Facundo Diaz Acosta and Benjamin Lock will face off in the qualifications of the Salinas 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 9:30 am on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.25
Benjamin Lock -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Benjamin Lock
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 397, the Argentine reached the qualifications after defeating Mathieu Perchicot 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Perchicot (6-1 6-4). During the match Diaz Acosta scored 58 points vs Perchicot’s 32. The Argentine was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta recorded 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta was very effective on serve to win 89% (17/19) of his 1st serve and 86% (19/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Diaz Acosta broke Perchicot 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Diaz Acosta has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (68-42). 6-2 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diaz Acosta has a 16-10 record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cairo and M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
Facundo has a 12-7 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Benjamin Lock
Ranked no. 462, Lock got to the qualifications after beating Jorge Brian Panta Herreros 6-4 7-63.
In the qualifications, The had a good straight sets win against Brian Panta Herreros (6-4 7-63). During the match Lock scored 77 points vs Brian Panta Herreros’s 68. The was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Lock was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The broke Brian Panta Herreros once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Lock has a 3-6 win-loss record in 2021, 3-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 |
| Pts | 58-32 | 77-68 |
| Total Points | 90 | 145 |
| Winners | 17 | 38 |
| %Winners | 29% | 49% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Lock played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Diaz Acosta and Lock have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Diaz Acosta played 6 games less than Lock. The Argentine scored 17 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The bagged 38 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 19/41 | 47/66 |
| %1st in | 46% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 38/47 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 19/22 | 12/19 |
| %2nd pts | 86% | 63% |
Diaz Acosta managed to score 5 aces . Lock made 9 aces . Diaz Acosta won 89% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 81% of the points on 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 | Diaz Acosta | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 13% |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Diaz Acosta pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Benjamin broke his opponent once with a 13% conversion rate. Lock was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| Q1 Perchicot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 58-32 | 58-32 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 19/41 | 19/41 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 17/19 | 17/19 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lock | |||
| Q1 Brian Panta Herreros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 77-68 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/66 | 47/66 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 38/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/8 | 1/8 | |
| Converted % | 13% | 13% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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