Aleksandar Vukic and Inigo Cervantes will face off in the 2nd round of the Alicante Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.22
Inigo Cervantes -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Inigo Cervantes
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Inigo Cervantes since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
Ranked no. 186 (career high), Aleksandar got to the 2nd round after beating Enzo Couacaud 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (6-2 6-1). During the match Vukic scored 62 points vs Couacaud’s 46. Aleksandar was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Aleksandar Vukic was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vukic broke Couacaud 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Vukic has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (166-118). 8-4 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has a 64-39 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Aleksandar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Vukic has a 21-11 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
The Australian didn’t compete in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
Inigo Cervantes
Ranked no. 582, Cervantes reached the 2nd round after beating Manuel Guinard 6-4 7-65, Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-2 and Alex Bolt 1-6 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round against Bolt, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 7-5 6-3).-101) than Bolt. In fact, the world no. 186 won 101 points vs Bolt’s. That means that Cervantes was more focused during the important points. Inigo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Cervantes bagged 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Inigo Cervantes lost the serve 6 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Cervantes put 51% of his first serves in, winning 62% (32/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (21/50) on the 2nd serve. Inigo broke Bolt 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
The Spaniard has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2020, 12-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Alicante Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t play in the Alicante Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 69 |
| Pts | 62-46 | 257-235 |
| Total Points | 108 | 492 |
| Winners | 24 | 90 |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% |
Vukic played 1 match while Cervantes competed in 3 matches. Cervantes started his run from the qualifications while Vukic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Inigo Cervantes dropped 1 set while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Vukic has played 5 set(s) less than Cervantes (2 vs 7). Therefore, Vukic played 54 games less than Cervantes. The Australian scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Inigo bagged 90 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 141/254 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 90/141 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 50/113 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 44% |
Vukic struck 4 aces . Cervantes struck 11 aces (3.7 per match). Vukic won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cervantes won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Cervantes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 16/36 |
| % Converted | 56% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 38 |
| Saved | 5 | 26 |
| % Saved | 100% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 12 |
Aleksandar broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Australian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Cervantes broke his opponents 16 times with a 44% conversion rate. Cervantes conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | |||
| R1 Couacaud |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 62-46 | 62-46 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cervantes | |||||
| Q1 Guinard |
Q3 Roca Batalla |
R1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-4 6-2 | 1-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 18 | 28 | 69 | |
| pts | 83-74 | 73-59 | 101-102 | 257-235 | |
| Total points | 157 | 132 | 203 | 492 | |
| Winners | 28 | 30 | 32 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/81 | 44/71 | 52/102 | 141/254 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 62% | 51% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/45 | 30/44 | 32/52 | 90/141 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 68% | 62% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/36 | 14/27 | 21/50 | 50/113 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 52% | 42% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/9 | 6/15 | 16/36 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 7 | 18 | 38 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 6/7 | 12/18 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 86% | 67% | 215% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Alicante Challenger
- Malek JaziriJaziri – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Andrea CollariniCollarini (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-64 7-63) – See score progression
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Diego Barreto SanchezBarreto Sanchez (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Carlos TabernerTaberner (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Denis IstominIstomin (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-4 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Peter PolanskyPolansky (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Inigo CervantesCervantes – Alex BoltBolt (1-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (7-5 2-6 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez – Malek JaziriJaziri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Guillermo Garcia-LopezGarcia-Lopez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Inigo CervantesCervantes (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction
