	7	13
% Saved	64%	72%
Times Broken	4	5

The Hungarian broke his opponents 10 times with 53% conversion rate. Balazs conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Pedro broke his opponents 16 times with 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.

Balazs
	Q1 Luz	Q3 Mager	R1 Cuevas	R2 Moura Monteiro	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-0 6-2	6-4 6-3	1-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	9
Tot Games	18	14	19	24	75
pts	69-51	–	67-54	73-67	209-172
Total points	120	0	121	140	381
Winners	25		30	26	81
%Winners	36%	NAN%	45%	36%	39%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	4	2	12
Double Faults	3		6	4	13
1st in	29/51	/	36/65	37/71	102/187
% 1st in	57%	NAN%	55%	52%	55%
1st pts	25/29	/	30/36	26/37	81/102
% 1st pts	86%	NAN%	83%	70%	79%
2nd pts	14/22	/	16/29	16/34	46/85
% 2nd pts	64%	NAN%	55%	47%	54%
Breaks
Won	3		2	5	10
Converted	3/5	/	2/5	5/9	10/19
Converted %	60%	NAN%	40%	56%	53%
Conceded	1		2	8	11
Saved	1/1	0/	2/2	4/8	7
Saved %	100%	–	100%	50%	63%
Times Broken	0		0	4	0

Martinez Portero
	Q1 Alves (2001)	Q3 Horansky	R1 Dellien	R2 Andujar	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	6-4 6-2	3-6 6-2 7-5	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	17	18	29	17	81
pts	63-39	59-53	101-90	60-42	283-224
Total points	102	112	191	102	507
Winners	28	32	45	30	135
%Winners	44%	54%	45%	50%	48%
SERVE
Aces	2	1	0	4	7
Double Faults	2	2	2	0	6
1st in	31/48	48/69	75/96	41/55	195/268
% 1st in	65%	70%	78%	75%	73%
1st pts	28/31	32/48	45/75	30/41	135/195
% 1st pts	90%	67%	60%	73%	69%
2nd pts	10/17	12/21	9/21	8/14	39/73
% 2nd pts	59%	57%	43%	57%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	7	3	16
Converted	3/5	3/6	7/13	3/5	16/29
Converted %	60%	50%	54%	60%	55%
Conceded	2	4	9	3	18
Saved	2/2	4/4	4/9	3/3	13
Saved %	100%	100%	44%	100%	86%
Times Broken	0	0	5	0	25

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