Matias Zukas and Igor Ribeiro Marcondes will face off in the 1st round of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm on QUADRA 2. 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 Matias Zukas who should win in 3 sets.
Matias Zukas -> 1.72
Igor Ribeiro Marcondes -> 2.00
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Prediction and head to head Matias Zukas vs. Igor Ribeiro Marcondes
This will be the 2nd time that Matias Zukas and Igor Ribeiro Marcondes square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ribeiro Marcondes (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Ribeiro Marcondes won 6-2 6-3 in the quarter in M25 Aparecida de Goiania back in November 2021.
Matias Zukas
Ranked no. 442, Matias got to the 1st round after defeating Ryan Augusto dos Santos 6-2 6-1 and Eduardo Ribeiro 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Ribeiro (7-5 6-3). During the match, Zukas scored 78 points vs Ribeiro’s 60. Zukas was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zukas scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Matias Zukas was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zukas broke Ribeiro 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Zukas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Zukas has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (206-131). 44-24 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zukas has a compiled188-116 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Matias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya and M15 Novomoskovsk.
The Argentine has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2021, 44-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Igor Ribeiro Marcondes
Ranked no. 573, Igor got to the 1st round after beating Luca Castelnuovo 4-0 ret. and Enrique Bogo 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian defeated Bogo (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match Ribeiro Marcondes scored 74 points vs Bogo’s 57. Igor was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Ribeiro Marcondes scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Igor Ribeiro Marcondes was extremely efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Brazilian broke Bogo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Ribeiro Marcondes’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Santo Domingo.
The Brazilian has an overall 44-20 win-loss record in 2021, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zukas | Ribeiro Marcondes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 27 |
| Pts | 138-92 | 92-66 |
| Total Points | 230 | 158 |
| Winners | 50 | 35 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Zukas and Ribeiro Marcondes played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Igor Ribeiro Marcondes surrendered 1 set while Matias Zukas hasn’t dropped a set so far. Zukas has played 1 set(s) less than Ribeiro Marcondes (4 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Zukas played 9 games more than Ribeiro Marcondes. Zukas scored 50 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Igor scored 35 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zukas | Ribeiro Marcondes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 0.5 |
| 1st in | 61/100 | 44/79 |
| %1st in | 61% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 50/61 | 35/44 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 20/35 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 57% |
Zukas scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Ribeiro Marcondes recorded 1 ace (0.5 per match). Zukas won 82% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Ribeiro Marcondes won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zukas | Ribeiro Marcondes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 6 |
| Converted | 9/26 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 35% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Igor conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zukas | ||||
| Q1 Augusto dos Santos | Q3 Ribeiro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 21 | 36 | |
| pts | 60-32 | 78-60 | 138-92 | |
| Total points | 92 | 138 | 230 | |
| Winners | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/36 | 36/64 | 61/100 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 30/36 | 50/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/11 | 15/28 | 25/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 91% | 54% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/15 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 27% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 60% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ribeiro Marcondes | ||||
| Q1 Castelnuovo | Q3 Bogo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-0 ret. | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 4 | 23 | 27 | |
| pts | 18-9 | 74-57 | 92-66 | |
| Total points | 27 | 131 | 158 | |
| Winners | 5 | 30 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 7/11 | 37/68 | 44/79 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 5/7 | 30/37 | 35/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 81% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 3/4 | 17/31 | 20/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/6 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (5-7 6-4 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo DellienDellien – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hernan CasanovaCasanova – Oscar Jose GutierrezJose Gutierrez (5-7 7-65 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Orlando LuzLuz (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Nicolas KickerKicker (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva – Hugo DellienDellien (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Gilbert Soares Klier JuniorSoares Klier Junior (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Facundo JuarezJuarez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Alejandro GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matias ZukasZukas – Igor Ribeiro MarcondesRibeiro Marcondes (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Johan NiklesNikles – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mateus De Carvalho CardosoDe Carvalho Cardoso – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (1-1) – H2H and prediction