Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Facundo Diaz Acosta will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Santiago 2 Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.53
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Facundo Diaz Acosta
This will be the 4th time that Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera and Facundo Diaz Acosta face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Tomas Barrios Vera won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Salinas Challenger back in April 2021.
Marcelo Tomas Barrios Vera
Ranked no. 154 (career-high), the Chilean will start his run in the Santiago 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Seville Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-3 to Carballes Baena in the semifinal on the 10th of September.
Marcelo has an aggregate 36-23 win-loss record in 2021, 29-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Meerbusch Challenger where he defeated Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the final 7-6(7) 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Tomas Barrios Vera has an overall 244-131 record. He has a positive 174-90 record on clay.
Previously in the Santiago 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
Ranked no. 360, the Argentine got to the 1st round after defeating Diego Hidalgo 6-3 7-62 and Cristian Rodriguez 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Facundo had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez (6-2 6-2). During the match Diaz Acosta scored 65 points vs Rodriguez’s 38. Diaz Acosta was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Diaz Acosta managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Facundo broke Rodriguez 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Argentine started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Facundo’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Prostejov and M25 Eupen.
Facundo has a composed 39-21 win-loss record in 2021, 32-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Santiago 2 Challenger
- Nick ChappellChappell – Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Hernan CasanovaCasanova (7-68 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Facundo MenaMena – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-4 6-72 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick ChappellChappell – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Gonzalo LamaLama (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Nicolas KickerKicker (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Alexis GautierGautier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
