Damir Dzumhur and Mario Vilella Martinez will face off in the 2nd round of the Marbella Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mario Vilella Martinez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mario Vilella Martinez is the pick to win this match.
Mario Vilella Martinez -> 1.53
Damir Dzumhur -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Damir Dzumhur vs. Mario Vilella Martinez
There is no head to head record between Damir Dzumhur and Mario Vilella Martinez since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Damir Dzumhur
Ranked no. 126, Dzumhur reached the 2nd round after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Dzumhur had a good straight sets win against Sanchez-Izquierdo (6-4 6-4). During the match Dzumhur scored 87 points vs Sanchez-Izquierdo’s 75. The Bosnian was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Dzumhur recorded 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Damir Dzumhur lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Dzumhur put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Bosnian broke Sanchez-Izquierdo 4 times after converting 20% of his break points (4/20).
Dzumhur has a good record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (359-251). 1-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Dzumhur has a 179-103 match record in the last years on clay.
Dzumhur has a 6-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Damir has never competed in this tournament before.
Mario Vilella Martinez
Ranked no. 196, the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Giustino 7-64 6-0.
In the 1st round, Mario had a good straight sets win against Giustino (7-64 6-0). During the match Vilella Martinez scored 65 points vs Giustino’s 48. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Vilella Martinez fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mario Vilella Martinez was very efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vilella Martinez broke Giustino 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Spaniard has a 8-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Dzumhur | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 87-75 | 65-48 |
| Total Points | 162 | 113 |
| Winners | 23 | 26 |
| %Winners | 26% | 40% |
Both Dzumhur and Vilella Martinez played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Dzumhur and Vilella Martinez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Dzumhur played 1 game more than Vilella Martinez. Damir scored 23 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Mario made 26 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Dzumhur | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 30/57 |
| %1st in | 61% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 26/30 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 17/27 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 63% |
Dzumhur scored 3 aces . Vilella Martinez struck 2 aces . Dzumhur won 70% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Vilella Martinez won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Dzumhur | Vilella Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/20 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 20% | 75% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 33% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Damir broke his opponent 4 times with a 20% conversion rate. Damir dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Vilella Martinez broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Vilella Martinez was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Dzumhur | |||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 87-75 | 87-75 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 26% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/54 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/20 | 4/20 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vilella Martinez | |||
| R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/57 | 30/57 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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