Steven Diez and Carlos Gimeno Valero will play each other in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.71
Steven Diez -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Steven Diez
Ranked no. 173, the Canadian reached the 2nd round after defeating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Diez had a good straight sets win against Gomez-Herrera (6-2 6-3). During the match Diez scored 64 points vs Gomez-Herrera’s 45. Steven was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diez scored 5 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Steven Diez was quite effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Steven broke Gomez-Herrera 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Diez has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (411-273). 8-7 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diez has a 244-151 match record in the last years on clay.
Diez has a 10-14 win-loss record in 2020, 8-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
The Canadian lost in the 3rd round to Benoit Paire.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 434, Gimeno reached the 2nd round after defeating Luis David Martinez 6-1 6-3, Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2 6-3 and Federico Coria 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Coria (6-4 6-1). During the match Gimeno scored 60 points vs Coria’s 47. Gimeno was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno fired 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Carlos Gimeno Valero conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 81% of his first serves in, win 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Coria 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Sintra.
Gimeno has a 13-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
Carlos didn’t compete in the Marbella Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 50 |
| Pts | 64-45 | 185-134 |
| Total Points | 109 | 319 |
| Winners | 26 | 84 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Diez played 1 match while Gimeno competed in 3 matches. Gimeno started his run from the qualifications while Diez had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Diez has played 4 set(s) less than Gimeno (2 vs 6). Therefore, Diez played 33 games less than Gimeno. The Canadian scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 84 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 117/155 |
| %1st in | 67% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 84/117 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 53% |
Diez managed to score 5 aces . Gimeno fired 3 aces (1 per match). Diez won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 72% 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 | Diez | Gimeno |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 13 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 13/19 |
| % Converted | 83% | 68% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Diez broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Steven dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Gimeno broke his opponents 13 times with a 68% conversion rate. Carlos conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | |||
| R1 Gomez-Herrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 64-45 | |
| Total points | 109 | 109 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/52 | 35/52 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gimeno | |||||
| Q1 David Martinez |
Q3 Kuznetsov |
R1 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 17 | 50 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 61-41 | 60-47 | 185-134 | |
| Total points | 110 | 102 | 107 | 319 | |
| Winners | 28 | 25 | 31 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 52% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 37/50 | 43/53 | 117/155 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 74% | 81% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 25/37 | 31/43 | 84/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 68% | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 7/13 | 4/10 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 54% | 40% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 13/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 80% | 68% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLWWLLW Tennis Scores in Marbella Challenger
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-63 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Nicola KuhnKuhn (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (3-6 7-5 7-64) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (3-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Federico CoriaCoria (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Andrej MartinMartin (6-3 3-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Mario Vilella MartinezVilella Martinez (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Maxime JanvierJanvier (4-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Tommy RobredoRobredo (6-0 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
- Gianluca MagerMager – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (2-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Blaz RolaRola (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Alexandre MullerMuller (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Federico GaioGaio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
