Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Igor Sijsling will face off in the 2nd round of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida is the pick to win this match.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida -> 1.38
Igor Sijsling -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida vs. Igor Sijsling
There is no head to head record between Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida and Igor Sijsling since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida
Ranked no. 332 (career-high), the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 7-64 6-2.
In the 1st round, Matheus had a good straight sets win against Cristian Jianu (7-64 6-2). During the match, Pucinelli De Almeida scored 63 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 50. The Brazilian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pucinelli De Almeida managed to score 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida was very effective on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Matheus broke Cristian Jianu 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Pucinelli De Almeida has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (106-48). 61-17 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Pucinelli De Almeida has an overall87-37 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
Pucinelli De Almeida’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Kiseljak and M15 Sarajevo.
Matheus has a composed 61-17 win-loss record in 2021, 61-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Matheus has never competed in this tournament before.
Igor Sijsling
Ranked no. 338, Igor reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Siniakov 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Igor had a good straight sets win against Siniakov (6-4 6-3). During the match Sijsling scored 66 points vs Siniakov’s 50. Sijsling was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Sijsling fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Igor Sijsling lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sijsling put 54% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the 2nd serve. Igor broke Siniakov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Dutch has an overall 10-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sijsling |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 19 |
| Pts | 63-50 | 66-50 |
| Total Points | 113 | 116 |
| Winners | 27 | 21 |
| %Winners | 43% | 32% |
Both Pucinelli De Almeida and Sijsling played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Pucinelli De Almeida and Sijsling have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Pucinelli De Almeida played 2 games more than Sijsling. The Brazilian scored 27 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Igor fired 21 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sijsling |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 32/59 |
| %1st in | 67% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 21/32 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 19/27 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 70% |
Pucinelli De Almeida made 3 aces . Sijsling recorded 2 aces . Pucinelli De Almeida won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sijsling won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pucinelli De Almeida | Sijsling |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 80% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Pucinelli De Almeida broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Pucinelli De Almeida conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Sijsling conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pucinelli De Almeida | |||
| R1 Cristian Jianu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 63-50 | 63-50 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Sijsling | |||
| R1 Siniakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 66-50 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/59 | 32/59 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/27 | 19/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Prague 3 Challenger
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-0 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Igor SijslingSijsling – Daniel SiniakovSiniakov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Matteo DonatiDonati (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Arthur CazauxCazaux (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Matija PecoticPecotic – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Martin KrumichKrumich (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 4-6 6-1) – 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
