Benjamin Lock and Matias Franco Descotte will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Morelos Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matias Franco Descotte who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matias Franco Descotte is the pick to win this match.
Matias Franco Descotte -> 1.71
Benjamin Lock -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Lock vs. Matias Franco Descotte
This will be the 4th time that Benjamin Lock and Matias Franco Descotte square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Franco Descotte (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Franco Descotte won 6-2 6-3 in the final in Mozambique F2 (Maputo) back in 2018.
Benjamin Lock
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 42-24 | 13-9 | 29-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 461, Lock reached the qualifications after beating Valentin Vacherot 7-5 6-72 6-3.
In the qualifications, The defeated Vacherot (7-5 6-72 6-3). During the match, Lock scored 104 points vs Vacherot’s 98. Benjamin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Regarding the service games, Lock bagged 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Benjamin Lock was very effective on serve to win 73% (44/60) of his 1st serve and 58% (21/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Benjamin broke Vacherot 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Lock has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (126-106). 6-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lock has an aggregate94-70 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Benjamin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Medellin.
The has a compiled 17-8 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Morelos Challenger
Matias Franco Descotte
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 14-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 40-30 | 7-7 | 33-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 41-25 | 3-6 | 38-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 31-20 | 24-14 | 5-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 34-20 | 26-17 | 7-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 476, the Argentine got to the qualifications after defeating Matias Zukas 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Zukas (6-3 6-3). During the match Franco Descotte scored 68 points vs Zukas’s 54. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Franco Descotte scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Matias Franco Descotte conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Franco Descotte put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. Matias broke Zukas 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Argentine has a compiled 7-8 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Lock | Franco Descotte |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 34 | 18 |
Pts | 104-98 | 68-54 |
Total Points | 202 | 122 |
Winners | 44 | 33 |
%Winners | 42% | 49% |
Both Lock and Franco Descotte played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Benjamin Lock lost 1 set while Matias Franco Descotte hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Lock has played 1 set more than Franco Descotte (3 vs 2). Therefore, Lock played 16 games more than Franco Descotte. Benjamin scored 44 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 33 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Lock | Franco Descotte |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 4 |
Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
1st in | 60/96 | 47/70 |
%1st in | 63% | 67% |
1st pts | 44/60 | 33/47 |
%1st pts | 73% | 70% |
2nd pts | 21/36 | 14/23 |
%2nd pts | 58% | 61% |
Lock fired 7 aces . Franco Descotte bagged 4 aces . Lock won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Franco Descotte won 70% of the points on 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 | Lock | Franco Descotte |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 3 |
Converted | 4/9 | 3/5 |
% Converted | 44% | 60% |
Conceded | 4 | 6 |
Saved | 2 | 6 |
% Saved | 50% | 100% |
Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Benjamin conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Franco Descotte was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.
Lock | |||
Q1 Vacherot |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-72 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
pts | 104-98 | 104-98 | |
Total points | 202 | 202 | |
Winners | 44 | 44 | |
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 60/96 | 60/96 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 44/60 | 44/60 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 21/36 | 21/36 | |
% 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Franco Descotte | |||
Q1 Zukas |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 68-54 | 68-54 | |
Total points | 122 | 122 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 49% | 49% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 4 | 4 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 47/70 | 47/70 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 14/23 | 14/23 | |
% 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
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