Paolo Lorenzi and Ulises Blanch 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 1:30 pm on CANCHA 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ulises Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.72
Paolo Lorenzi -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Paolo Lorenzi vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Paolo Lorenzi and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Paolo Lorenzi
Ranked no. 122, Paolo got to the 3rd round after beating James Ward 6-3 6-72 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Ward (6-3 6-72 6-3). During the match Lorenzi scored 101 points vs Ward’s 87. Paolo was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Lorenzi blasted 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Paolo Lorenzi was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (38/44) of his 1st serve and 60% (29/48) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Paolo broke Ward twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Lorenzi has a losing record in the last 10 years having won only 48% of his matches (387-427). 2-4 on hard in 2020. . In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lorenzi has a 381-290 record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Italian has a 5-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Monterrey Challenger
The Italian lost in the 2nd round 6-4 6-3 to Donald Young.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 269, the American got to the 3rd round after defeating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-3 6-1 and Viktor Troicki 7-63 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Troicki (7-63 4-6 6-3). During the match Blanch scored 99 points vs Troicki’s 87. Ulises was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch blasted 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Ulises Blanch was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 67% (28/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Troicki twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Blanch has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 53% of his matches (171-153). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has a 135-106 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Ulises’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Ann Arbor Challenger.
The American has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Monterrey Challenger
The American 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 | Lorenzi | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 48 |
| Pts | 101-87 | 154-118 |
| Total Points | 188 | 272 |
| Winners | 38 | 62 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Lorenzi played 1 match while Blanch competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Paolo Lorenzi conceded 1 set, while Ulises Blanch dropper 1 set. Lorenzi has played 2 sets less than Blanch (3 vs 5). Therefore, Lorenzi played 17 games less than Blanch. Paolo scored 38 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Ulises blasted 62 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lorenzi | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 44/92 | 80/136 |
| %1st in | 48% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 38/44 | 62/80 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 38/56 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 68% |
Lorenzi blasted 12 aces . Blanch blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Lorenzi won 86% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lorenzi | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 6 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Lorenzi broke his opponent twice with 33% conversion rate. Paolo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Ulises broke his opponents 6 times with 55% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lorenzi | |||
| R2 Ward |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-72 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-87 | 101-87 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/92 | 44/92 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 38/44 | 38/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Blanch | ||||
| R1 Gomez-Herrera |
R2 Troicki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 7-63 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 32 | 48 | |
| pts | 55-31 | 99-87 | 154-118 | |
| Total points | 86 | 186 | 272 | |
| Winners | 23 | 39 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 11 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 27/41 | 53/95 | 80/136 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 39/53 | 62/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 28/42 | 38/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 67% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/5 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 40% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
- Kevin KingKing – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 6-74 7-5) – See score progression
- Paolo LorenziLorenzi – James WardWard (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-75 7-65) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Viktor TroickiTroicki (7-63 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Evan KingKing (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrew HarrisHarris – Liam CaruanaCaruana (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo AndujarAndujar – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- John-Patrick SmithSmith – Steven DiezDiez (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Christopher EubanksEubanks (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Richard BerankisBerankis – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (7-62 6-76 7-66) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Federico GaioGaio (6-4 6-74 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Feliciano LopezLopez (6-3 3-6 6-3) – 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
- Bernard TomicTomic – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – See H2H details
- Guilherme ClezarClezar – Kevin KingKing (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Richard BerankisBerankis (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (0-0) – See H2H details
