Damien Wenger and Nicolas Zanellato will square off in the qualifications of the Sao Leopoldo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on QUADRA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damien Wenger who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damien Wenger is the pick to win this match.
Damien Wenger -> 1.27
Nicolas Zanellato -> 3.48
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Prediction and head to head Damien Wenger vs. Nicolas Zanellato
There is no head to head record between Damien Wenger and Nicolas Zanellato since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Damien Wenger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-14 | 0-0 | 21-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 16-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 387, Wenger got to the qualifications after beating Federico Zeballos 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Damien had a good straight sets win against Zeballos (6-4 6-4). During the match, Wenger scored 71 points vs Zeballos’s 59. Damien was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Wenger recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Damien Wenger was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (31/37) of his 1st serve and 61% (11/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wenger broke Zeballos twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Wenger has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 66% of his matches (187-97). 45-22 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wenger has an aggregate178-85 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Swiss’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Budva,M25 Caslano and M25 Maribor.
The Swiss has an aggregate 45-22 win-loss record in 2022, 45-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Leopoldo Challenger
Damien has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Zanellato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-14 | 0-0 | 10-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 0-0 | 46-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 5-6 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-14 | 1-3 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 691, Zanellato reached the qualifications after beating Joao Eduardo Schiessl 6-2 1-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Nicolas defeated Eduardo Schiessl (6-2 1-6 6-4). During the match Zanellato scored 77 points vs Eduardo Schiessl’s 72. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Zanellato made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nicolas Zanellato lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Zanellato put 66% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Nicolas broke Eduardo Schiessl 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Zanellato’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Novi Sad.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 40-24 win-loss record in 2022, 35-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wenger | Zanellato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 |
| Pts | 71-59 | 77-72 |
| Total Points | 130 | 149 |
| Winners | 31 | 34 |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% |
Both Wenger and Zanellato played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nicolas Zanellato conceded 1 set while Damien Wenger hasn’t dropped a set so far. Wenger has played 1 set(s) less than Zanellato (2 vs 3). Therefore, Wenger played 5 games less than Zanellato. The Swiss scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Nicolas recorded 34 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wenger | Zanellato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 50/76 |
| %1st in | 67% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 34/50 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 12/26 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 46% |
Wenger bagged 6 aces . Zanellato blasted 2 aces . Wenger won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Zanellato won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wenger | Zanellato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 67% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 20% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Wenger broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The Swiss quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Zanellato broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wenger | |||
| Q1 Zeballos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-59 | 71-59 | |
| Total points | 130 | 130 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/55 | 37/55 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/37 | 31/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 11/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zanellato | |||
| Q1 Eduardo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-72 | 77-72 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 50/76 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
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