Tomas Machac and Matteo Viola will face off in the quarter of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.21
Matteo Viola -> 4.4
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Matteo Viola
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Matteo Viola since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 215, Tomas got to the quarter after defeating Michal Novansky 6-0 6-1, Mats Rosenkranz 6-3 7-66, Brayden Schnur 6-4 6-4 and Kamil Majchrzak 7-5 6-75 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Czech defeated Majchrzak (7-5 6-75 6-1). During the match Machac scored 110 points vs Majchrzak’s 102. The Czech was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac blasted 16 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (51/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Machac broke Majchrzak 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (90-44). 11-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has a 29-12 match record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Tomas’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.
Tomas has a 23-10 win-loss record in 2020, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bratislava Challenger
Tomas didn’t play in the Bratislava Challenger in 2019.
Matteo Viola
Ranked no. 232, Viola got to the quarter after beating Jiri Lehecka 2-6 6-4 7-65 and Nikola Milojevic 7-65 4-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Matteo defeated Milojevic (7-65 4-6 6-3).-110) than Milojevic. In fact, the world no. 215 won 110 points vs Milojevic’s. That means that Viola was more focused during the important points. Matteo was extremely aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Viola fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matteo Viola lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Viola put 73% of his first serves in, winning 68% (54/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (13/30) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Milojevic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Viola has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 49% of the points he played.
The Italian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Noumea Challenger.
The Italian has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bratislava Challenger
The Italian lost in the 1st round to Roberto Marcora.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 87 | 63 |
| Pts | 301-241 | 193-202 |
| Total Points | 542 | 395 |
| Winners | 141 | 94 |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% |
Machac played 4 matches while Viola competed in 2 matches. Machac started his run from the qualifications while Viola had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac conceded 1 set, while Matteo Viola dropper 2 sets. Machac has played 3 sets more than Viola (9 vs 6). Therefore, Machac played 24 games more than Viola. Machac scored 141 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 94 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 36 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 181/255 | 137/200 |
| %1st in | 71% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 141/181 | 94/137 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 39/74 | 29/63 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 46% |
Machac recorded 36 aces (9 per match). Viola made 10 aces (5 per match). Machac won 78% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Viola won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Viola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 7 |
| Converted | 16/38 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 42% | 41% |
| Conceded | 10 | 19 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 60% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
The Czech broke his opponents 16 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Czech lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Viola broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Viola conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||||
| Q1 Novansky |
Q3 Rosenkranz |
R1 Schnur |
R2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-3 7-66 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-75 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 22 | 20 | 32 | 87 | |
| pts | 53-19 | 76-64 | 62-56 | 110-102 | 301-241 | |
| Total points | 72 | 140 | 118 | 212 | 542 | |
| Winners | 19 | 39 | 32 | 51 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 51% | 52% | 46% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 36 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 22/27 | 48/69 | 43/55 | 68/104 | 181/255 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 70% | 78% | 65% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 39/48 | 32/43 | 51/68 | 141/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 81% | 74% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/5 | 13/21 | 9/12 | 15/36 | 39/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 62% | 75% | 42% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 1/6 | 2/6 | 6/14 | 16/38 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 17% | 33% | 43% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | – | 57% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Viola | ||||||
| R1 Lehecka |
R2 Milojevic |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 7-65 | 7-65 4-6 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 | 63 | |||
| pts | 83-90 | 110-112 | 193-202 | |||
| Total points | 173 | 222 | 395 | |||
| Winners | 40 | 54 | 94 | |||
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 49% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |||
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| 1st in | 57/90 | 80/110 | 137/200 | |||
| % 1st in | 63% | 73% | 69% | |||
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 54/80 | 94/137 | |||
| % 1st pts | 70% | 68% | 69% | |||
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 13/30 | 29/63 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 46% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/11 | 7/17 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 41% | |||
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 19 | |||
| Saved | 4/8 | 8/11 | 12 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 73% | 31% | |||
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
Head 2 Head
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