Alexandre Muller and Carlos Gimeno Valero will clash against each other in the quarter of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.55
Alexandre Muller -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Alexandre Muller vs. Carlos Gimeno Valero
There is no head to head record between Alexandre Muller and Carlos Gimeno Valero since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Alexandre Muller
Ranked no. 226, Muller reached the quarter after beating Pedro Sousa 6-3 6-4 and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Alexandre had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (6-4 6-4). During the match Muller scored 76 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 62. Alexandre was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Muller blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Alexandre Muller lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Muller put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. the French player broke Zapata Miralles 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alexandre hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Muller has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (248-143). 14-8 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Muller has a 150-86 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
the French player has a 17-11 win-loss record in 2020, 14-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
the French player didn’t compete in the Marbella Challenger in 2019.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
Ranked no. 434, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Luis David Martinez 6-1 6-3, Andrey Kuznetsov 6-2 6-3, Federico Coria 6-4 6-1 and Steven Diez 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 6-3). During the match Gimeno scored 67 points vs Diez’s 47. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Gimeno scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno put 95% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (1/3) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Diez 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gimeno hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sintra.
Gimeno has a 14-4 win-loss record in 2020, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t compete in the Marbella Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Muller | Gimeno |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 4 |
Tot Set | 4 | 8 |
Tot Games | 39 | 68 |
Pts | 140-111 | 252-181 |
Total Points | 251 | 433 |
Winners | 69 | 122 |
%Winners | 49% | 48% |
Muller played 2 matches while Gimeno competed in 4 matches. Gimeno started his run from the qualifications while Muller had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Muller has played 4 set(s) less than Gimeno (4 vs 8). Therefore, Muller played 29 games less than Gimeno. Muller scored 69 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Gimeno scored 122 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Muller | Gimeno |
---|---|---|
Aces | 8 | 4 |
Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
1st in | 93/129 | 171/212 |
%1st in | 72% | 81% |
1st pts | 69/93 | 122/171 |
%1st pts | 74% | 71% |
2nd pts | 18/36 | 21/41 |
%2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Muller struck 8 aces (4 per match). Gimeno managed to score 4 aces (1 per match). Muller won 74% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Gimeno won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Muller | Gimeno |
---|---|---|
Won | 6 | 17 |
Converted | 6/13 | 17/25 |
% Converted | 46% | 68% |
Conceded | 7 | 14 |
Saved | 5 | 11 |
% Saved | 71% | 79% |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Muller broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Muller lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Gimeno broke his opponents 17 times with a 68% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
Muller | ||||
R1 Sousa |
R2 Zapata Miralles |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 39 | |
pts | 64-49 | 76-62 | 140-111 | |
Total points | 113 | 138 | 251 | |
Winners | 35 | 34 | 69 | |
%Winners | 55% | 45% | 49% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
1st in | 43/60 | 50/69 | 93/129 | |
% 1st in | 72% | 72% | 72% | |
1st pts | 35/43 | 34/50 | 69/93 | |
% 1st pts | 81% | 68% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 6/17 | 12/19 | 18/36 | |
% 2nd pts | 35% | 63% | 50% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/7 | 6/13 | |
Converted % | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gimeno | ||||||
Q1 David Martinez |
Q3 Kuznetsov |
R1 Coria |
R2 Diez |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 68 | |
pts | 64-46 | 61-41 | 60-47 | 67-47 | 252-181 | |
Total points | 110 | 102 | 107 | 114 | 433 | |
Winners | 28 | 25 | 31 | 38 | 122 | |
%Winners | 44% | 41% | 52% | 57% | 48% | |
SERVE | ||||||
Aces | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 | |
1st in | 37/52 | 37/50 | 43/53 | 54/57 | 171/212 | |
% 1st in | 71% | 74% | 81% | 95% | 81% | |
1st pts | 28/37 | 25/37 | 31/43 | 38/54 | 122/171 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 68% | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 9/15 | 7/13 | 4/10 | 1/3 | 21/41 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 54% | 40% | 33% | 51% | |
Breaks | ||||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
Converted | 4/8 | 5/6 | 4/5 | 4/6 | 17/25 | |
Converted % | 50% | 83% | 80% | 67% | 68% | |
Conceded | 5 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 14 | |
Saved | 5/5 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 4/5 | 11 | |
Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 80% | 115% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
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