Gastao Elias and Tiago Cacao will face off in the 2nd round of the Maia 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:25 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.24
Tiago Cacao -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Tiago Cacao
This will be the 2nd time that Gastao Elias and Tiago Cacao clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Elias (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Elias won 6-1 6-4 in the 2nd round in M25 Vale Do Lobo back in 2020.
Gastao Elias
Ranked no. 227, Elias got to the 2nd round after defeating Eduard Esteve Lobato 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Gastao had a good straight sets win against Esteve Lobato (6-4 6-2). During the match, Elias scored 63 points vs Esteve Lobato’s 44. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Elias bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Gastao Elias was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 74% (14/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Elias broke Esteve Lobato 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Elias has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (323-254). 22-11 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Elias has an aggregate 249-171 match record in the last years on clay.
Elias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Villena,M25 Vale do Lobo,the Oeiras 1 Challenger and the Oeiras 4 Challenger.
Elias has an aggregate 35-17 win-loss record in 2021, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 1 Challenger
Tiago Cacao
Ranked no. 487, Tiago reached the 2nd round after defeating David Pichler 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round against Pichler, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Cacao scored 86 points vs Pichler’s 74. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Cacao scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tiago Cacao lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Cacao put 68% of his first serves in, winning 74% (39/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Pichler 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Cacao’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Valldoreix,M15 Monastir and M15 Curtea de Arges.
Tiago has a compiled 25-29 win-loss record in 2021, 19-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 63-44 | 86-74 |
| Total Points | 107 | 160 |
| Winners | 23 | 39 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Elias and Cacao played 1 match. At the moment, Tiago Cacao lost 1 set while Gastao Elias hasn’t dropped a set so far. Elias has played 1 set(s) less than Cacao (2 vs 3). Therefore, Elias played 7 games less than Cacao. Elias scored 23 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Cacao bagged 39 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 53/78 |
| %1st in | 61% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 39/53 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 12/25 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 48% |
Elias bagged 2 aces . Cacao fired 1 ace . Elias won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Cacao won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elias | Cacao |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gastao dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Cacao broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | |||
| R1 Esteve Lobato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Cacao | |||
| R1 Pichler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 86-74 | 86-74 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 53/78 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 12/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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