Facundo Diaz Acosta and Pedro Sakamoto will face off in the 2nd round of the Blumenau Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.47
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 303 (career-high), Facundo reached the 2nd round after defeating Quentin Folliot 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Diaz Acosta had a good straight sets win against Folliot (6-3 6-0). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 58 points vs Folliot’s 30. The Argentine was very aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Facundo Diaz Acosta was extremely effective on serve to win 82% (14/17) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Diaz Acosta broke Folliot 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (104-66). 5-1 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Diaz Acosta has an overall87-53 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
Facundo has an overall 5-1 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on clay (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Blumenau Challenger
Facundo has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-30 | 7-3 | 28-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, Pedro reached the 2nd round after defeating Roman Andres Burruchaga 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Andres Burruchaga, Pedro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 91 points vs Andres Burruchaga’s 82. Pedro was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Sakamoto scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 58% of his first serves in, winning 62% (34/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the 2nd serve. Sakamoto broke Andres Burruchaga 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Brazilian has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 27 |
| Pts | 58-30 | 91-82 |
| Total Points | 88 | 173 |
| Winners | 14 | 34 |
| %Winners | 24% | 37% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Sakamoto played 1 match. At the moment, Pedro Sakamoto surrendered 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 12 games less than Sakamoto. The Argentine scored 14 winners (24% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto struck 34 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 17/33 | 55/95 |
| %1st in | 52% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 34/55 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 24/40 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 60% |
Diaz Acosta fired 4 aces . Sakamoto bagged 1 ace . Diaz Acosta won 82% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 50% | 71% |
| Conceded | 1 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 8 |
| % Saved | 0% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Facundo dropped his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. The Brazilian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| R1 Folliot | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-30 | 58-30 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 14 | 14 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 24% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 14/17 | 14/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| R1 Andres | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-82 | 91-82 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/95 | 55/95 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 34/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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- Facundo JuarezJuarez – Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva – Ignacio CarouCarou (1-6 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Genaro Alberto OlivieriAlberto Olivieri – Cristian RodriguezRodriguez (6-2 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
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