Ulises Blanch and Marek Gengel will square off in the qualifications of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on COURT VILA GALE. 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 Ulises Blanch who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.25
Marek Gengel -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Ulises Blanch vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Ulises Blanch and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-7 | 10-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 329, Ulises reached the qualifications after beating Miguel Gomes 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Gomes (6-0 6-1). During the match, Blanch scored 55 points vs Gomes’s 26. The American was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ulises Blanch conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 51% of his first serves in, win 100% (18/18) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Gomes 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Blanch has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 53% of his matches (163-145). 7-6 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has an aggregate59-60 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Shymkent 1 Challenger.
The American has an overall 17-15 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-13 | 33-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Mark Whitehouse 6-72 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Whitehouse, Marek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-1 6-3). During the match Gengel scored 106 points vs Whitehouse’s 89. Marek was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Gengel fired 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marek Gengel lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Gengel put 68% of his first serves in, winning 78% (49/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Whitehouse 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Czech’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gengel has an overall 19-16 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Gengel has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 29 |
| Pts | 55-26 | 106-89 |
| Total Points | 81 | 195 |
| Winners | 18 | 49 |
| %Winners | 33% | 46% |
Both Blanch and Gengel played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Marek Gengel dropped 1 set while Ulises Blanch hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blanch has played 1 set(s) less than Gengel (2 vs 3). Therefore, Blanch played 16 games less than Gengel. Ulises scored 18 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech struck 49 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 63/93 |
| %1st in | 51% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 18/18 | 49/63 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 40% |
Blanch struck 5 aces . Gengel made 10 aces . Blanch won 100% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 60% | 42% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Blanch had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Gengel broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Gengel conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Gomes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-26 | 55-26 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 18/18 | 18/18 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gengel | |||
| Q1 Whitehouse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 106-89 | 106-89 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 63/93 | 63/93 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 49/63 | 49/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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