Pedro Sousa and Gastao Elias will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 5th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sousa -> 1.51
Gastao Elias -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Sousa vs. Gastao Elias
This will be the 5th time that Pedro Sousa and Gastao Elias square off. The head to head is 2-2 (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sousa won 6-0 ret. in the semifinal in the Braga Challenger back in 2018.
Pedro Sousa
Ranked no. 113, Sousa reached the semifinal after beating Maxime Hamou 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Hamou (6-2 6-2). During the match Sousa scored 59 points vs Hamou’s 39. Sousa was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa managed to score 3 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Hamou 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Sousa has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (380-219). 17-13 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sousa has a 347-185 record in the last years on clay.
Pedro’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Buenos Aires,the Split Challenger and the Lisbon Challenger.
Sousa has a 18-16 win-loss record in 2020, 17-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
Sousa lost in the 3rd round to Riccardo Bonadio.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 429, Elias reached the semifinal after beating Pavel Kotov 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Elias had a good straight sets win against Kotov (6-2 7-5). During the match Elias scored 72 points vs Kotov’s 52. Gastao was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Elias scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gastao Elias lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Elias put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Gastao broke Kotov 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Elias’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sintra and M25 Porto.
The Portuguese has a 16-6 win-loss record in 2020, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Maia Challenger
Elias didn’t compete in the Maia Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-39 | 72-52 |
| Total Points | 98 | 124 |
| Winners | 25 | 29 |
| %Winners | 42% | 40% |
Both Sousa and Elias played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Elias have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sousa played 4 games less than Elias. Pedro scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese recorded 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 37/61 |
| %1st in | 68% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 29/37 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 42% |
Sousa managed to score 3 aces . Elias managed to score 1 ace . Sousa won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Sousa broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Elias broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Hamou |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-39 | 59-39 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/53 | 36/53 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Elias | |||
| R1 Kotov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-52 | 72-52 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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