Pablo Cuevas and Steven Diez will square off in the 2nd round of the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CANCHA 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Cuevas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pablo Cuevas is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Cuevas -> 1.39
Steven Diez -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Pablo Cuevas vs. Steven Diez
This will be the 2nd time that Pablo Cuevas and Steven Diez fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Cuevas (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Cuevas won 4-6 7-6(2) 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Aix En Provence Challenger back in 2019.
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, the Uruguayan reached the 2nd round after defeating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Uruguayan defeated Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match, Cuevas scored 104 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 102. Pablo was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cuevas scored 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Pablo Cuevas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 17 break points. Furthermore, Cuevas put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (42/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the 2nd serve. The Uruguayan broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Cuevas has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (255-182). 1-2 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cuevas has a compiled 198-98 match record in the last years on clay.
Pablo has an overall 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger
The Uruguayan has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-18 | 10-9 | 0-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 289, Diez got to the 2nd round after beating Facundo Juarez 6-0 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Juarez (6-0 7-65). During the match Diez scored 64 points vs Juarez’s 47. Steven was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Diez made 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Steven Diez was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Canadian broke Juarez 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Diez has an overall 6-7 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cuevas | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 |
| Pts | 104-102 | 64-47 |
| Total Points | 206 | 111 |
| Winners | 42 | 28 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Cuevas and Diez played 1 match. At the moment, Pablo Cuevas conceded 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t lost a set so far. Cuevas has played 1 set more than Diez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Cuevas played 9 games more than Diez. The Uruguayan scored 42 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Steven made 28 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cuevas | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 64/107 | 39/56 |
| %1st in | 60% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Cuevas recorded 7 aces . Diez scored 2 aces . Cuevas won 66% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cuevas | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 31% | 80% |
| Conceded | 20 | 4 |
| Saved | 17 | 3 |
| % Saved | 85% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Cuevas broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Cuevas lost his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Steven broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 104-102 | 104-102 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 64/107 | 64/107 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 42/64 | 42/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/43 | 22/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 17/20 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Diez | |||
| R1 Juarez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/56 | 39/56 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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