Julian Lenz and Gerald Melzer will square off in the 2nd round of the Ambato Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.53
Julian Lenz -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Julian Lenz vs. Gerald Melzer
There is no head to head record between Julian Lenz and Gerald Melzer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Julian Lenz
Ranked no. 294, Julian reached the 2nd round after beating Emilio Gomez 6-4 7-66.
In the 1st round, Julian had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-4 7-66). During the match, Lenz scored 79 points vs Gomez’s 70. Julian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lenz scored 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Julian Lenz was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (38/47) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Julian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Gomez once.
Lenz has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (175-132). 7-11 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lenz has a composed 108-75 match record in the last years on clay.
The German’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Luedenscheid Challenger.
Julian has an overall 10-21 win-loss record in 2021, 7-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ambato Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Gerald Melzer
Ranked no. 818, Melzer got to the 2nd round after defeating Patrick Kypson 6-77 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kypson, The Austrian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-1 6-4). During the match Melzer scored 103 points vs Kypson’s 85. Melzer was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Melzer bagged 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Gerald Melzer was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 76% (29/38) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Melzer broke Kypson 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Melzer has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lenz | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 30 |
| Pts | 79-70 | 103-85 |
| Total Points | 149 | 188 |
| Winners | 38 | 37 |
| %Winners | 48% | 36% |
Both Lenz and Melzer played 1 match. At the moment, Gerald Melzer surrendered 1 set while Julian Lenz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lenz has played 1 set(s) less than Melzer (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lenz played 7 games less than Melzer. The German scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Melzer managed to score 37 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lenz | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 13 |
| 1st in | 47/82 | 48/86 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 37/48 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 29/38 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 76% |
Lenz recorded 6 aces . Melzer struck 13 aces . Lenz won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lenz | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 100% | 60% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Lenz broke his opponent once with a 100% conversion rate. Lenz pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Melzer broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Austrian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Lenz | |||
| R1 Gomez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 79-70 | 79-70 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/82 | 47/82 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 38/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Kypson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 103-85 | 103-85 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/86 | 48/86 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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