Maxime Janvier and Pedro Sakamoto will play each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maxime Janvier who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maxime Janvier is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Janvier -> 1.65
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.24

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Prediction and head to head Maxime Janvier vs. Pedro Sakamoto

There is no head to head record between Maxime Janvier and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Maxime Janvier

Ranked no. 211, Janvier got to the quarter after beating Roberto Ortega-Olmedo 5-7 7-5 6-2 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 7-65 6-74 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Maxime defeated Moura Monteiro (7-65 6-74 6-4). During the match Janvier and Moura Monteiro scored the same amount of points (114). However, the world no. 211 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Janvier was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Janvier made 6 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Maxime Janvier was extremely efficent on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 53% (29/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Maxime broke Moura Monteiro 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maxime has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.

Janvier has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (263-209). 5-9 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Janvier has a 143-102 match record in the last 7 years on clay.

Maxime’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger.

Maxime has a 13-19 win-loss record in 2020, 5-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger

Janvier didn’t play in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.

Pedro Sakamoto

Ranked no. 308, Pedro got to the quarter after beating Igor Ribeiro Marcondes 6-1 6-77 7-5 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-64 7-5.

In the 2nd round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (7-64 7-5). During the match Sakamoto scored 96 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 94. Pedro was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Sakamoto couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 60% of his first serves in, winning 58% (31/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Pablo Ficovich 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Brazilian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Pedro’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Lima.

Pedro has a 17-12 win-loss record in 2020, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Janvier Sakamoto
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 68 57
Pts 217-207 221-194
Total Points 424 415
Winners 84 84
%Winners 39% 38%

Both Janvier and Sakamoto played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maxime Janvier conceded 2 sets, while Pedro Sakamoto dropper 1 set. Janvier has played 1 set more than Sakamoto (6 vs 5). Therefore, Janvier played 11 games more than Sakamoto. Maxime scored 84 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto fired 84 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Janvier Sakamoto
Aces 9 1
Avg per match 4.5 0.5
1st in 114/211 128/205
%1st in 54% 62%
1st pts 84/114 84/128
%1st pts 74% 66%
2nd pts 46/97 34/77
%2nd pts 47% 44%

Janvier bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sakamoto fired 1 ace (0.5 per match). Janvier won 74% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Janvier Sakamoto
Won 9 14
Converted 9/19 14/26
% Converted 47% 54%
Conceded 15 26
Saved 9 17
% Saved 60% 65%
Times Broken 6 9

Maxime broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Pedro broke his opponents 14 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.

Janvier
R1
Ortega-Olmedo
R2
Moura Monteiro
Total
Score 5-7 7-5 6-2 7-65 6-74 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 32 36 68
pts 103-93 114-114 217-207
Total points 196 228 424
Winners 44 40 84
%Winners 43% 35% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 6 9
Double Faults 10 9 19
1st in 58/100 56/111 114/211
% 1st in 58% 50% 54%
1st pts 44/58 40/56 84/114
% 1st pts 76% 71% 74%
2nd pts 17/42 29/55 46/97
% 2nd pts 40% 53% 47%
Breaks
Won 6 3 9
Converted 6/10 3/9 9/19
Converted % 60% 33% 47%
Conceded 11 4 15
Saved 7/11 2/4 9
Saved % 64% 50% 57%
Times Broken 4 2 6
Sakamoto
R1
Ribeiro Marcondes
R2
Pablo Ficovich
Total
Score 6-1 6-77 7-5 7-64 7-5
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 32 25 57
pts 125-100 96-94 221-194
Total points 225 190 415
Winners 53 31 84
%Winners 42% 32% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 2 2 4
1st in 75/117 53/88 128/205
% 1st in 64% 60% 62%
1st pts 53/75 31/53 84/128
% 1st pts 71% 58% 66%
2nd pts 19/42 15/35 34/77
% 2nd pts 45% 43% 44%
Breaks
Won 8 6 14
Converted 8/11 6/15 14/26
Converted % 73% 40% 54%
Conceded 16 10 26
Saved 12/16 5/10 17
Saved % 75% 50% 63%
Times Broken 4 5 9

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