Carlos Gimeno Valero and Christopher Heyman will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Gimeno Valero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Gimeno Valero is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Gimeno Valero -> 1.22
Christopher Heyman -> 4.3
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Gimeno Valero vs. Christopher Heyman
There is no head to head record between Carlos Gimeno Valero and Christopher Heyman since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Carlos Gimeno Valero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 23-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 25-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-16 | 3-2 | 20-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-5 | 5-1 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 379, Gimeno Valero reached the 2nd round after defeating Nicola Kuhn 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Kuhn, Carlos recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Gimeno Valero scored 87 points vs Kuhn’s 70. Carlos was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gimeno Valero scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Gimeno Valero lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Gimeno Valero put 92% of his first serves in, winning 65% (45/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (2/6) on the 2nd serve. Carlos broke Kuhn 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Gimeno Valero has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (65-31). 10-6 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gimeno Valero has an overall56-26 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Spaniard has a compiled 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Carlos has never competed in this tournament before.
Christopher Heyman
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-16 | 3-2 | 16-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-23 | 4-5 | 23-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 16-9 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-1 |
| 2019 | 47-22 | 7-4 | 25-11 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 422, Christopher reached the 2nd round after beating Ryan Nijboer 6-4 6-1 and Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Christopher had a good straight sets win against Shevchenko (6-4 7-62). During the match Heyman scored 86 points vs Shevchenko’s 73. Christopher was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Heyman bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Christopher Heyman lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Heyman put 77% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Shevchenko 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Christopher’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Vale do Lobo.
Heyman has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gimeno Valero | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 40 |
| Pts | 87-70 | 150-117 |
| Total Points | 157 | 267 |
| Winners | 45 | 61 |
| %Winners | 52% | 41% |
Gimeno Valero played 1 match while Heyman competed in 2 matches. Heyman started his run from the qualifications while Gimeno Valero had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Carlos Gimeno Valero dropped 1 set while Christopher Heyman hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gimeno Valero has played 1 set(s) less than Heyman (3 vs 4). Therefore, Gimeno Valero played 16 games less than Heyman. Carlos scored 45 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian blasted 61 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gimeno Valero | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 69/75 | 85/120 |
| %1st in | 92% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 45/69 | 61/85 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 2/6 | 22/35 |
| %2nd pts | 33% | 63% |
Gimeno Valero blasted 1 ace . Heyman also blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Gimeno Valero won 65% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 33% of the points. On the other side, Heyman won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gimeno Valero | Heyman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/19 |
| % Converted | 50% | 32% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Gimeno Valero broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Heyman broke his opponents 6 times with a 32% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gimeno Valero | |||
| R1 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 87-70 | 87-70 | |
| Total points | 157 | 157 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 69/75 | 69/75 | |
| % 1st in | 92% | 92% | |
| 1st pts | 45/69 | 45/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| % 2nd pts | 33% | 33% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Heyman | |||||
| Q1 Nijboer |
Q3 Krutykh |
R1 Shevchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-62 6-2 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 23 | 61 | |
| pts | 64-44 | – | 86-73 | 150-117 | |
| Total points | 108 | 0 | 159 | 267 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | ||
| %Winners | 41% | 0% | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 35/55 | / | 50/65 | 85/120 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 0% | 77% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | / | 35/50 | 61/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 0% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | / | 8/15 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 0% | 53% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 3/6 | / | 3/13 | 6/19 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 23% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/ | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 33% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Murcia Challenger
- Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Pedro CachinCachin – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-0 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Nicola KuhnKuhn (3-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (3-6 7-63 2-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Miguel DamasDamas – Ulises BlanchBlanch (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (6-3 5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Emilio NavaNava (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Carlos Sanchez JoverSanchez Jover (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Johan NiklesNikles (7-65 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano (6-4 3-6 7-6(6)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dennis NovakNovak – Miguel DamasDamas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro CachinCachin – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas KleinKlein – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
