Matthew Ebden and Lucas Catarina will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matthew Ebden who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matthew Ebden is the pick to win this match.
Matthew Ebden -> 1.49
Lucas Catarina -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Matthew Ebden vs. Lucas Catarina
There is no head to head record between Matthew Ebden and Lucas Catarina since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matthew Ebden
Ranked no. 285, matthew reached the 2nd round after beating Pedja Krstin 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Krstin (6-1 6-4). During the match Ebden scored 58 points vs Krstin’s 34. Matthew was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ebden managed to score 12 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Matthew Ebden was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (29/34) of his 1st serve and 67% (6/9) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ebden broke Krstin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Ebden has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (250-207). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ebden has a 19-27 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Matthew has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Ebden has never competed in this tournament before.
Lucas Catarina
Ranked no. 432, Lucas reached the 2nd round after defeating Benjamin Hassan 6-4 6-4, Alessandro Bega 6-2 6-3 and Christopher Eubanks 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Monegasque had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-5 6-2). During the match Catarina scored 68 points vs Eubanks’s 52. Lucas was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Catarina scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Lucas Catarina was very effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Monegasque broke Eubanks 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Lucas has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ebden | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 57 |
| Pts | 58-34 | 189-141 |
| Total Points | 92 | 330 |
| Winners | 29 | 70 |
| %Winners | 50% | 37% |
Ebden played 1 match while Catarina competed in 3 matches. Catarina started his run from the qualifications while Ebden had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Ebden has played 4 set(s) less than Catarina (2 vs 6). Therefore, Ebden played 40 games less than Catarina. Matthew scored 29 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Catarina struck 70 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ebden | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 98/155 |
| %1st in | 79% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 70/98 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 33/57 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 58% |
Ebden scored 12 aces . Catarina fired 4 aces (1.3 per match). Ebden won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Catarina won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ebden | Catarina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 14/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ebden dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Lucas broke his opponents 14 times with a 56% conversion rate. Lucas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ebden | |||
| R1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 58-34 | |
| Total points | 92 | 92 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 34/43 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Catarina | |||||
| Q1 Hassan |
Q3 Bega |
R1 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 57-38 | 68-52 | 189-141 | |
| Total points | 115 | 95 | 120 | 330 | |
| Winners | 23 | 22 | 25 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 29/49 | 31/51 | 98/155 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/38 | 22/29 | 25/31 | 70/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 76% | 81% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 10/20 | 12/20 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 50% | 60% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/9 | 4/9 | 14/25 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 56% | 44% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1/3 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 33% | 67% | 125% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
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