Gianluca Mager and Roberto Marcora will fight against each other in the quarter of the Marbella Challenger for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on ESTADIO MANOLO SANTANA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.4
Roberto Marcora -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Gianluca Mager vs. Roberto Marcora
This will be the 6th time that Gianluca Mager and Roberto Marcora play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Marcora (see full H2H stats),but they are 2-2 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Marcora won 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Maia Challenger back in 2019.
Gianluca Mager
Ranked no. 102, Mager reached the quarter after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 6-2 and Elias Ymer 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Mager had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-4 6-3). During the match Mager scored 70 points vs Ymer’s 56. Mager was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mager made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Gianluca Mager was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Gianluca broke Ymer 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mager started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Mager has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (292-220). 5-4 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mager has a 236-152 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Italian has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Roberto Marcora
Ranked no. 190, Marcora got to the quarter after defeating Marc Polmans 6-3 6-1 and Ernests Gulbis 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Marcora had a good straight sets win against Gulbis (6-4 7-5). During the match Marcora scored 74 points vs Gulbis’s 70. Marcora was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Marcora scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Marcora lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Marcora put 65% of his first serves in, winning 67% (31/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Gulbis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Marcora has a 5-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Marbella Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mager | Marcora |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 38 |
| Pts | 141-106 | 125-99 |
| Total Points | 247 | 224 |
| Winners | 52 | 50 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Mager and Marcora played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Mager and Marcora have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Mager played 2 games less than Marcora. Gianluca scored 52 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Roberto made 50 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mager | Marcora |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 62/98 | 70/112 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 50/70 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 27/42 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 64% |
Mager scored 10 aces (5 per match). Marcora blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Mager won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Marcora won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mager | Marcora |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/30 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 23% | 67% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Italian broke his opponents 7 times with a 23% conversion rate. Gianluca dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. Roberto conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mager | ||||
| R1 Sanchez |
R2 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 19 | 36 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 70-56 | 141-106 | |
| Total points | 121 | 126 | 247 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 31/52 | 62/98 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 24/31 | 52/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 77% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 13/21 | 21/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 62% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/19 | 4/11 | 7/30 | |
| Converted % | 16% | 36% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Marcora | ||||
| R1 Polmans |
R2 Gulbis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 38 | |
| pts | 51-29 | 74-70 | 125-99 | |
| Total points | 80 | 144 | 224 | |
| Winners | 19 | 31 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/41 | 46/71 | 70/112 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 31/46 | 50/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/17 | 13/25 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 52% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/8 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 60% | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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