Oriol Roca Batalla and Inigo Cervantes will face off in the qualifications of the Alicante Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oriol Roca Batalla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oriol Roca Batalla is the pick to win this match.
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.74
Inigo Cervantes -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Inigo Cervantes
This will be the 3rd time that Oriol Roca Batalla and Inigo Cervantes square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Cervantes (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cervantes won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in Spain F28 back in 1970.
Oriol Roca Batalla
Ranked no. 357, Roca Batalla reached the 2nd round after beating Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Ortega-Olmedo, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Roca Batalla scored 82 points vs Ortega-Olmedo’s 77. Oriol was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Roca Batalla recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 42% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (29/51) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Ortega-Olmedo 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Roca Batalla has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (432-238). 5-3 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Roca Batalla has a 357-186 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Spaniard has a 5-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t compete in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
Inigo Cervantes
Ranked no. 579, the Spaniard got to the 2nd round after defeating Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, Inigo had a good straight sets win against Guinard (6-4 7-65). During the match Cervantes scored 83 points vs Guinard’s 74. Inigo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Cervantes blasted 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Inigo Cervantes lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Cervantes put 56% of his first serves in, winning 62% (28/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Cervantes broke Guinard 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Cervantes has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t compete in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 |
| Pts | 82-77 | 83-74 |
| Total Points | 159 | 157 |
| Winners | 26 | 28 |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% |
Both Roca Batalla and Cervantes played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Oriol Roca Batalla conceded 1 set while Inigo Cervantes hasn’t dropped a set so far. Roca Batalla has played 1 set more than Cervantes (3 vs 2). Therefore, Roca Batalla played 4 games more than Cervantes. Roca Batalla scored 26 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Inigo fired 28 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/88 | 45/81 |
| %1st in | 42% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 28/45 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 15/36 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 42% |
Roca Batalla recorded 5 aces . Cervantes managed to score 3 aces . Roca Batalla won 70% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cervantes won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roca Batalla | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 8 |
| % Saved | 63% | 62% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Roca Batalla broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Roca Batalla lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Inigo broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | |||
| Q1 Ortega-Olmedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 82-77 | 82-77 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/88 | 37/88 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cervantes | |||
| Q1 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 83-74 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/81 | 45/81 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 28/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 15/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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