Thiago Moura Monteiro and Matthew Ebden will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Great Ocean Road Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4.30 pm on COURT 14. 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 Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.43
Matthew Ebden -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Matthew Ebden

There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Matthew Ebden since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 83, Moura Monteiro got to the 2nd round after beating Thomas Fancutt 6-4 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Fancutt (6-4 6-4). During the match Moura Monteiro scored 63 points vs Fancutt’s 51. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moura Monteiro managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thiago Moura Monteiro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Thiago broke Fancutt twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Moura Monteiro has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (348-239). 2-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Moura Monteiro has a 55-55 match record in the last years on hard.

The Brazilian has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Moura Monteiro lost in the 1st round to John Isner.

Matthew Ebden

Ranked no. 320, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Federico Delbonis 6-3 7-66.

In the 1st round, Ebden had a good straight sets win against Delbonis (6-3 7-66). During the match Ebden scored 79 points vs Delbonis’s 65. Matthew was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Ebden made 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matthew Ebden was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (38/50) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matthew broke Delbonis once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Matthew has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Melbourne

Ebden had to surrender in the qualifications to Gianluca Mager.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moura Monteiro Ebden
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 22
Pts 63-51 79-65
Total Points 114 144
Winners 32 38
%Winners 51% 48%

Both Moura Monteiro and Ebden played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Ebden have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Moura Monteiro played 2 games less than Ebden. The Brazilian scored 32 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Matthew struck 38 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moura Monteiro Ebden
Aces 6 5
Avg per match 6 5
1st in 39/55 50/72
%1st in 71% 69%
1st pts 32/39 38/50
%1st pts 82% 76%
2nd pts 10/16 15/22
%2nd pts 63% 68%

Moura Monteiro blasted 6 aces . Ebden fired 5 aces . Moura Monteiro won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Ebden won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moura Monteiro Ebden
Won 2 1
Converted 2/6 1/4
% Converted 33% 25%
Conceded 0 1
Saved 0 1
% Saved NAN% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

The Brazilian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Brazilian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Moura Monteiro
R1
Fancutt
Total
Score 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 63-51 63-51
Total points 114 114
Winners 32 32
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 39/55 39/55
% 1st in 71% 71%
1st pts 32/39 32/39
% 1st pts 82% 82%
2nd pts 10/16 10/16
% 2nd pts 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/6 2/6
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Ebden
R1
Delbonis
Total
Score 6-3 7-66
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 79-65 79-65
Total points 144 144
Winners 38 38
%Winners 48% 48%
SERVE
Aces 5 5
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 50/72 50/72
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 38/50 38/50
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 15/22 15/22
% 2nd pts 68% 68%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/4 1/4
Converted % 25% 25%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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