Carlos Lopez Montagud and Pablo Llamas Ruiz will play each other in the quarter of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Lopez Montagud who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Carlos Lopez Montagud is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Lopez Montagud -> 1.727
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Carlos Lopez Montagud vs. Pablo Llamas Ruiz
There is no head to head record between Carlos Lopez Montagud and Pablo Llamas Ruiz since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Carlos Lopez Montagud
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-25 | 6-5 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 34-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 47-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-24 | 1-1 | 40-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 374, Lopez Montagud reached the quarter after defeating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 7-64 6-4 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Carlos had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-1 6-3). During the match, Lopez Montagud scored 64 points vs Marco Moroni’s 45. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lopez Montagud couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Carlos Lopez Montagud lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Lopez Montagud put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (26/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Marco Moroni 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Lopez Montagud has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (134-85). 46-18 on clay in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Lopez Montagud has an aggregate133-84 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Lopez Montagud’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Palmanova,M15 Cordoba,M25 Gandia,M25 Santa Margherita di Pula and M15 Benicarlo.
The Spaniard has a compiled 46-18 win-loss record in 2022, 46-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-16 | 2-5 | 10-8 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-21 | 12-6 | 33-12 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 2-4 | 35-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 2-2 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 2-4 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 511, the Spaniard reached the quarter after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-76 6-3 7-5, Eduard Esteve Lobato 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret., Nicolas Alvarez Varona 6-4 6-3 and Miljan Zekic 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Llamas Ruiz had a good straight sets win against Zekic (6-4 7-5). During the match Llamas Ruiz scored 75 points vs Zekic’s 65. Pablo was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Llamas Ruiz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Llamas Ruiz put 75% of his first serves in, winning 66% (35/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the 2nd serve. Llamas Ruiz broke Zekic 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Llamas Ruiz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Mataro.
The Spaniard has an overall 33-21 win-loss record in 2022, 31-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lopez Montagud | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 95 |
| Pts | 156-133 | 330-311 |
| Total Points | 289 | 641 |
| Winners | 71 | 152 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Lopez Montagud played 2 matches while Llamas Ruiz competed in 4 matches. Llamas Ruiz started his run from the qualifications while Lopez Montagud had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pablo Llamas Ruiz surrendered 3 sets while Carlos Lopez Montagud hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lopez Montagud has played 7 set(s) less than Llamas Ruiz (4 vs 11). Therefore, Lopez Montagud played 56 games less than Llamas Ruiz. The Spaniard scored 71 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Pablo fired 152 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lopez Montagud | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 105/161 | 241/337 |
| %1st in | 65% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 71/105 | 152/241 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 22/56 | 47/96 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 49% |
Lopez Montagud didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Llamas Ruiz recorded 5 aces (1.3 per match). Lopez Montagud won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Llamas Ruiz won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lopez Montagud | Llamas Ruiz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 17 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 17/43 |
| % Converted | 48% | 40% |
| Conceded | 27 | 35 |
| Saved | 22 | 24 |
| % Saved | 81% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 17 times with a 40% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lopez Montagud | ||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 92-88 | 64-45 | 156-133 | |
| Total points | 180 | 109 | 289 | |
| Winners | 45 | 26 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 41% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 67/108 | 38/53 | 105/161 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 72% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 45/67 | 26/38 | 71/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/41 | 6/15 | 22/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 6/11 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 55% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 21 | 6 | 27 | |
| Saved | 18/21 | 4/6 | 22 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 67% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Llamas Ruiz | ||||||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Q3 Esteve Lobato |
R1 Alvarez Varona |
R2 Zekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 6-3 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 0-1 ret. | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 95 | |
| pts | 128-116 | 60-70 | 67-60 | 75-65 | 330-311 | |
| Total points | 244 | 130 | 127 | 140 | 641 | |
| Winners | 59 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 152 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 47% | 45% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 95/135 | 47/64 | 46/67 | 53/71 | 241/337 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 73% | 69% | 75% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 59/95 | 28/47 | 30/46 | 35/53 | 152/241 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 60% | 65% | 66% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 4/17 | 12/21 | 10/18 | 47/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 24% | 57% | 56% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/11 | 4/6 | 4/11 | 17/43 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 36% | 67% | 36% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 35 | |
| Saved | 12/15 | 1/6 | 5/6 | 6/8 | 24 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 17% | 83% | 75% | 128% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
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