Facundo Diaz Acosta and Cristian Rodriguez will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and 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 -> 1.6
Cristian Rodriguez -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Cristian Rodriguez
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Cristian Rodriguez since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 360, Facundo reached the qualifications after beating Diego Hidalgo 6-3 7-62.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Hidalgo (6-3 7-62). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 85 points vs Hidalgo’s 72. Facundo was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta blasted 5 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve 3 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 49% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (22/45) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Hidalgo 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Diaz Acosta has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (94-56). 31-18 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diaz Acosta has an aggregate77-44 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Facundo’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Prostejov and M25 Eupen.
Diaz Acosta has an overall 38-21 win-loss record in 2021, 31-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Diaz Acosta has never competed in this tournament before.
Cristian Rodriguez
Ranked no. 421, Rodriguez got to the qualifications after defeating Nicolas Villalon 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Colombian had a good straight sets win against Villalon (6-2 6-4). During the match Rodriguez scored 65 points vs Villalon’s 49. The Colombian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Rodriguez fired 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Cristian Rodriguez lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Rodriguez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. The Colombian broke Villalon 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Colombian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Guayaquil.
Rodriguez has an aggregate 20-17 win-loss record in 2021, 19-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 |
| Pts | 85-72 | 65-49 |
| Total Points | 157 | 114 |
| Winners | 29 | 24 |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Rodriguez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Diaz Acosta and Rodriguez have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Diaz Acosta played 4 games more than Rodriguez. Facundo scored 29 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Cristian struck 24 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3 |
| 1st in | 44/89 | 35/56 |
| %1st in | 49% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 22/45 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 62% |
Diaz Acosta struck 5 aces . Rodriguez bagged 3 aces . Diaz Acosta won 66% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Rodriguez won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Rodriguez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 16 | 4 |
| Saved | 13 | 3 |
| % Saved | 81% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Facundo dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Cristian broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Cristian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| Q1 Hidalgo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 85-72 | 85-72 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 44/89 | 44/89 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/45 | 22/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 13/16 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 81% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Rodriguez | |||
| Q1 Villalon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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