Tomas Machac and Bjorn Fratangelo will square off in the final of the Traralgon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.84
Bjorn Fratangelo -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Bjorn Fratangelo
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Bjorn Fratangelo since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-22 | 22-11 | 9-5 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 143, Tomas reached the final after beating Harold Mayot 6-2 4-6 4-1 ret., Akira Santillan 6-1 6-2, Mikhail Kukushkin 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Jesper De Jong 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal, Tomas had a good straight sets win against De Jong (6-4 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 64 points vs De Jong’s 42. Tomas was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac bagged 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 65% of his first serves in, winning 90% (27/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Tomas broke De Jong 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (125-61). 4-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has a compiled15-6 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Tomas’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Machac has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Traralgon Challenger
Tomas has never competed in this tournament before.
Bjorn Fratangelo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-17 | 7-8 | 6-4 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-20 | 13-10 | 12-7 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 25-20 | 15-11 | 3-6 | 3-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 165, Bjorn reached the final after beating Blake Ellis 6-4 6-1, Filip Horansky 6-4 7-65, Jiri Lehecka 1-6 6-3 7-65 and Mitchell Krueger 7-66 6-76 7-68.
In the semifinal, Fratangelo defeated Krueger (7-66 6-76 7-68).During the match Fratangelo scored less points (4) than Krueger. In fact, the world no. 143 won 137 points vs Krueger’s. That means that Fratangelo was more focused during the important points. Fratangelo was very aggressive to blast 73 winners.
Talking about serving, Fratangelo blasted 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Bjorn Fratangelo lost the serve 5 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Fratangelo put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (73/100) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (19/50) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Krueger 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bjorn started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Bjorn’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Traralgon Challenger.
Bjorn has a compiled 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 82 | 108 |
| Pts | 323-244 | 376-362 |
| Total Points | 567 | 738 |
| Winners | 126 | 193 |
| %Winners | 39% | 51% |
Both Machac and Fratangelo played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac lost 2 sets, while Bjorn Fratangelo dropped 2 sets. Machac has played 1 set more than Fratangelo (11 vs 10). However, it’s interesting to notice that Machac played 26 games less than Fratangelo. Tomas scored 126 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 193 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 167/238 | 258/385 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 126/167 | 193/258 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/71 | 59/127 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Machac fired 17 aces (4.3 per match). Fratangelo blasted 25 aces (6.3 per match). Machac won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Fratangelo won 75% 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 | Machac | Fratangelo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 18 | 11 |
| Converted | 18/53 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 34% | 44% |
| Conceded | 17 | 33 |
| Saved | 12 | 26 |
| % Saved | 71% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 7 |
The Czech broke his opponents 18 times with a 34% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||||
| R2 Mayot |
R3 Santillan |
1/4 Kukushkin |
1/2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 4-1 ret. | 6-1 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 82 | |
| pts | 90-76 | 59-33 | 110-93 | 64-42 | 323-244 | |
| Total points | 166 | 92 | 203 | 106 | 567 | |
| Winners | 39 | 21 | 39 | 27 | 126 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 35% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/80 | 28/39 | 51/73 | 30/46 | 167/238 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 70% | 65% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 21/28 | 39/51 | 27/30 | 126/167 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 75% | 76% | 90% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 9/11 | 12/22 | 8/16 | 40/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 82% | 55% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/10 | 4/21 | 4/5 | 18/53 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 19% | 80% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 71% | 67% | 76% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Fratangelo | ||||||
| R2 Ellis |
R3 Horansky |
1/4 Lehecka |
1/2 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 7-65 | 1-6 6-3 7-65 | 7-66 6-76 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 23 | 29 | 39 | 108 | |
| pts | 57-40 | 84-73 | 98-108 | 137-141 | 376-362 | |
| Total points | 97 | 157 | 206 | 278 | 738 | |
| Winners | 28 | 45 | 47 | 73 | 193 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 54% | 48% | 53% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 34/45 | 57/78 | 67/112 | 100/150 | 258/385 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 73% | 60% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 45/57 | 47/67 | 73/100 | 193/258 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 79% | 70% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/11 | 11/21 | 23/45 | 19/50 | 59/127 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 51% | 38% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 1/3 | 1/6 | 5/9 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 17% | 56% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 33 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/3 | 9/11 | 10/15 | 26 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 82% | 67% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
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