Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith will square off in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 8:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matthew Ebden who should win in 3 sets.
Matthew Ebden -> 1.49
John-Patrick Smith -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Matthew Ebden vs. John-Patrick Smith
This will be the 3rd time that Matthew Ebden and John-Patrick Smith face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Smith (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Smith won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2014.
Matthew Ebden
Ranked no. 237, matthew got to the qualifications after beating Harri Heliovaara 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Matthew had a good straight sets win against Heliovaara (6-2 6-2). During the match, Ebden scored 63 points vs Heliovaara’s 40. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ebden scored 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matthew Ebden was very efficient on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matthew broke Heliovaara 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Ebden has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (261-216). 2-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ebden has a composed 151-128 match record in the last years on hard.
Ebden’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.
Ebden has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.
John-Patrick Smith
Ranked no. 358, John-Patrick reached the qualifications after defeating Oscar Manuel Sanchez Hirales 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Manuel Sanchez Hirales (6-1 6-2). During the match Smith scored 66 points vs Manuel Sanchez Hirales’s 37. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Smith struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. John-Patrick Smith conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 71% of his first serves in, win 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (6/12) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Manuel Sanchez Hirales 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Smith has an overall 5-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ebden | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 |
| Pts | 63-40 | 66-37 |
| Total Points | 103 | 103 |
| Winners | 24 | 25 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Ebden and Smith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ebden and Smith have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ebden played 1 game more than Smith. Matthew scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, John-Patrick struck 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ebden | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 29/41 |
| %1st in | 55% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 6/12 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Ebden struck 5 aces . Smith managed to score 2 aces . Ebden won 89% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ebden | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 36% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Matthew broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ebden | |||
| Q1 Heliovaara | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-40 | 63-40 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Manuel Sanchez Hirales | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-37 | 66-37 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 29/41 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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