Thiago Moura Monteiro and Facundo Bagnis will play each other in the semifinal of the Salzburg Challenger for the 8^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.8
Facundo Bagnis -> 2.01

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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Facundo Bagnis

This will be the 8^th time that Thiago Moura Monteiro and Facundo Bagnis fight against each other. The head to head is 6-1 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on clay.

The last time that they competed against each other, Bagnis won 6-7(8) 6-4 6-4 in the qualifications in Buenos Aires back in 2019.

Thiago Moura Monteiro

Ranked no. 89, the Brazilian got to the semifinal after beating Jurij Rodionov 3-6 6-3 6-2, Alexander Shevchenko 6-4 7-6⁴ and Dusan Lajovic 6-4 6-7² 6-4.

In the quarter, Thiago defeated Lajovic (6-4 6-7² 6-4).During the match, Moura Monteiro scored less points (2) than Lajovic. In fact, the world no. 89 won 116 points vs Lajovic’s. That means that Moura Monteiro was more focused during the important points. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 65 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moura Monteiro bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Moura Monteiro lost the serve twice and he saved 17 break points. Furthermore, Moura Monteiro put 70% of his first serves in, winning 64% (65/101) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. Thiago broke Lajovic 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Thiago has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Moura Monteiro has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (371-260). 21-14 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moura Monteiro has a composed 302-189 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Moura Monteiro’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Madrid Challenger.

Thiago has an aggregate 28-21 win-loss record in 2022, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Salzburg Challenger

Facundo Bagnis

Ranked no. 102, the Argentine got to the semifinal after beating Facundo Diaz Acosta 6-2 0-0 ret., Dominic Thiem 6-3 2-6 6-4 and Maximilian Neuchrist 6-2 6-7⁴ 6-2.

In the quarter, Bagnis defeated Neuchrist (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-2). During the match Bagnis scored 99 points vs Neuchrist’s 73. Bagnis was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Bagnis made 8 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Facundo Bagnis was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Facundo broke Neuchrist 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Bagnis’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Pereira Challenger.

Facundo has an overall 20-17 win-loss record in 2022, 17-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moura Monteiro	Bagnis
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	9
Tot Games	82	64
Pts	274-248	217-176
Total Points	522	393
Winners	132	90
%Winners	48%	41%

Both Moura Monteiro and Bagnis played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Thiago Moura Monteiro conceded 2 sets, while Facundo Bagnis lost 2 sets. Moura Monteiro has played 1 set(s) less than Bagnis (8 vs 9). However, it’s interesting to notice that Moura Monteiro played 18 games more than Bagnis. Thiago scored 132 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Bagnis made 90 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moura Monteiro	Bagnis
Aces	17	14
Avg per match	5.7	4.7
1st in	184/273	121/192
%1st in	67%	63%
1st pts	132/184	90/121
%1st pts	72%	74%
2nd pts	53/89	43/71
%2nd pts	60%	61%

Moura Monteiro managed to score 17 aces (5.7 per match). Bagnis made 14 aces (4.7 per match). Moura Monteiro won 72% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bagnis won 74% of the points behind 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	Moura Monteiro	Bagnis
Won	9	10
Converted	9/22	10/27
% Converted	41%	37%
Conceded	22	9
Saved	18	5
% Saved	82%	56%
Times Broken	4	4

Moura Monteiro broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Brazilian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Bagnis broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Bagnis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.

Moura Monteiro
	R1 Rodionov	R2 Shevchenko	1/4 Lajovic	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2	6-4 7-64	6-4 6-72 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	26	23	33	82
pts	87-71	71-59	116-118	274-248
Total points	158	130	234	522
Winners	34	33	65	132
%Winners	39%	46%	56%	48%
SERVE
Aces	6	5	6	17
Double Faults	3	1	1	5
1st in	43/66	40/63	101/144	184/273
% 1st in	65%	63%	70%	67%
1st pts	34/43	33/40	65/101	132/184
% 1st pts	79%	83%	64%	72%
2nd pts	17/23	15/23	21/43	53/89
% 2nd pts	74%	65%	49%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	2	4	9
Converted	3/12	2/3	4/7	9/22
Converted %	25%	67%	57%	41%
Conceded	1	2	19	22
Saved	0/1	1/2	17/19	18
Saved %	0%	50%	89%	46%
Times Broken	1	1	2	4

Bagnis
	R1 Diaz	R2 Thiem	1/4 Neuchrist	Total
Score	6-2 0-0 ret.	6-3 2-6 6-4	6-2 6-74 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	8	27	29	64
pts	30-16	88-87	99-73	217-176
Total points	46	175	172	393
Winners	11	38	41	90
%Winners	37%	43%	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	5	8	14
Double Faults	0	4	0	4
1st in	14/22	53/87	54/83	121/192
% 1st in	64%	61%	65%	63%
1st pts	11/14	38/53	41/54	90/121
% 1st pts	79%	72%	76%	74%
2nd pts	6/8	17/34	20/29	43/71
% 2nd pts	75%	50%	69%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	3	5	10
Converted	2/4	3/12	5/11	10/27
Converted %	50%	25%	45%	37%
Conceded	1	4	4	9
Saved	1/1	1/4	3/4	5
Saved %	100%	25%	75%	67%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

Tennis Scores in Salzburg Challenger

• Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-4 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression
• Norbert GombosGombos – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Lukas NeumayerNeumayer (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 6-7⁴ 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Facundo BagnisBagnis – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-1) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Norbert GombosGombos (2-1) – H2H and prediction