Rafael Matos and Diego Fernandez Flores will play each other in the 1st round of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am 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 Rafael Matos who should win in 3 sets.
Rafael Matos -> 1.46
Diego Fernandez Flores -> 2.64
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Matos vs. Diego Fernandez Flores
There is no head to head record between Rafael Matos and Diego Fernandez Flores since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rafael Matos
Ranked no. 633, Matos got to the 1st round after beating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-2 3-3 ret. and Daniel Antonio Nunez 6-4 7-61.
In the qualifications, Rafael had a good straight sets win against Antonio Nunez (6-4 7-61). During the match, Matos scored 90 points vs Antonio Nunez’s 76. Rafael was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Matos made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Rafael Matos was quite effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rafael broke Antonio Nunez twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Matos has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (204-143). 4-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Matos has a composed201-138 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Matos has a compiled 4-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Diego Fernandez Flores
Ranked no. 896, the Chilean will start his run in the Santiago 3 Challenger after he played his last match in the Santiago 2 Challenger where he lost 6-3 3-6 7-5 to Chappell in the 1st round on the 4th of October.
Fernandez has an overall 22-21 win-loss record in 2021, 4-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Diego’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Marbella.
In terms of his career, The Chilean has an overall 76-67 record. He has a negative 26-34 record on clay.
Tennis Scores in Santiago 3 Challenger
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Pedro CachinCachin – Benjamin TorresTorres (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Matias SotoSoto (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-2 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Julian LenzLenz (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rafael MatosMatos – Diego Fernandez FloresFernandez Flores (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas – Facundo MenaMena (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas AlvarezAlvarez – Sebastian BaezBaez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Gerald MelzerMelzer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Pedro CachinCachin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Diego HidalgoHidalgo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-0) – H2H and prediction