Oriol Roca Batalla and Gonzalo Escobar will play each other in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oriol Roca Batalla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oriol Roca Batalla is the pick to win this match.
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.64
Gonzalo Escobar -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Gonzalo Escobar
There is no head to head record between Oriol Roca Batalla and Gonzalo Escobar since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Oriol Roca Batalla
Ranked no. 363, Oriol got to the 2nd round after defeating Angel Diaz Jalil 6-2 7-5, Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 2-6 6-2 and Federico Coria 7-67 6-72 7-68.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard defeated Coria (7-67 6-72 7-68).-138) than Coria. In fact, the world no. 363 won 138 points vs Coria’s. That means that Roca Batalla was more focused during the important points. Oriol was pretty aggressive to blast 68 winners.
Regarding the service games, Roca Batalla blasted 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve 6 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (68/100) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (13/39) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Coria 6 times after converting 38% of his break points (6/16).
Roca Batalla has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (435-241). 8-6 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Roca Batalla has a 360-189 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Roca Batalla has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2020, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Guayaquil Challenger
The Spaniard didn’t compete in the Guayaquil Challenger in 2019.
Gonzalo Escobar
Ranked no. 447, the Ecuadorian reached the 2nd round after beating Diego Hidalgo 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Ecuadorian had a good straight sets win against Hidalgo (6-3 7-65). During the match Escobar scored 75 points vs Hidalgo’s 59. Escobar was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Escobar blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gonzalo Escobar was very effective on serve to win 79% (33/42) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Ecuadorian broke Hidalgo 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The Ecuadorian has a 1-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Escobar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 22 |
| Pts | 282-266 | 75-59 |
| Total Points | 548 | 134 |
| Winners | 126 | 33 |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% |
Roca Batalla played 3 matches while Escobar competed in 1 match. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Escobar had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Oriol Roca Batalla lost 2 sets while Gonzalo Escobar hasn’t lost a set so far. Roca Batalla has played 6 sets more than Escobar (8 vs 2). Therefore, Roca Batalla played 63 games more than Escobar. Roca Batalla scored 126 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Gonzalo bagged 33 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Escobar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 183/272 | 42/61 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 126/183 | 33/42 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 38/89 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 58% |
Roca Batalla scored 11 aces (3.7 per match). Escobar recorded 3 aces . Roca Batalla won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Escobar won 79% of the points on 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 | Roca Batalla | Escobar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 3 |
| Converted | 15/33 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 45% | 33% |
| Conceded | 23 | 5 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 52% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 2 |
Roca Batalla broke his opponents 15 times with a 45% conversion rate. Oriol conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded. Gonzalo broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Escobar conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | |||||
| Q1 Diaz Jalil |
Q3 Alberto Olivieri |
R1 Coria |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 2-6 6-2 | 7-67 6-72 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 39 | 85 | |
| pts | 64-49 | 80-74 | 138-143 | 282-266 | |
| Total points | 113 | 154 | 281 | 548 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | 68 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 49% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 10 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 46/78 | 100/139 | 183/272 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 59% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/46 | 68/100 | 126/183 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 63% | 68% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 16/32 | 13/39 | 38/89 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 33% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/10 | 6/16 | 15/33 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 50% | 38% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/6 | 9/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 60% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | |
| Escobar | |||||
| R1 Hidalgo |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |||
| pts | 75-59 | 75-59 | |||
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |||
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |||
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1st in | 42/61 | 42/61 | |||
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |||
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |||
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |||
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |||
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |||
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 60% | 20% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
Head 2 Head
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