Facundo Diaz Acosta and Tiago Cacao will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.42
Tiago Cacao -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Tiago Cacao
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Tiago Cacao since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 403, Diaz Acosta got to the qualifications after defeating Alexander Donski 4-6 6-2 7-5.
In the qualifications against Donski, Facundo recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-5). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 96 points vs Donski’s 87. Facundo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was very effective on serve to win 73% (36/49) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Diaz Acosta broke Donski 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (83-53). 20-15 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diaz Acosta has an aggregate66-41 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Diaz Acosta’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Prostejov.
Facundo has a composed 27-18 win-loss record in 2021, 20-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Tiago Cacao
Ranked no. 515, Tiago reached the qualifications after defeating Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Gabashvili (6-2 6-2). During the match Cacao scored 67 points vs Gabashvili’s 43. Tiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Cacao was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Tiago Cacao lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cacao put 67% of his first serves in, winning 82% (27/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Cacao broke Gabashvili 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Valldoreix,M15 Monastir and M15 Curtea de Arges.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 20-19 win-loss record in 2021, 14-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 |
| Pts | 96-87 | 67-43 |
| Total Points | 183 | 110 |
| Winners | 36 | 27 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Cacao played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Facundo Diaz Acosta dropped 1 set while Tiago Cacao hasn’t conceded a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set more than Cacao (3 vs 2). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 14 games more than Cacao. Facundo scored 36 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Cacao fired 27 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 33/49 |
| %1st in | 56% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 27/33 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 7/16 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 44% |
Diaz Acosta made 6 aces . Cacao didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Diaz Acosta won 73% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Cacao won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Facundo lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Cacao broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| Q1 Donski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 96-87 | |
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 49/87 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 36/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Cacao | |||
| Q1 Gabashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-43 | 67-43 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 27/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 7/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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