Facundo Bagnis and Carlos Gimeno Valero will face off in the quarter of the Barcelona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Bagnis who should win in 2 sets.
Facundo Bagnis -> 1.222
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Facundo Bagnis and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Facundo Bagnis
Ranked no. 129, Facundo reached the quarter after defeating Joao Domingues 7-65 6-4 and Dmitry Popko 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Popko (7-5 6-2). During the match Bagnis scored 82 points vs Popko’s 67. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bagnis managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Facundo Bagnis was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Popko 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Bagnis has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (368-248). 22-9 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bagnis has a 351-214 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Biella Challenger.
Facundo has a 23-11 win-loss record in 2020, 22-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
The Argentine didn’t compete in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 534 (career high), Gimeno reached the quarter after defeating Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-2 and Christopher O Connell 6-75 2-5 ret..
In the 2nd round against O Connell, Gimeno had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (6-75 2-5 ret.).-69) than O Connell. In fact, the world no. 129 won 69 points vs O Connell’s. That means that Gimeno was more focused during the important points. Gimeno was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 8 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno put 67% of his first serves in, winning 53% (24/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 23% (5/22) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke O Connell 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Carlos’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sintra.
The Spaniard has a 9-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Barcelona Challenger
Gimeno didn’t play in the Barcelona Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bagnis | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 17 |
| Pts | 161-133 | 63-49 |
| Total Points | 294 | 112 |
| Winners | 63 | 17 |
| %Winners | 39% | 27% |
Bagnis played 2 matches while Gimeno competed in 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Bagnis has played 2 sets more than Gimeno (4 vs 2). Therefore, Bagnis played 26 games more than Gimeno. The Argentine scored 63 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Gimeno managed to score 17 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bagnis | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 83/141 | 31/46 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 63/83 | 17/31 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 55% |
| 2nd pts | 28/58 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 47% |
Bagnis recorded 5 aces (2.5 per match). Gimeno blasted 1 ace . Bagnis won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 55% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bagnis | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 7/10 |
| % Converted | 47% | 70% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 56% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Bagnis lost his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Gimeno broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bagnis | ||||
| R1 Domingues | R2 Popko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 82-67 | 161-133 | |
| Total points | 145 | 149 | 294 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 38/68 | 45/73 | 83/141 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 32/45 | 63/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/30 | 15/28 | 28/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 4/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 80% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Gimeno | ||||
| R1 Couacaud | R2 O Connell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-75 2-5 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 69-81 | 132-130 | |
| Total points | 112 | 150 | 262 | |
| Winners | 17 | 24 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 35% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 45/67 | 76/113 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 17/31 | 24/45 | 41/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 5/22 | 12/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 23% | 32% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 4/12 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 40% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
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