Daniel Elahi Galan and Gerald Melzer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bogota Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:30 pm on CAMPO DIRECTV. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Elahi Galan who should win in 3 sets.
Daniel Elahi Galan -> 1.65
Gerald Melzer -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Elahi Galan vs. Gerald Melzer
There is no head to head record between Daniel Elahi Galan and Gerald Melzer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Daniel Elahi Galan
Ranked no. 106, Elahi Galan Riveros reached the 2nd round after beating Mathieu Perchicot 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Perchicot, The Colombian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Elahi Galan Riveros scored 94 points vs Perchicot’s 79. The Colombian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Daniel Elahi Galan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (37/48) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Colombian broke Perchicot 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Elahi Galan Riveros has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 56% of his matches (271-214). 17-12 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Elahi Galan Riveros has an aggregate184-126 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Elahi Galan Riveros’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Heilbronn Challenger.
Daniel has a compiled 25-27 win-loss record in 2021, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bogota Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.
Gerald Melzer
Ranked no. 421, Melzer got to the 2nd round after defeating Orlando Luz 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Luz (7-5 6-2). During the match Melzer scored 71 points vs Luz’s 50. Melzer was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Melzer bagged 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gerald Melzer was very effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gerald broke Luz 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Austrian’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Lima Challenger.
The Austrian has a compiled 19-11 win-loss record in 2021, 19-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elahi Galan Riveros | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 20 |
| Pts | 94-79 | 71-50 |
| Total Points | 173 | 121 |
| Winners | 37 | 26 |
| %Winners | 39% | 37% |
Both Elahi Galan Riveros and Melzer played 1 match. At the moment, Daniel Elahi Galan conceded 1 set while Gerald Melzer hasn’t dropped a set so far. Elahi Galan Riveros has played 1 set more than Melzer (3 vs 2). Therefore, Elahi Galan Riveros played 9 games more than Melzer. Elahi Galan Riveros scored 37 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian blasted 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elahi Galan Riveros | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 35/54 |
| %1st in | 59% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 11/19 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 58% |
Elahi Galan Riveros blasted 9 aces . Melzer made 7 aces . Elahi Galan Riveros won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Melzer won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elahi Galan Riveros | Melzer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 42% |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 25% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Elahi Galan Riveros broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Elahi Galan Riveros conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Gerald broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gerald conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elahi Galan Riveros | |||
| R1 Perchicot | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 94-79 | 94-79 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/48 | 37/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Luz | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 71-50 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/54 | 35/54 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Bogota Challenger
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Orlando LuzLuz (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos – Juan Sebastian GomezSebastian Gomez (2-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida – Alexis GautierGautier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Facundo MenaMena – Luca CastelnuovoCastelnuovo (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Nicolas JarryJarry (3-6 7-5 7-65) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Pedja KrstinKrstin (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alejandro GomezGomez – Jaroslav PospisilPospisil (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Enrique PenaPena (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Vit KoprivaKopriva (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Mathieu PerchicotPerchicot (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Matias ZukasZukas (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Nicolas JarryJarry (3-6 7-5 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Enrique PenaPena (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo MenaMena – Alejandro GomezGomez (4-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Nicolas BarrientosBarrientos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Gerald MelzerMelzer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (0-0) – H2H and prediction