Fernando Verdasco and Alexis Galarneau will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Vancouver Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:00 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 Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.86
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 126, Verdasco reached the 2nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Verdasco had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (6-3 6-4). During the match, Verdasco scored 71 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 58. Fernando was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace and he committed only 9 double faults. Overall, Fernando Verdasco was quite effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Verdasco broke Pablo Ficovich 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Verdasco has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (238-225). 11-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Verdasco has a composed 85-79 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Verdasco has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2022, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vancouver Challenger
Verdasco has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-26 | 15-12 | 8-6 | 12-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Galarneau got to the 2nd round after beating Yoshihito Nishioka 5-7 6-4 0-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Nishioka, Galarneau had an good comeback after recovering from a 2-sets down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 0-0 ret.).During the match Galarneau scored less points (2) than Nishioka. In fact, the world no. 126 won 83 points vs Nishioka’s. That means that Galarneau was more focused during the important points. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Galarneau bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve 4 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 48% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (19/45) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Nishioka 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Galarneau’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Winnipeg Challenger.
Galarneau has an aggregate 28-19 win-loss record in 2022, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 |
| Pts | 71-58 | 83-85 |
| Total Points | 129 | 168 |
| Winners | 24 | 28 |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% |
Both Verdasco and Galarneau played 1 match. At the moment, Alexis Galarneau lost 1 set while Fernando Verdasco hasn’t dropped a set so far. Verdasco has played 2 set(s) less than Galarneau (2 vs 4). Therefore, Verdasco played 3 games less than Galarneau. Fernando scored 24 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian blasted 28 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 42/87 |
| %1st in | 53% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 28/42 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 19/45 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 42% |
Verdasco blasted 1 ace . Galarneau also managed to score 2 aces . Verdasco won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 44% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 80% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Verdasco broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Verdasco lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 31/59 | 31/59 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Galarneau | |||
| R1 Nishioka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 0-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 83-85 | 83-85 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/87 | 42/87 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 28/42 | 28/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 19/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 10/14 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Richard BerankisBerankis – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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