Marco Cecchinato and Tomas Lipovsek Puches will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.083
Tomas Lipovsek Puches -> 6.55
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Tomas Lipovsek Puches
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Tomas Lipovsek Puches since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-25 | 0-2 | 26-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-23 | 1-4 | 12-17 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 0-3 | 43-30 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-27 | 1-5 | 31-19 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-17 | 1-4 | 22-11 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 109, Marco got to the qualifications after beating Kousuke Ogura 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Marco had a good straight sets win against Ogura (6-1 6-1). During the match, Cecchinato scored 56 points vs Ogura’s 27. Cecchinato was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Marco Cecchinato was pretty efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 78% (7/9) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cecchinato broke Ogura 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Cecchinato has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (390-271). 39-28 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cecchinato has an overall 350-190 record in the last years on clay.
Marco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Lisbon Challenger and the Rio De Janeiro Challenger.
Cecchinato has a compiled 39-31 win-loss record in 2022, 39-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Tomas Lipovsek Puches
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-11 | 0-5 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 1-1 | 20-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-20 | 5-6 | 12-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 10-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 31-22 | 4-4 | 27-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 676, Lipovsek Puches got to the qualifications after beating N.Sriram Balaji 7-5 5-7 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Slovenian defeated Balaji (7-5 5-7 6-4). During the match Lipovsek Puches scored 120 points vs Balaji’s 113. The Slovenian was quite aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about serving, Lipovsek Puches made 2 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Tomas Lipovsek Puches lost the serve 5 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Lipovsek Puches put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (58/84) of the points behind his 1st serve and 22% (6/27) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Balaji 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Tomas’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Chieti.
Lipovsek Puches has an overall 19-19 win-loss record in 2022, 19-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Lipovsek Puches |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 34 |
| Pts | 56-27 | 120-113 |
| Total Points | 83 | 233 |
| Winners | 22 | 58 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Cecchinato and Lipovsek Puches played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Tomas Lipovsek Puches lost 1 set while Marco Cecchinato hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cecchinato has played 1 set(s) less than Lipovsek Puches (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cecchinato played 20 games less than Lipovsek Puches. Marco scored 22 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas scored 58 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Lipovsek Puches |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 84/111 |
| %1st in | 76% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 58/84 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 6/27 |
| %2nd pts | 78% | 22% |
Cecchinato didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Lipovsek Puches blasted 2 aces . Cecchinato won 79% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 78% of the points. On the other side, Lipovsek Puches won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 22% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Lipovsek Puches |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/15 |
| % Converted | 56% | 40% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Marco broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Marco was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Slovenian broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. Lipovsek Puches conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | |||
| Q1 Ogura |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 56-27 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 22/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 7/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 78% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lipovsek Puches | |||
| Q1 Balaji |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 120-113 | 120-113 | |
| Total points | 233 | 233 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 84/111 | 84/111 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 58/84 | 58/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/27 | 6/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 22% | 22% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/11 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 55% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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