Gonzalo Villanueva and David Poljak will play each other 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 CANCHA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is David Poljak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, David Poljak is the pick to win this match.
David Poljak -> 1.57
Gonzalo Villanueva -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Gonzalo Villanueva vs. David Poljak
There is no head to head record between Gonzalo Villanueva and David Poljak since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Gonzalo Villanueva
Ranked no. 403, Gonzalo reached the qualifications after defeating Gonzalo Lama 4-6 6-3 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Lama, Gonzalo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 3-1 ret.). During the match Villanueva scored 76 points vs Lama’s 67. Gonzalo was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Villanueva bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gonzalo Villanueva lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Villanueva put 69% of his first serves in, winning 64% (34/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Lama 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Villanueva has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (283-190). 2-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Villanueva has a 5-6 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Villanueva’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Naples.
The Argentine has a 11-6 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salinas 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
David Poljak
Ranked no. 463, Poljak reached the qualifications after defeating Miguel Mateo Larrea 6-3 6-0.
In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Mateo Larrea (6-3 6-0). During the match Poljak scored 54 points vs Mateo Larrea’s 26. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Poljak was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. David Poljak was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 75% (6/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. David broke Mateo Larrea 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Sharm El Sheikh.
David has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Villanueva | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 |
| Pts | 76-67 | 54-26 |
| Total Points | 143 | 80 |
| Winners | 34 | 27 |
| %Winners | 45% | 50% |
Both Villanueva and Poljak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gonzalo Villanueva surrendered 1 set while David Poljak hasn’t lost a set so far. Villanueva has played 2 sets more than Poljak (4 vs 2). Therefore, Villanueva played 8 games more than Poljak. Villanueva scored 34 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, David bagged 27 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Villanueva | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 53/77 | 34/42 |
| %1st in | 69% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 6/8 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 75% |
Villanueva scored 2 aces . Poljak didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Villanueva won 64% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Poljak won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 75% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Villanueva | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 80% | 80% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Villanueva broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Poljak was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Villanueva | |||
| Q1 Lama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 76-67 | 76-67 | |
| Total points | 143 | 143 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/77 | 53/77 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Poljak | |||
| Q1 Mateo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-26 | 54-26 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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