Michael Geerts and Diego Hidalgo will play each other in the qualifications of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on SCHOONDERBEEKBOUW COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.65
Diego Hidalgo -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Diego Hidalgo
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Diego Hidalgo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
Ranked no. 350, Michael got to the qualifications after beating Luca Castelnuovo 7-67 6-2.
In the qualifications, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Castelnuovo (7-67 6-2). During the match, Geerts scored 84 points vs Castelnuovo’s 75. Geerts was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Geerts fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 56% of his first serves in, winning 80% (32/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (15/31) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Castelnuovo 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Geerts has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (217-144). 10-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Geerts has an aggregate72-56 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Geerts’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Troisdorf.
Michael has an overall 16-14 win-loss record in 2021, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Diego Hidalgo
Ranked no. 443, Hidalgo reached the qualifications after defeating Guy Den Ouden 6-3 7-67.
In the qualifications, Diego had a good straight sets win against Den Ouden (6-3 7-67). During the match Hidalgo scored 88 points vs Den Ouden’s 76. The Ecuadorian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Hidalgo bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Diego Hidalgo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Hidalgo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. The Ecuadorian broke Den Ouden 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
The Ecuadorian has an overall 11-11 win-loss record in 2021, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Hidalgo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 84-75 | 88-76 |
| Total Points | 159 | 164 |
| Winners | 32 | 31 |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% |
Both Geerts and Hidalgo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Hidalgo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Geerts played 1 game less than Hidalgo. Geerts scored 32 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Ecuadorian fired 31 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Hidalgo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 44/66 |
| %1st in | 56% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 31/44 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 8/22 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 36% |
Geerts managed to score 8 aces . Hidalgo struck 2 aces . Geerts won 80% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Hidalgo won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Hidalgo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/18 |
| % Converted | 27% | 28% |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Michael surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Diego broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. The Ecuadorian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Castelnuovo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 84-75 | 84-75 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/71 | 40/71 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 15/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Hidalgo | |||
| Q1 Den |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 88-76 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 44/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/22 | 8/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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