Elmar Ejupovic and Duarte Vale will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Maia 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duarte Vale who should win in 3 sets.
Duarte Vale -> 1.71
Elmar Ejupovic -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Duarte Vale
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Duarte Vale since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
Ranked no. 436, Elmar reached the qualifications after beating Henrique Rocha 7-63 6-2.
In the qualifications, Ejupovic had a good straight sets win against Rocha (7-63 6-2). During the match, Ejupovic scored 79 points vs Rocha’s 61. The German was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic made 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 77% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Ejupovic broke Rocha 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Ejupovic has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (267-190). 20-16 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ejupovic has a compiled116-95 record in the last 8 years on clay.
The German’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Grenoble,M25 Trimbach and M15 Troisdorf.
Ejupovic has a composed 31-24 win-loss record in 2021, 20-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia 2 Challenger
Duarte Vale
Ranked no. 751, Vale reached the qualifications after beating Maxime Hamou 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Vale had a good straight sets win against Hamou (6-0 6-0). During the match Vale scored 50 points vs Hamou’s 19. Vale was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
About the serving games, Vale bagged 2 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Duarte Vale conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 84% of his first serves in, win 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (4/6) on the 2nd serve. Duarte broke Hamou 6 times after converting 86% of his break points (6/7).
The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Naples.
Vale has an aggregate 25-15 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 12 |
| Pts | 79-61 | 50-19 |
| Total Points | 140 | 69 |
| Winners | 28 | 22 |
| %Winners | 35% | 44% |
Both Ejupovic and Vale played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ejupovic and Vale have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ejupovic played 9 games more than Vale. The German scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese bagged 22 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 43/56 | 32/38 |
| %1st in | 77% | 84% |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 22/32 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 4/6 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Ejupovic blasted 3 aces . Vale blasted 2 aces . Ejupovic won 65% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Vale won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 6/7 |
| % Converted | 42% | 86% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 25% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The German broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Elmar conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Vale broke his opponent 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Rocha | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-61 | 79-61 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/56 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Vale | |||
| Q1 Hamou | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 50-19 | 50-19 | |
| Total points | 69 | 69 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/38 | 32/38 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 84% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 6/7 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 86% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Maia 2 Challenger
- Luca PotenzaLuca – Arthur ReymondArthur (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Edoardo LavagnoEdoardo – Ivan GakhovIvan (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Damien WengerDamien – Luis FariaLuis (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Fabio CoelhoCoelho (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Nick HardtHardt (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elmar EjupovicEjupovic – Duarte ValeVale (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Eduard Esteve LobatoEsteve Lobato – Oleg PrihodkoPrihodko (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Alexander ErlerErler – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexis GautierGautier – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Damien WengerWenger – Luis FariaFaria (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Arthur ReymondReymond (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction