Matija Pecotic and Facundo Diaz Acosta will square off in the 2nd round of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 7. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.46
Matija Pecotic -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Matija Pecotic vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
This will be the 2nd time that Matija Pecotic and Facundo Diaz Acosta fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Diaz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Diaz won 7-6(4) 6-1 in the qualifications in the Prague 2 Challenger back in August 2021.
Matija Pecotic
Ranked no. 345, the Croatian got to the 2nd round after beating Evgeny Tyurnev 7-66 6-2.
In the 1st round, Pecotic had a good straight sets win against Tyurnev (7-66 6-2). During the match, Pecotic scored 80 points vs Tyurnev’s 71. Pecotic was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pecotic recorded 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Matija Pecotic lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Pecotic put 61% of his first serves in, winning 65% (35/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (17/35) on the 2nd serve. Pecotic broke Tyurnev 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Pecotic has a fantastic record in the last 7 years having won 71% of his matches (178-71). 7-8 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pecotic has an aggregate28-20 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Matija has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2021, 7-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 429, Diaz got to the 2nd round after beating Alexander Donski 4-6 6-2 7-5, Tiago Cacao 6-4 6-0 and Matteo Donati 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Donati (6-1 6-3). During the match Diaz scored 62 points vs Donati’s 40. Facundo was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Diaz bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (18/25) of his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Donati 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Diaz’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Prostejov.
Diaz has an aggregate 29-18 win-loss record in 2021, 22-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pecotic | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 62 |
| Pts | 80-71 | 218-165 |
| Total Points | 151 | 383 |
| Winners | 35 | 75 |
| %Winners | 44% | 34% |
Pecotic played 1 match while Diaz competed in 3 matches. Diaz started his run from the qualifications while Pecotic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Facundo Diaz Acosta conceded 1 set while Matija Pecotic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pecotic has played 5 set(s) less than Diaz (2 vs 7). Therefore, Pecotic played 41 games less than Diaz. The Croatian scored 35 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Facundo bagged 75 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pecotic | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 54/89 | 103/189 |
| %1st in | 61% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 75/103 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 46/86 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Pecotic struck 7 aces . Diaz managed to score 11 aces (3.7 per match). Pecotic won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Diaz won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pecotic | Diaz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 16 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 16/24 |
| % Converted | 67% | 67% |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 9 |
| % Saved | 71% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Matija broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Pecotic dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Diaz broke his opponents 16 times with a 67% conversion rate. Diaz conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pecotic | |||
| R1 Tyurnev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-71 | 80-71 | |
| Total points | 151 | 151 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 54/89 | 54/89 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/35 | 17/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Diaz | |||||
| Q1 Donski |
Q3 Cacao |
R1 Donati |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-0 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 16 | 62 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 60-38 | 62-40 | 218-165 | |
| Total points | 183 | 98 | 102 | 383 | |
| Winners | 36 | 21 | 18 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 35% | 29% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/87 | 29/51 | 25/51 | 103/189 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 57% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 36/49 | 21/29 | 18/25 | 75/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 72% | 72% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 10/22 | 16/26 | 46/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 45% | 62% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 6/6 | 5/7 | 16/24 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 100% | 71% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 1/3 | 6/7 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 33% | 86% | 159% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Prague 3 Challenger
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Alexander RitschardRitschard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Igor SijslingSijsling (0-0) – H2H and prediction
