Pablo Cuevas and Matias Franco Descotte will play each other in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO VALLARTA. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Cuevas is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.25
Matias Franco Descotte -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Matias Franco Descotte
There is no head to head record between Pablo Cuevas and Matias Franco Descotte since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pablo Cuevas
Ranked no. 98, Cuevas got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pablo had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-5 6-4). During the match, Cuevas scored 76 points vs Kovacevic’s 65. The Uruguayan was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 73% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. The Uruguayan broke Kovacevic 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Cuevas has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (250-176). 4-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cuevas has an aggregate 36-53 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Lyon Challenger where he beat Elias Ymer in the final 6-2 6-2.
Pablo has an aggregate 19-16 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Pablo has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Franco Descotte
Ranked no. 474, Franco Descotte reached the 2nd round after defeating Gerardo Lopez Villasenor 6-72 7-5 6-0.
In the 1st round against Lopez Villasenor, Franco Descotte recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-5 6-0). During the match Franco Descotte scored 106 points vs Lopez Villasenor’s 86. Franco Descotte was exceptionally aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Franco Descotte recorded 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matias Franco Descotte lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Franco Descotte put 73% of his first serves in, winning 80% (53/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Matias broke Lopez Villasenor 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Cancun.
Franco Descotte has an aggregate 31-18 win-loss record in 2021, 24-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 31 |
| Pts | 76-65 | 106-86 |
| Total Points | 141 | 192 |
| Winners | 29 | 53 |
| %Winners | 38% | 50% |
Both Cuevas and Franco Descotte played 1 match. At the moment, Matias Franco Descotte lost 1 set while Pablo Cuevas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Cuevas has played 1 set(s) less than Franco Descotte (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cuevas played 9 games less than Franco Descotte. The Uruguayan scored 29 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Matias struck 53 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 66/90 |
| %1st in | 73% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 53/66 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 11/24 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 46% |
Cuevas struck 2 aces . Franco Descotte bagged 3 aces . Cuevas won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Franco Descotte won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Franco Descotte |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Pablo broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Uruguayan lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Franco Descotte conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-65 | 76-65 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Franco Descotte | |||
| R1 Lopez Villasenor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 106-86 | 106-86 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 66/90 | 66/90 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 53/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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