Pablo Cuevas and Facundo Bagnis will square off in the semifinal of the Lyon Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on COURT SOPRA STERIA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 3 sets.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.65
Facundo Bagnis -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Facundo Bagnis
This will be the 7th time that Pablo Cuevas and Facundo Bagnis square off. The head to head is 6-0 for Cuevas (see full H2H stats), 6-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Cuevas won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Cordoba back in 2019.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 92, Cuevas reached the semifinal after beating Pedro Cachin 4-6 7-65 6-2, Kyrian Jacquet 6-4 6-1 and Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-3 7-5). During the match, Cuevas scored 69 points vs Pellegrino’s 57. Pablo was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cuevas recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 62% of his first serves in, winning 74% (31/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Pablo broke Pellegrino 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pablo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Cuevas has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (245-168). 11-6 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cuevas has an aggregate 191-90 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Uruguayan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Geneva.
Pablo has an aggregate 14-8 win-loss record in 2021, 11-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lyon Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Facundo Bagnis
Ranked no. 104, the Argentine reached the semifinal after beating Alexey Vatutin 5-7 6-3 6-2, Tristan Lamasine 6-4 6-0 and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Stebe (6-3 7-65). During the match Bagnis scored 81 points vs Stebe’s 65. Bagnis was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Bagnis fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (22/30) on the 2nd serve. Bagnis broke Stebe twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Argentine’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Santiago and the Oeiras 3 Challenger.
The Argentine has an aggregate 26-13 win-loss record in 2021, 25-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 69 | 67 |
| Pts | 236-198 | 237-177 |
| Total Points | 434 | 414 |
| Winners | 93 | 75 |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% |
Both Cuevas and Bagnis played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pablo Cuevas conceded 1 set, while Facundo Bagnis dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cuevas and Bagnis have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Cuevas played 2 games more than Bagnis. The Uruguayan scored 93 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Bagnis struck 75 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 132/213 | 106/197 |
| %1st in | 62% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 93/132 | 75/106 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 50/81 | 64/91 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 70% |
Cuevas struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Bagnis struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Cuevas won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Bagnis won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Bagnis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 11 |
| Converted | 11/27 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 41% | 39% |
| Conceded | 16 | 9 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Uruguayan broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Cuevas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Facundo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||||
| R1 Cachin | R2 Jacquet | 1/4 Pellegrino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 105-95 | 62-46 | 69-57 | 236-198 | |
| Total points | 200 | 108 | 126 | 434 | |
| Winners | 39 | 23 | 31 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 45% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 56/96 | 34/49 | 42/68 | 132/213 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 69% | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/56 | 23/34 | 31/42 | 93/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 68% | 74% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 12/15 | 12/26 | 50/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 80% | 46% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/9 | 4/8 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 44% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 6 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 100% | 67% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Bagnis | |||||
| R1 Vatutin | R2 Lamasine | 1/4 Stebe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 | 22 | 67 | |
| pts | 99-77 | 57-35 | 81-65 | 237-177 | |
| Total points | 176 | 92 | 146 | 414 | |
| Winners | 28 | 19 | 28 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 33% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/80 | 26/45 | 42/72 | 106/197 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 58% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 19/26 | 28/42 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 73% | 67% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/42 | 15/19 | 22/30 | 64/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 79% | 73% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/8 | 2/9 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 50% | 22% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/1 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 100% | 67% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Lyon Challenger
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (7-63 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Elias YmerYmer (3-6 3-5 ret.) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-3 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (6-3 5-3 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Elias YmerYmer (1-1) – H2H and prediction