Frederico Ferreira Silva and Joao Menezes will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:55 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frederico Ferreira Silva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frederico Ferreira Silva is the pick to win this match.
Frederico Ferreira Silva -> 1.74
Joao Menezes -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Frederico Ferreira Silva vs. Joao Menezes
This will be the 3rd time that Frederico Ferreira Silva and Joao Menezes fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ferreira Silva (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ferreira Silva won 6-0 6-1 in the 1st round in Belgium F3 back in 1970.
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Ranked no. 203, Ferreira Silva reached the 1st round after defeating Aziz Dougaz 4-6 7-65 6-1, Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 6-1 and Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7-5 6-2.
In the quarter, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Ugo Carabelli (7-5 6-2). During the match Ferreira Silva scored 78 points vs Ugo Carabelli’s 68. Ferreira Silva was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ferreira Silva scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Frederico Ferreira Silva lost the serve once and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Ferreira Silva put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (32/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Frederico broke Ugo Carabelli 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Frederico has lost 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Ferreira Silva has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (372-200). 10-6 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ferreira Silva has a 152-100 match record in the last years on clay.
Frederico has a 15-14 win-loss record in 2020, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Portuguese didn’t compete in the Sao Paulo Challenger in 2019.
Joao Menezes
Ranked no. 204, the Brazilian got to the 1st round after beating Joao Pedro Sorgi 6-1 6-1, Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-3 and Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Pucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2). During the match Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes scored 61 points vs Pucinelle De Almeida’s 45. Joao was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Joao Menezes lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes put 50% of his first serves in, winning 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Pucinelle De Almeida 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Joao hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes has a 10-14 win-loss record in 2020, 6-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ferreira Silva | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 48 |
| Pts | 245-205 | 187-130 |
| Total Points | 450 | 317 |
| Winners | 93 | 66 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Ferreira Silva and Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes played 3 matches. At the moment, Frederico Ferreira Silva conceded 1 set while Joao Menezes hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ferreira Silva has played 1 set more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (7 vs 6). Therefore, Ferreira Silva played 18 games more than Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes. The Portuguese scored 93 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian blasted 66 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ferreira Silva | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 133/235 | 94/154 |
| %1st in | 57% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 93/133 | 66/94 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 51/102 | 33/60 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 55% |
Ferreira Silva recorded 12 aces (4 per match). Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes made 6 aces (2 per match). Ferreira Silva won 70% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ferreira Silva | Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/26 | 16/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 27 | 19 |
| Saved | 22 | 15 |
| % Saved | 81% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
The Portuguese broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ferreira Silva lost his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ferreira Silva | |||||
| R1 Dougaz |
R2 Bellucci |
1/4 Ugo Carabelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 99-88 | 68-49 | 78-68 | 245-205 | |
| Total points | 187 | 117 | 146 | 450 | |
| Winners | 40 | 21 | 32 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 31% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 53/88 | 30/58 | 50/89 | 133/235 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 52% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/53 | 21/30 | 32/50 | 93/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 70% | 64% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/35 | 15/28 | 20/39 | 51/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 54% | 51% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 4/6 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 14 | 27 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 7/8 | 13/14 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 88% | 93% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes | |||||
| R1 Pedro Sorgi |
R2 Hsin |
1/4 Pucinelle De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 18 | 16 | 48 | |
| pts | 54-25 | 72-60 | 61-45 | 187-130 | |
| Total points | 79 | 132 | 106 | 317 | |
| Winners | 21 | 27 | 18 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% | 30% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 23/41 | 45/61 | 26/52 | 94/154 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 74% | 50% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/23 | 27/45 | 18/26 | 66/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 60% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/16 | 13/26 | 33/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 63% | 50% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/12 | 6/10 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 42% | 60% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/8 | 4/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 67% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLW Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Dmitry PopkoPopko (2-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Joao MenezesMenezes (2-0) – H2H and prediction
