Marc-Andrea Huesler and Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna will square off in the 2nd round of the Zug Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.36
Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Marc-Andrea Huesler vs. Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna
There is no head to head record between Marc-Andrea Huesler and Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Marc-Andrea Huesler
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-25 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 7-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-31 | 7-9 | 2-10 | 5-8 | 4-3 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 45-28 | 9-8 | 18-6 | 11-10 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 3-6 | 14-15 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 3-2 |
| 2020 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 96 (career-high), the Swiss got to the 2nd round after defeating Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 2-6 7-64 6-4.
In the 1st round against Stebe, Marc-Andrea recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-64 6-4).During the match, Huesler scored less points (6) than Stebe. In fact, the world no. 96 won 110 points vs Stebe’s. That means that Huesler was more focused during the important points. Huesler was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Regarding the service games, Huesler blasted 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Marc-Andrea Huesler lost the serve 4 times and he saved 19 break points. Furthermore, Huesler put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (55/82) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (28/61) on the 2nd serve. Huesler broke Stebe 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Huesler has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (211-166). 17-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Huesler has a composed74-56 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Marc-Andrea’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Mexico City Challenger and the Aguascalientes Challenger.
Marc-Andrea has a compiled 28-17 win-loss record in 2022, 17-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zug Challenger
Marc-Andrea has never competed in this tournament before.
Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 7-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 163, the Argentine got to the 2nd round after defeating Damir Dzumhur 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Dzumhur (6-2 6-2). During the match Fa Rodriguez Taverna scored 64 points vs Dzumhur’s 43. Fa Rodriguez Taverna was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Fa Rodriguez Taverna managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Argentine broke Dzumhur 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Santiago’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Buenos Aires Challenger,the Concepcion Challenger and M25 Rosario.
The Argentine has an aggregate 31-16 win-loss record in 2022, 30-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Huesler | Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 16 |
| Pts | 110-116 | 64-43 |
| Total Points | 226 | 107 |
| Winners | 55 | 20 |
| %Winners | 50% | 31% |
Both Huesler and Fa Rodriguez Taverna played 1 match. At the moment, Marc-Andrea Huesler dropped 1 set while Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna hasn’t dropped a set so far. Huesler has played 1 set more than Fa Rodriguez Taverna (3 vs 2). Therefore, Huesler played 15 games more than Fa Rodriguez Taverna. Marc-Andrea scored 55 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine managed to score 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Huesler | Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 82/143 | 27/48 |
| %1st in | 57% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 55/82 | 20/27 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 28/61 | 13/21 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 62% |
Huesler struck 8 aces . Fa Rodriguez Taverna bagged 7 aces . Huesler won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Fa Rodriguez Taverna won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Huesler | Fa Rodriguez Taverna |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 63% |
| Conceded | 23 | 4 |
| Saved | 19 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Marc-Andrea broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea lost his serve 4 times and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Huesler | |||
| R1 Stebe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 110-116 | 110-116 | |
| Total points | 226 | 226 | |
| Winners | 55 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 82/143 | 82/143 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 55/82 | 55/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/61 | 28/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 23 | 23 | |
| Saved | 19/23 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Fa Rodriguez Taverna | |||
| R1 Dzumhur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-43 | 64-43 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/48 | 27/48 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 13/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Zug Challenger
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander RitschardRitschard – Kilian FeldbauschFeldbausch (6-0 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Yshai OlielOliel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (3-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Facundo MenaMena (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (2-6 7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Johan NiklesNikles (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Jerome KymKym (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Jozef KovalikKovalik (5-7 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Harold MayotMayot – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Gianluca MagerMager (6-7(4) 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Viktor DurasovicDurasovic (7-6(5) 6-4) – See score progression
- Dennis NovakNovak – Yshai OlielOliel (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Ugo BlanchetBlanchet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Dennis NovakNovak (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
