Steven Diez and Roberto Marcora will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steven Diez who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Steven Diez is the pick to win this match.
Steven Diez -> 1.75
Roberto Marcora -> 2.08

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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Roberto Marcora

There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Roberto Marcora since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Steven Diez

Ranked no. 339, Diez got to the 2^nd round after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Steven had a good straight sets win against Wu (6-3 6-4). During the match, Diez scored 62 points vs Wu’s 52. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about the service games, Diez scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the 2nd serve. Diez broke Wu 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Diez has a good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (338-264). 5-4 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diez has an overall 136-90 record in the last years on hard.

Diez has an overall 13-18 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Malaga Challenger

Steven has never competed in this tournament before.

Roberto Marcora

Ranked no. 405, Marcora reached the 2^nd round after beating Lukas Lacko 4-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Lacko, Marcora recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Marcora scored 95 points vs Lacko’s 92. Roberto was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Marcora managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Roberto Marcora lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Marcora put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Lacko 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Roberto has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diez	Marcora
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	19	30
Pts	62-52	95-92
Total Points	114	187
Winners	24	38
%Winners	39%	40%

Both Diez and Marcora played 1 match. At the moment, Roberto Marcora lost 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Diez has played 1 set(s) less than Marcora (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diez played 11 games less than Marcora. Steven scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Roberto managed to score 38 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diez	Marcora
Aces	1	9
Avg per match	1	9
1st in	37/62	56/98
%1st in	60%	57%
1st pts	24/37	38/56
%1st pts	65%	68%
2nd pts	17/25	25/42
%2nd pts	68%	60%

Diez managed to score 1 ace . Marcora also struck 9 aces . Diez won 65% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Marcora won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diez	Marcora
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/9
% Converted	75%	33%
Conceded	3	12
Saved	2	10
% Saved	67%	83%
Times Broken	1	2

The Canadian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Steven lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Marcora broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Diez
	R1 Wu	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	62-52	62-52
Total points	114	114
Winners	24	24
%Winners	39%	39%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	37/62	37/62
% 1st in	60%	60%
1st pts	24/37	24/37
% 1st pts	65%	65%
2nd pts	17/25	17/25
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/4	3/4
Converted %	75%	75%
Conceded	3	3
Saved	2/3	2
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	1	1

Marcora
	R1 Lacko	Total
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	95-92	95-92
Total points	187	187
Winners	38	38
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	5	5
1st in	56/98	56/98
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	38/56	38/56
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	25/42	25/42
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/9	3/9
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	10/12	10
Saved %	83%	83%
Times Broken	2	2

Tennis Scores in Malaga Challenger

• Michael MmohMmoh – Gabriel DecampsDecamps (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Yuki BhambriBhambri – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Jason JungJung – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Daniel MasurMasur – Bernard TomicTomic (7-6⁵ 6-0) – See score progression
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Lukas LackoLacko (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Kaichi UchidaUchida – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• James McCabeMcCabe – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (2-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Marek GengelGengel – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (5-7 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Emilio NavaNava (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (2-6 6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (7-6⁴ 6-3) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-6⁶ 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 6-7⁵ 7-5) – See score progression
• Steven DiezDiez – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Emilio GomezGomez – Kaichi UchidaUchida (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yuki BhambriBhambri – Michael MmohMmoh (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Constant LestienneLestienne – Jason JungJung (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Daniel MasurMasur (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction