Gian Marco Moroni and John-Patrick Smith will face off in the 3rd round of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is John-Patrick Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, John-Patrick Smith is the pick to win this match.
John-Patrick Smith -> 1.66
Gian Marco Moroni -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Gian Marco Moroni vs. John-Patrick Smith
There is no head to head record between Gian Marco Moroni and John-Patrick Smith since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gian Marco Moroni
Ranked no. 242, the Italian reached the 3rd round after beating Max Purcell 6-3 3-0 ret. and Federico Gaio 6-4 6-74 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gian defeated Gaio (6-4 6-74 6-2). During the match Marco Moroni scored 105 points vs Gaio’s 80. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Marco Moroni blasted 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gian Marco Moroni was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 65% (22/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gian broke Gaio 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Marco Moroni has won exactly 50% of his matches (65-64) in the last 6 years. 5-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Marco Moroni has a 155-116 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
The Italian has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Monterrey Challenger
Gian didn’t compete in the Monterrey Challenger in 2019.
John-Patrick Smith
Ranked no. 319, Smith reached the 3rd round after beating Milledge Cossu 6-1 6-0 and Steven Diez 6-1 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Smith had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-1 6-0). During the match Smith scored 59 points vs Diez’s 30. John-Patrick was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Smith blasted 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. John-Patrick Smith was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Diez 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Smith hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 67% of the points he played.
Smith has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (870-714). 2-3 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Smith has a 297-234 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Smith has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Monterrey Challenger
The Australian didn’t play in the Monterrey Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marco Moroni | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 26 |
| Pts | 105-80 | 117-57 |
| Total Points | 185 | 174 |
| Winners | 40 | 46 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Marco Moroni played 1 match while Smith competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Gian Marco Moroni lost 1 set while John-Patrick Smith hasn’t conceded a set so far. Marco Moroni has played 1 sets less than Smith (3 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Marco Moroni played 5 games more than Smith. The Italian scored 40 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, John-Patrick blasted 46 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marco Moroni | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 7 |
| 1st in | 49/83 | 59/77 |
| %1st in | 59% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 46/59 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 22/34 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 67% |
Marco Moroni blasted 10 aces . Smith blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Marco Moroni won 82% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marco Moroni | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 11/17 |
| % Converted | 31% | 65% |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with 31% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Smith broke his opponents 11 times with 65% conversion rate. Smith was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
| Marco Moroni | ||||
| R1 Purcell |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-0 ret. | 6-4 6-74 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 31 | 43 | |
| pts | 44-31 | 105-80 | 149-111 | |
| Total points | 75 | 185 | 260 | |
| Winners | 16 | 40 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 19/42 | 49/83 | 68/125 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 59% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 40/49 | 56/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 22/34 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/16 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 31% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 50 | |
| Smith | ||||
| R1 Cossu |
R2 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | 26 | |
| pts | 58-27 | 59-30 | 117-57 | |
| Total points | 85 | 89 | 174 | |
| Winners | 18 | 28 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 22/31 | 37/46 | 59/77 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 80% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 18/22 | 28/37 | 46/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 5/9 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 56% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/8 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 63% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | -100 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-75 7-65) – See score progression
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Liam CaruanaCaruana (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Kevin KingKing – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Evan KingKing (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – James WardWard (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- John-Patrick SmithSmith – Steven DiezDiez (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (7-62 6-76 7-66) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-6(3) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Kevin KingKing – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 6-7(4) 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Andrew HarrisHarris (0-0) – See H2H details
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Peter PolanskyPolansky (3-0) – See H2H details
- Jason JungJung – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (0-0) – See H2H details
- John-Patrick SmithSmith – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (0-0) – See H2H details
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Kevin KingKing (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-1) – See H2H details
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – See H2H details
