Pedro Martinez Portero and Matteo Viola will face off in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2 pm on Grand Stand Arena. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.152
Matteo Viola -> 5.4
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Matteo Viola
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Matteo Viola since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
Ranked no. 106, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after defeating Francesco Forti 6-4 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Forti (6-4 6-0). During the match Martinez Portero scored 53 points vs Forti’s 29. Martinez Portero was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Martinez Portero recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Pedro Martinez Portero was quite effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Martinez Portero broke Forti 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Martinez Portero has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (292-160). 12-4 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Martinez Portero has a 243-121 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Spaniard has a 18-9 win-loss record in 2020, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Spaniard didn’t compete in Rome in 2019.
Matteo Viola
Ranked no. 224, the Italian reached the qualifications after defeating Soon-Woo Kwon 7-65 1-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, Matteo defeated Kwon (7-65 1-6 7-65).-124) than Kwon. In fact, the world no. 106 won 124 points vs Kwon’s. That means that Viola was more focused during the important points. Matteo was pretty aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Viola scored 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matteo Viola lost the serve 5 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Viola put 65% of his first serves in, winning 61% (50/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Kwon 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Matteo’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in the Noumea Challenger.
Matteo has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Matteo lost in the 3rd round to Henri Laaksonen.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 |
| Pts | 53-29 | 124-132 |
| Total Points | 82 | 256 |
| Winners | 21 | 50 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Martinez Portero and Viola played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Matteo Viola surrendered 1 set while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t conceded a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 1 set(s) less than Viola (2 vs 3). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 17 games less than Viola. The Spaniard scored 21 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 50 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 82/127 |
| %1st in | 65% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 50/82 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 24/45 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 53% |
Martinez Portero recorded 4 aces . Viola made 3 aces . Martinez Portero won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Viola won 61% 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 | Martinez Portero | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 1 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 7 |
| % Saved | 0% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Martinez Portero broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Pedro surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Viola conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | |||
| Q1 Forti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 53-29 | 53-29 | |
| Total points | 82 | 82 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Viola | |||
| Q1 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 1-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 124-132 | 124-132 | |
| Total points | 256 | 256 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 82/127 | 82/127 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 50/82 | 50/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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