Joao Sousa and Roberto Ortega-Olmedo will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Mallorca Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.36
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo -> 3.00
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
This will be the 4th time that Joao Sousa and Roberto Ortega-Olmedo square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Sousa won 6-2 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Guimaraes Challenger back in 2013.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 149, Sousa reached the 2nd round after beating Hiroki Moriya 6-4 1-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese defeated Moriya (6-4 1-6 7-5). During the match, Sousa scored 110 points vs Moriya’s 107. Sousa was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa bagged 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 56% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Moriya 3 times after converting 17% of his break points (3/18).
Sousa has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (297-289). 3-4 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has an aggregate 73-92 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Sousa has a composed 9-20 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
Joao has never competed in this tournament before.
Roberto Ortega-Olmedo
Ranked no. 329, Roberto reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Mejia 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Mejia (7-5 7-5). During the match Ortega-Olmedo scored 83 points vs Mejia’s 71. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Ortega-Olmedo scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Ortega-Olmedo was very efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Mejia 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
The Spaniard has a composed 10-21 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 24 |
| Pts | 110-107 | 83-71 |
| Total Points | 217 | 154 |
| Winners | 32 | 34 |
| %Winners | 29% | 41% |
Both Sousa and Ortega-Olmedo played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa conceded 1 set while Roberto Ortega-Olmedo hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sousa has played 1 set more than Ortega-Olmedo (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sousa played 5 games more than Ortega-Olmedo. Joao scored 32 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Ortega-Olmedo bagged 34 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
| 1st in | 51/91 | 42/71 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 34/42 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 52% |
Sousa struck 8 aces . Ortega-Olmedo scored 1 ace . Sousa won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Ortega-Olmedo won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Ortega-Olmedo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/18 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 17% | 25% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Joao broke his opponent 3 times with a 17% conversion rate. Sousa surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Roberto broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 110-107 | 110-107 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/91 | 51/91 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 32/51 | 32/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/18 | 3/18 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Ortega-Olmedo | |||
| R1 Mejia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 83-71 | 83-71 | |
| Total points | 154 | 154 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/71 | 42/71 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Mallorca Challenger
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Lukas LackoLacko – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Tatsuma ItoIto (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Jan ZielinskiZielinski – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (6-75 7-61 6-4) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ViolaViola – Liam BroadyBroady (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Steven DiezDiez (4-6 3-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (6-71 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Daniel RinconRincon (6-3 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-75 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-4 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Steven DiezDiez (4-6 3-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Kacper ZukZuk (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas LackoLacko – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Nick ChappellChappell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao SousaSousa – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Jan ZielinskiZielinski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Lukas LackoLacko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Matteo ViolaViola (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Sebastian OfnerOfner (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
