Ramkumar Ramanathan and Goncalo Oliveira will play each other in the quarter of the Manama Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ramkumar Ramanathan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ramkumar Ramanathan is the pick to win this match.
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.4
Goncalo Oliveira -> 2.95
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Goncalo Oliveira
This will be the 2nd time that Ramkumar Ramanathan and Goncalo Oliveira face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Oliveira (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Oliveira won 4-6 6-2 6-0 in the 1st round in Spain F18 back in 1970.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 222, Ramanathan reached the quarter after beating Vladyslav Orlov 6-2 6-4 and Duje Ajdukovic 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Ajdukovic (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ramanathan scored 63 points vs Ajdukovic’s 53. The Indian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramanathan recorded 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Ramanathan put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (32/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Ramkumar broke Ajdukovic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ramanathan has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (349-268). 20-11 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ramanathan has a compiled222-144 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ramkumar’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger.
Ramanathan has a composed 40-31 win-loss record in 2021, 20-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Manama Challenger
Ramkumar has never competed in this tournament before.
Goncalo Oliveira
Ranked no. 288, Oliveira got to the quarter after defeating Marek Gengel 6-4 6-4 and Antoine Escoffier 7-65 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Oliveira defeated Escoffier (7-65 3-6 6-4). During the match Oliveira scored 105 points vs Escoffier’s 99. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Oliveira struck 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Goncalo Oliveira was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (43/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (20/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Goncalo broke Escoffier once after converting 11% of his break points (1/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Goncalo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Oeiras 2 Challenger and the Little Rock Challenger.
Oliveira has an overall 20-30 win-loss record in 2021, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 52 |
| Pts | 127-98 | 164-149 |
| Total Points | 225 | 313 |
| Winners | 62 | 69 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Both Ramanathan and Oliveira played 2 matches. At the moment, Goncalo Oliveira surrendered 1 set while Ramkumar Ramanathan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ramanathan has played 1 set(s) less than Oliveira (4 vs 5). Therefore, Ramanathan played 16 games less than Oliveira. The Indian scored 62 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Goncalo managed to score 69 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 81/121 | 88/146 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 62/81 | 69/88 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 36/58 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 62% |
Ramanathan recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Oliveira struck 10 aces (5 per match). Ramanathan won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Oliveira won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Oliveira |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 64% | 25% |
| Conceded | 12 | 2 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 92% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Indian broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Indian surrendered his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. Goncalo broke his opponents 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Oliveira conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | ||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Ajdukovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 36 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 63-53 | 127-98 | |
| Total points | 109 | 116 | 225 | |
| Winners | 30 | 32 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 36/54 | 45/67 | 81/121 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/36 | 32/45 | 62/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 71% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/22 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 45% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/5 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 7/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 88% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Oliveira | ||||
| R1 Gengel |
R2 Escoffier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-65 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 59-50 | 105-99 | 164-149 | |
| Total points | 109 | 204 | 313 | |
| Winners | 26 | 43 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 53/88 | 88/146 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 43/53 | 69/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 81% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 20/35 | 36/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 57% | 62% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 1/9 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 11% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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