Steven Diez and Quentin Halys will play each other in the quarter of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Quentin Halys who should win in 3 sets.
Quentin Halys -> 1.53
Steven Diez -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Quentin Halys
This will be the 2nd time that Steven Diez and Quentin Halys play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Diez (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Diez won 6-2 3-6 6-3
in the qualifications in Lyon back in 2019.Steven Diez
Ranked no. 189, Steven reached the quarter after beating Maxime Janvier 7-5 2-6 7-65 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian defeated Gunneswaran (6-3 1-6 6-4). During the match, Diez scored 80 points vs Gunneswaran’s 78. Diez was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diez blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (37/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Steven broke Gunneswaran 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Steven started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Diez has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (379-260). 3-1 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diez has an overall 141-88 match record in the last years on hard.
Diez’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Gran Canaria 1 Challenger.
Steven has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
Quentin Halys
Ranked no. 197, Halys got to the quarter after beating Ulises Blanch 6-3 3-6 6-1 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-65 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Quentin had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (7-65 6-4). During the match Halys scored 74 points vs Kokkinakis’s 64. Quentin was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Halys blasted 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Quentin Halys was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (36/41) of his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kokkinakis once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Quentin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Quentin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 19-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 48 |
| Pts | 179-180 | 159-131 |
| Total Points | 359 | 290 |
| Winners | 70 | 76 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Diez and Halys played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Steven Diez conceded 2 sets, while Quentin Halys surrendered 1 set. Diez has played 1 set more than Halys (6 vs 5). Therefore, Diez played 11 games more than Halys. Diez scored 70 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Quentin fired 76 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 118/194 | 86/146 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 70/118 | 76/86 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 41/76 | 31/60 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Diez fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Halys recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Diez won 59% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Halys won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Halys |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 4 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 53% | 80% |
| Conceded | 26 | 4 |
| Saved | 16 | 3 |
| % Saved | 62% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 1 |
The Canadian broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Steven conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Halys broke his opponents 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Halys conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | ||||
| R1 Janvier | R2 Gunneswaran | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-65 | 6-3 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 26 | 59 | |
| pts | 99-102 | 80-78 | 179-180 | |
| Total points | 201 | 158 | 359 | |
| Winners | 33 | 37 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/109 | 57/85 | 118/194 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/61 | 37/57 | 70/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 65% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/48 | 16/28 | 41/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 3/8 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 38% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 9 | 26 | |
| Saved | 10/17 | 6/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 59% | 67% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Halys | ||||
| R1 Blanch | R2 Kokkinakis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 23 | 48 | |
| pts | 85-67 | 74-64 | 159-131 | |
| Total points | 152 | 138 | 290 | |
| Winners | 40 | 36 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 41/68 | 86/146 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/45 | 36/41 | 76/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/33 | 16/27 | 31/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 59% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/1 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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