Denis Istomin and Gastao Elias will play each other in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.56
Denis Istomin -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Denis Istomin vs. Gastao Elias
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Istomin and Gastao Elias fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Elias (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Elias won 3-6 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in Estoril back in 2013.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 188, the Uzbek reached the 2nd round after beating Guido Andreozzi 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Istomin had a good straight sets win against Andreozzi (6-4 6-3). During the match, Istomin scored 76 points vs Andreozzi’s 65. The Uzbek was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Istomin made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Istomin was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Istomin broke Andreozzi twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Istomin has won exactly 50% of his matches (272-270) in the last 10 years. 1-1 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Istomin has an aggregate 123-98 match record in the last years on hard.
Denis has an aggregate 14-17 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 240, the Portuguese got to the 2nd round after defeating Sem Verbeek 6-77 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Verbeek, Elias recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-4 6-1). During the match Elias scored 109 points vs Verbeek’s 92. Gastao was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Elias bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gastao Elias was pretty effective on serve to win 80% (40/50) of his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elias broke Verbeek 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Gastao’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Gastao has an overall 29-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Istomin | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 109-92 |
| Total Points | 141 | 201 |
| Winners | 35 | 40 |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% |
Both Istomin and Elias played 1 match. At the moment, Gastao Elias lost 1 set while Denis Istomin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Istomin has played 1 set(s) less than Elias (2 vs 3). Therefore, Istomin played 11 games less than Elias. Istomin scored 35 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Gastao blasted 40 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Istomin | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 50/94 |
| %1st in | 67% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 40/50 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 24/44 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 55% |
Istomin blasted 6 aces . Elias recorded 2 aces . Istomin won 71% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Istomin | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/10 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 20% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Denis broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Uzbek extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Istomin | |||
| R1 Andreozzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/73 | 49/73 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/10 | 2/10 | |
| Converted % | 20% | 20% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Elias | |||
| R1 Verbeek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-92 | 109-92 | |
| Total points | 201 | 201 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/94 | 50/94 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 40/50 | 40/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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