Marco Trungelliti and Max Houkes will square off in the 2nd round of the Montevideo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marco Trungelliti who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Trungelliti is the pick to win this match.
Marco Trungelliti -> 1.5
Max Houkes -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Marco Trungelliti vs. Max Houkes
There is no head to head record between Marco Trungelliti and Max Houkes since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Marco Trungelliti
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-13 | 5-4 | 23-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-29 | 7-8 | 30-19 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-16 | 4-3 | 16-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-16 | 4-2 | 20-11 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-17 | 5-2 | 6-11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232, Trungelliti reached the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Cecchinato (6-4 6-4). During the match, Trungelliti scored 74 points vs Cecchinato’s 63. Marco was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Trungelliti blasted 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Marco Trungelliti lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Trungelliti put 43% of his first serves in, winning 73% (22/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (15/39) on the 2nd serve. Trungelliti broke Cecchinato 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Trungelliti has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (294-219). 15-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Trungelliti has an overall 217-143 match record in the last years on clay.
Marco’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Madrid Challenger and the Santo Domingo Challenger.
Trungelliti has an aggregate 22-15 win-loss record in 2022, 15-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
Max Houkes
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-16 | 2-2 | 30-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 28-11 | 7-3 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 365, the Dutch got to the 2nd round after beating Mateus Alves 6-3 6-1, Joao Domingues 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Franco Roncadelli 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Roncadelli (7-5 6-2). During the match Houkes scored 69 points vs Roncadelli’s 51. Max was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Houkes was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Max Houkes lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Houkes put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Roncadelli 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Max’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Innsbruck,M15 Kottingbrunn,M25 Oldenzaal,M15 Haren and M15 Casablanca.
Max has an overall 63-16 win-loss record in 2022, 63-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Trungelliti | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 64 |
| Pts | 74-63 | 230-193 |
| Total Points | 137 | 423 |
| Winners | 22 | 84 |
| %Winners | 30% | 37% |
Trungelliti played 1 match while Houkes competed in 3 matches. Houkes started his run from the qualifications while Trungelliti had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Max Houkes conceded 1 set while Marco Trungelliti hasn’t dropped a set so far. Trungelliti has played 5 set(s) less than Houkes (2 vs 7). Therefore, Trungelliti played 44 games less than Houkes. Marco scored 22 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Houkes blasted 84 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Trungelliti | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0.3 |
| 1st in | 30/69 | 130/209 |
| %1st in | 43% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 84/130 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 34/79 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 43% |
Trungelliti managed to score 2 aces . Houkes struck 1 ace (0.3 per match). Trungelliti won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Trungelliti | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 17 |
| Converted | 7/13 | 17/42 |
| % Converted | 54% | 40% |
| Conceded | 9 | 26 |
| Saved | 4 | 17 |
| % Saved | 44% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 9 |
Trungelliti broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Trungelliti conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Trungelliti | |||
| R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-63 | 74-63 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/69 | 30/69 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 22/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/39 | 15/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Houkes | |||||
| Q1 Alves |
Q3 Domingues |
R1 Roncadelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 28 | 20 | 64 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 98-98 | 69-51 | 230-193 | |
| Total points | 107 | 196 | 120 | 423 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 29 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 42% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 11 | 5 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 31/61 | 56/84 | 43/64 | 130/209 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 67% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/31 | 32/56 | 29/43 | 84/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 57% | 67% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 10/28 | 10/21 | 34/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 36% | 48% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 7/24 | 5/11 | 17/42 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 29% | 45% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 14 | 7 | 26 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 8/14 | 5/7 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 57% | 71% | 208% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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