Pedro Martinez Portero and Blaz Rola 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 1:30 pm 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 Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.4
Blaz Rola -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Blaz Rola
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
Ranked no. 93, the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating Mario Vilella Martinez 6-2 6-1 and Elliot Benchetrit 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (7-5 6-3). During the match Martinez Portero scored 72 points vs Benchetrit’s 59. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Martinez Portero couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 68% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (7/21) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Benchetrit 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 65% of his matches (306-163). 26-7 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez Portero has a 257-124 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Alicante Challenger.
Pedro has a 32-12 win-loss record in 2020, 26-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
Pedro surrendered in the semifinal to Benoit Paire.
Blaz Rola
Ranked no. 152, Blaz reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-2 6-4 and Joao Domingues 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Rola had a good straight sets win against Domingues (6-3 6-3). During the match Rola scored 74 points vs Domingues’s 60. Rola was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Rola struck 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Blaz Rola was exceptionally efficent on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Rola broke Domingues 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blaz has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Rola’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in the Biella Challenger.
Rola has a 9-10 win-loss record in 2020, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Marbella Challenger
Blaz didn’t compete in the Marbella Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 46 |
| Pts | 136-97 | 170-150 |
| Total Points | 233 | 320 |
| Winners | 55 | 65 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Martinez Portero and Rola played 2 matches. At the moment, Blaz Rola dropped 1 set while Pedro Martinez Portero hasn’t dropped a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 1 set(s) less than Rola (4 vs 5). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 10 games less than Rola. Martinez Portero scored 55 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Rola blasted 65 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 68/101 | 95/150 |
| %1st in | 67% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 55/68 | 65/95 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 14/33 | 32/55 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 58% |
Martinez Portero struck 2 aces (1 per match). Rola blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Martinez Portero won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 53% | 42% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 60% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Martinez Portero broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Blaz broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Rola conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | ||||
| R1 Vilella Martinez |
R2 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-38 | 72-59 | 136-97 | |
| Total points | 102 | 131 | 233 | |
| Winners | 22 | 33 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 46% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 24/36 | 44/65 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 33/44 | 55/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 75% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/21 | 14/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 33% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/8 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 63% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rola | ||||
| R1 Janvier |
R2 Domingues |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
| pts | 96-90 | 74-60 | 170-150 | |
| Total points | 186 | 134 | 320 | |
| Winners | 41 | 24 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 64/91 | 31/59 | 95/150 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 53% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/64 | 24/31 | 65/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 77% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/27 | 17/28 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 3/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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