Lucas Catarina and Alexandar Lazarov will face off in the qualifications of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 5. 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 Alexandar Lazarov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexandar Lazarov is the pick to win this match.
Alexandar Lazarov -> 1.64
Lucas Catarina -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Lucas Catarina vs. Alexandar Lazarov
This will be the 2nd time that Lucas Catarina and Alexandar Lazarov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Catarina (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Catarina won 7-6(6) 6-2 in the quarter in Bulgaria F1 (Sozopol) back in 2018.
Lucas Catarina
Ranked no. 350, the Monegasque reached the qualifications after defeating Gianluca Ballotta 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Monegasque had a good straight sets win against Ballotta (6-3 7-5). During the match, Catarina scored 72 points vs Ballotta’s 56. The Monegasque was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Catarina bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Lucas Catarina lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Catarina put 51% of his first serves in, winning 57% (21/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. The Monegasque broke Ballotta 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Catarina has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (151-97). 12-12 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Catarina has an overall24-27 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Lucas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Angers.
The Monegasque has a compiled 39-27 win-loss record in 2021, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Alexandar Lazarov
Ranked no. 468, Lazarov got to the qualifications after defeating Luca Castelnuovo 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Bulgarian had a good straight sets win against Castelnuovo (6-4 7-5). During the match Lazarov scored 77 points vs Castelnuovo’s 64. Lazarov was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Lazarov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexandar Lazarov lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Lazarov put 54% of his first serves in, winning 66% (19/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Castelnuovo 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
The Bulgarian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Skopje and M25 Telavi.
The Bulgarian has a composed 38-18 win-loss record in 2021, 31-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Catarina | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 22 |
| Pts | 72-56 | 77-64 |
| Total Points | 128 | 141 |
| Winners | 21 | 19 |
| %Winners | 29% | 25% |
Both Catarina and Lazarov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Catarina and Lazarov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Catarina played 1 game less than Lazarov. Catarina scored 21 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Lazarov bagged 19 winners (25%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Catarina | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 29/54 |
| %1st in | 51% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 21/37 | 19/29 |
| %1st pts | 57% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 19/25 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 76% |
Catarina recorded 2 aces . Lazarov blasted 1 ace . Catarina won 57% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Lazarov won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 76% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Catarina | Lazarov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 63% | 33% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 63% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Monegasque broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Lucas surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Lazarov broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Catarina | |||
| Q1 Ballotta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/72 | 37/72 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 57% | 57% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Lazarov | |||
| Q1 Castelnuovo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-64 | 77-64 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 25% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/54 | 29/54 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 19/29 | 19/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 76% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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