Ulises Blanch and Miguel Damas will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on PISTA 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ulises Blanch who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.37
Miguel Damas -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Miguel Damas
There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Miguel Damas since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 332, Blanch reached the 1st round after defeating Aaron Cohen 6-1 7-5 and Martin Cuevas 7-65 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Blanch defeated Cuevas (7-65 2-6 6-3). During the match, Blanch scored 106 points vs Cuevas’s 104. Blanch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Blanch bagged 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ulises Blanch lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Blanch put 61% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Ulises broke Cuevas 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ulises started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Blanch has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (155-138). 2-0 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has a composed68-57 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The American has an aggregate 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Blanch has never competed in this tournament before.
Miguel Damas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 600 (career-high), the Spaniard got to the 1st round after defeating Yshai Oliel 7-5 6-76 7-5 and Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-1 4-6 7-65.
In the qualifications, Miguel defeated Llamas Ruiz (6-1 4-6 7-65). During the match Damas scored 103 points vs Llamas Ruiz’s 99. Miguel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Damas was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Miguel Damas lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Damas put 74% of his first serves in, winning 62% (50/81) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Damas broke Llamas Ruiz 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Damas 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.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Palmanova.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 12-7 win-loss record in 2022, 9-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 67 |
| Pts | 183-167 | 247-235 |
| Total Points | 350 | 482 |
| Winners | 86 | 116 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Blanch and Damas played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Ulises Blanch surrendered 1 set, while Miguel Damas surrendered 2 sets. Blanch has played 1 set(s) less than Damas (5 vs 6). Therefore, Blanch played 18 games less than Damas. Blanch scored 86 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard blasted 116 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 111/180 | 185/257 |
| %1st in | 62% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 86/111 | 116/185 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 29/69 | 33/72 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 46% |
Blanch bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Damas managed to score 3 aces (1.5 per match). Blanch won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Damas won 63% 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 | Blanch | Damas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/18 | 12/31 |
| % Converted | 33% | 39% |
| Conceded | 11 | 33 |
| Saved | 7 | 24 |
| % Saved | 64% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Ulises broke his opponents 6 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Damas broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Damas conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | ||||
| Q1 Cohen |
Q3 Cuevas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 7-65 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 106-104 | 183-167 | |
| Total points | 140 | 210 | 350 | |
| Winners | 38 | 48 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 47/75 | 64/105 | 111/180 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 48/64 | 86/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 17/41 | 29/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 41% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/8 | 6/18 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 38% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 1/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 20% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Damas | ||||
| Q1 Oliel |
Q3 Llamas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-76 7-5 | 6-1 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 37 | 30 | 67 | |
| pts | 144-136 | 103-99 | 247-235 | |
| Total points | 280 | 202 | 482 | |
| Winners | 66 | 50 | 116 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 104/147 | 81/110 | 185/257 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 74% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 66/104 | 50/81 | 116/185 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 62% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/43 | 13/29 | 33/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 6/18 | 6/13 | 12/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 46% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 22 | 11 | 33 | |
| Saved | 18/22 | 6/11 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 55% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
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