Fernando Verdasco and Pierre-Hugues Herbert will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Millennium Estoril Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on ESTÁDIO MILLENNIUM. 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 -> 1.615
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert
This will be the 5th time that Fernando Verdasco and Pierre-Hugues Herbert clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Verdasco (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Herbert won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in 2019.
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. 121, Fernando got to the qualifications after beating Radu Albot 6-3 6-75 6-3.
In the qualifications, Fernando defeated Albot (6-3 6-75 6-3). During the match, Verdasco scored 95 points vs Albot’s 80. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Fernando Verdasco was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (43/58) of his 1st serve and 60% (24/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Verdasco broke Albot 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Verdasco has a good record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (230-213). 9-7 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a composed 94-76 record in the last years on clay.
Fernando’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Verdasco has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2022, 9-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Estoril
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-6 | 0-2 | 1-0 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-21 | 4-7 | 4-6 | 9-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, Herbert reached the qualifications after beating Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Pierre-Hugues had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (6-3 6-4). During the match Herbert scored 66 points vs Popyrin’s 53. Pierre-Hugues was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Herbert blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Pierre-Hugues Herbert was quite efficient on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Popyrin 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Herbert’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.
Herbert has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Estoril
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 |
| Pts | 95-80 | 66-53 |
| Total Points | 175 | 119 |
| Winners | 43 | 19 |
| %Winners | 45% | 29% |
Both Verdasco and Herbert played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Fernando Verdasco conceded 1 set while Pierre-Hugues Herbert hasn’t lost a set so far. Verdasco has played 1 set more than Herbert (3 vs 2). Therefore, Verdasco played 12 games more than Herbert. Fernando scored 43 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Pierre-Hugues managed to score 19 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 26/56 |
| %1st in | 59% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 20/30 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 67% |
Verdasco struck 3 aces . Herbert struck 7 aces . Verdasco won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Herbert won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Herbert |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 75% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Fernando broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Fernando surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Herbert broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Herbert conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| Q1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 95-80 | 95-80 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 58/98 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/40 | 24/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Herbert | |||
| Q1 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 66-53 | |
| Total points | 119 | 119 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/56 | 26/56 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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