Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Cuevas will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 7^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT IDEAL GROUPE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and 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 -> 1.81
Pablo Cuevas -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Pablo Cuevas

This will be the 7^th time that Fernando Verdasco and Pablo Cuevas face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Verdasco (see full H2H stats), 4-2 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Verdasco won 6-2 6-3 in the 2^nd round in Estoril back in April 2022.

Highlights Fernando Verdasco vs Pablo Cuevas – Estoril 27-April-2022

Fernando Verdasco

Ranked no. 109, Verdasco got to the 2^nd round after defeating Hugo Gaston 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Verdasco had a good straight sets win against Gaston (6-2 6-2). During the match, Verdasco scored 63 points vs Gaston’s 44. Fernando was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Fernando Verdasco was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (24/34) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Gaston 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Verdasco has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (232-216). 11-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Verdasco has a compiled 96-79 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Verdasco’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.

Fernando has a compiled 20-13 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Pablo Cuevas

Ranked no. 128, Pablo reached the 2^nd round after beating Arthur Fils 6-4 6-0.

In the 1^st round, Cuevas had a good straight sets win against Fils (6-4 6-0). During the match Cuevas scored 58 points vs Fils’s 33. The Uruguayan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.

About the serving games, Cuevas made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Pablo Cuevas was quite efficient on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Uruguayan broke Fils 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Cuevas’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra 2 Challenger.

The Uruguayan has a compiled 10-8 win-loss record in 2022, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Verdasco	Cuevas
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
Pts	63-44	58-33
Total Points	107	91
Winners	24	19
%Winners	38%	33%

Both Verdasco and Cuevas played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Cuevas have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Fernando scored 24 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Uruguayan recorded 19 winners (33%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Verdasco	Cuevas
Aces	1	2
Avg per match	1	2
1st in	34/52	24/42
%1st in	65%	57%
1st pts	24/34	19/24
%1st pts	71%	79%
2nd pts	13/18	14/18
%2nd pts	72%	78%

Verdasco scored 1 ace . Cuevas also blasted 2 aces . Verdasco won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Cuevas won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 78% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Verdasco	Cuevas
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/6
% Converted	50%	67%
Conceded	1	3
Saved	1	3
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Verdasco broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. Cuevas broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Cuevas was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Verdasco
	R1 Gaston	Total
Score	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	63-44	63-44
Total points	107	107
Winners	24	24
%Winners	38%	38%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	34/52	34/52
% 1st in	65%	65%
1st pts	24/34	24/34
% 1st pts	71%	71%
2nd pts	13/18	13/18
% 2nd pts	72%	72%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Cuevas
	R1 Fils	Total
Score	6-4 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	16	16
pts	58-33	58-33
Total points	91	91
Winners	19	19
%Winners	33%	33%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	24/42	24/42
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	19/24	19/24
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	14/18	14/18
% 2nd pts	78%	78%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	3/3	3
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Bordeaux Challenger

• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Pavel KotovKotov – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-7¹ 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Nuno BorgesBorges – Pedro SousaSousa (6-3 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Hugo GastonGaston (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Martin CuevasCuevas – Lucas PouillePouille (4-6 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Liam BroadyBroady (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (3-6 7-6³ 6-4) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Calvin HemeryHemery (6-7⁵ 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Taro DanielDaniel – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Hugo GrenierGrenier (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Richard GasquetGasquet (4-6 6-3 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Elias YmerYmer – Gastao EliasElias (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Pablo CuevasCuevas – Arthur FilsFils (6-4 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Pablo CuevasCuevas (4-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jack SockSock – Quentin HalysHalys (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Taro DanielDaniel – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher EubanksEubanks – Elias YmerYmer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction