Andrej Martin and Sebastian Baez will play each other in the quarter of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT 9 RAUL VIVER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrej Martin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrej Martin is the pick to win this match.
Andrej Martin -> 1.65
Sebastian Baez -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Andrej Martin vs. Sebastian Baez
There is no head to head record between Andrej Martin and Sebastian Baez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Andrej Martin
Ranked no. 105, the Slovakian reached the quarter after defeating Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 6-4 7-5 and Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Andrej had a good straight sets win against Tomas Barrios Vera (6-4 6-1). During the match Martin scored 66 points vs Tomas Barrios Vera’s 49. The Slovakian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martin bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Andrej Martin was very effective on serve to win 72% (23/32) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian broke Tomas Barrios Vera 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Martin hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Martin has a a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (358-266). 12-13 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martin has a 291-183 match record in the last years on clay.
Martin’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Punta Del Este Challenger and Cordoba.
Andrej has a 14-19 win-loss record in 2020, 12-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Guayaquil Challenger
Andrej surrendered in the 3rd round to Federico Coria.
Sebastian Baez
Ranked no. 333, Sebastian got to the quarter after beating Roberto Quiroz 7-5 7-61 and Facundo Mena 7-64 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Mena (7-64 6-2). During the match Baez scored 77 points vs Mena’s 60. Sebastian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Baez scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Sebastian Baez lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Baez put 80% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (10/15) on the 2nd serve. Baez broke Mena 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in M15 Monastir where he defeated Gauthier Onclin in the final 6-1 6-2.
Sebastian has a 25-10 win-loss record in 2020, 15-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Guayaquil Challenger
Baez didn’t play in the Guayaquil Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martin | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 46 |
| Pts | 141-109 | 161-133 |
| Total Points | 250 | 294 |
| Winners | 54 | 89 |
| %Winners | 38% | 55% |
Both Martin and Baez played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martin and Baez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Martin played 7 games less than Baez. The Slovakian scored 54 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Baez blasted 89 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martin | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 74/124 | 134/161 |
| %1st in | 60% | 83% |
| 1st pts | 54/74 | 89/134 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 33/50 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 59% |
Martin bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Baez managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Martin won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Baez won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martin | Baez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/19 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 32% | 62% |
| Conceded | 10 | 17 |
| Saved | 9 | 12 |
| % Saved | 90% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
Andrej broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Martin conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Baez broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martin | ||||
| R1 Ortega-Olmedo |
R2 Tomas Barrios Vera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 66-49 | 141-109 | |
| Total points | 135 | 115 | 250 | |
| Winners | 31 | 23 | 54 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/67 | 32/57 | 74/124 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/42 | 23/32 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/25 | 17/25 | 33/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 68% | 66% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/12 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 25% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 4/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Baez | ||||
| R1 Quiroz |
R2 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-61 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 | 46 | |
| pts | 84-73 | 77-60 | 161-133 | |
| Total points | 157 | 137 | 294 | |
| Winners | 49 | 40 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 52% | 55% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 75/87 | 59/74 | 134/161 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 80% | 83% | |
| 1st pts | 49/75 | 40/59 | 89/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 10/15 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/7 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 67% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
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