Fernando Verdasco and Christian Harrison will face off in the semifinal of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.56
Christian Harrison -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Christian Harrison
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Christian Harrison since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, Fernando got to the semifinal after defeating Zhe Li 6-4 6-2, Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-2 and Michael Mmoh 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter, Fernando had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (6-3 6-2). During the match, Verdasco scored 66 points vs Mmoh’s 50. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Mmoh 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fernando hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Verdasco has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (221-209). 3-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a composed 77-75 record in the last years on hard.
Verdasco has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Fernando has never competed in this tournament before.
Christian Harrison
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-20 | 10-11 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-17 | 16-11 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, the American got to the semifinal after defeating Sho Shimabukuro 6-3 7-5, Bernard Tomic 6-2 7-5 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, Christian had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 6-2). During the match Harrison scored 58 points vs Blancaneaux’s 41. Harrison was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Harrison bagged 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Christian Harrison was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Harrison broke Blancaneaux 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Christian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Harrison has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 59 |
| Pts | 191-140 | 200-144 |
| Total Points | 331 | 344 |
| Winners | 82 | 83 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Verdasco and Harrison played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Harrison have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Verdasco played 6 games less than Harrison. Verdasco scored 82 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 83 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 108/160 | 107/166 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 82/108 | 83/107 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 29/52 | 36/59 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 61% |
Verdasco managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Harrison blasted 8 aces (2.7 per match). Verdasco won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Harrison won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Harrison |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 12 |
| Converted | 12/32 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 38% | 52% |
| Conceded | 12 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Verdasco broke his opponents 12 times with a 38% conversion rate. Verdasco surrendered his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Christian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||||
| R1 Li |
R2 Kovacevic |
1/4 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 58-46 | 66-50 | 191-140 | |
| Total points | 111 | 104 | 116 | 331 | |
| Winners | 25 | 32 | 25 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 55% | 38% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 38/53 | 37/56 | 108/160 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 32/38 | 25/37 | 82/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 84% | 68% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 6/15 | 10/19 | 29/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 40% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 | 5/14 | 12/32 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 43% | 36% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 10 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 9/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 90% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Harrison | |||||
| R1 Shimabukuro |
R2 Tomic |
1/4 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 20 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 71-53 | 58-41 | 200-144 | |
| Total points | 121 | 124 | 99 | 344 | |
| Winners | 31 | 26 | 26 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/56 | 37/64 | 33/46 | 107/166 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 58% | 72% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 26/37 | 26/33 | 83/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 79% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 17/27 | 10/13 | 36/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 63% | 77% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/9 | 3/5 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 56% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 75% | – | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
L Tennis Scores in Monterrey Challenger
- Go SoedaSoeda – Ulises BlanchBlanch (4-6 7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Jason JungJung (1-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Ulises BlanchBlanch (4-6 7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christian HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Go SoedaSoeda (2-2) – H2H and prediction
