Thiago Agustin Tirante and Gerald Melzer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Santiago 3 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Agustin Tirante who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Agustin Tirante is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Agustin Tirante -> 1.51
Gerald Melzer -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Agustin Tirante vs. Gerald Melzer
This will be the 3rd time that Thiago Agustin Tirante and Gerald Melzer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Agustin Tirante and Melzer (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Melzer won 6-4 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Santiago 2 Challenger back in October 2021.
Thiago Agustin Tirante
Ranked no. 206, Thiago reached the 2nd round after beating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 4-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Thiago defeated Seyboth Wild (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match, Agustin Tirante scored 86 points vs Seyboth Wild’s 76. Agustin Tirante was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Agustin Tirante scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Thiago Agustin Tirante lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Agustin Tirante put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Seyboth Wild 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Agustin Tirante has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (106-61). 27-15 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Agustin Tirante has an overall74-48 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Ambato Challenger where he beat Juan Pablo Varillas in the final 7-5 7-5.
Thiago has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2021, 27-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santiago 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Gerald Melzer
Ranked no. 514, the Austrian got to the 2nd round after defeating Nicolas Jarry 7-62 6-4.
In the 1st round, Gerald had a good straight sets win against Jarry (7-62 6-4). During the match Melzer scored 77 points vs Jarry’s 63. The Austrian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Melzer fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Gerald Melzer was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Melzer broke Jarry twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Lima Challenger.
The Austrian has an overall 17-10 win-loss record in 2021, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Agustin Tirante | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 23 |
| Pts | 86-76 | 77-63 |
| Total Points | 162 | 140 |
| Winners | 40 | 34 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Agustin Tirante and Melzer played 1 match. At the moment, Thiago Agustin Tirante dropped 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Agustin Tirante has played 1 set more than Melzer (3 vs 2). Therefore, Agustin Tirante played 5 games more than Melzer. The Argentine scored 40 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian bagged 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Agustin Tirante | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 58/81 | 45/64 |
| %1st in | 72% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 34/45 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 14/19 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 74% |
Agustin Tirante bagged 4 aces . Melzer struck 3 aces . Agustin Tirante won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Agustin Tirante | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 2 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 67% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 43% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Thiago lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Gerald conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Agustin Tirante | |||
| R1 Seyboth Wild |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-76 | 86-76 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/81 | 58/81 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Jarry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 77-63 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/64 | 45/64 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 34/45 | 34/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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