Oriol Roca Batalla and Steven Diez will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Maspalomas Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 10:00 am on MASPALOMAS CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oriol Roca Batalla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oriol Roca Batalla is the pick to win this match.
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.66
Steven Diez -> 2.17
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Steven Diez
This will be the 9th time that Oriol Roca Batalla and Steven Diez clash against each other. The head to head is 4-4 for Roca Batalla and Diez (see full H2H stats),but they are 4-4 on clay.
The last time that they played, Roca Batalla won 6-3 6-3 in the final in M25 Girona back in October 2022.
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-34 | 5-7 | 27-25 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 299, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after defeating Nikolas Sanchez-Izquierdo 6-2 6-4, Michael Geerts 7-65 7-65 and Vit Kopriva w/o.
In the quarter, The Spaniard defeated Kopriva (w/o). During the match, Roca Batalla and Kopriva scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 299 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Oriol was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Roca Batalla couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Roca Batalla has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (484-246). 50-24 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Roca Batalla has a composed 417-205 record in the last years on clay.
Roca Batalla’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Cairo,M25 Porec,M15 Valldoreix and M25 Girona.
Oriol has an aggregate 50-25 win-loss record in 2022, 50-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maspalomas Challenger
Roca Batalla has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-21 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 348, the Canadian got to the semifinal after beating Valentin Vacherot 1-6 6-2 6-4, Moez Echargui 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-2 1-6 6-4.
In the quarter, Steven defeated Marco Moroni (6-2 1-6 6-4). During the match Diez scored 89 points vs Marco Moroni’s 82. Diez was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Diez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Steven Diez lost the serve 5 times and he saved 16 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (44/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 32% (9/28) on the 2nd serve. Diez broke Marco Moroni 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Canadian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Girona.
Diez has a compiled 35-31 win-loss record in 2022, 21-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 78 |
| Pts | 162-142 | 239-226 |
| Total Points | 304 | 465 |
| Winners | 63 | 115 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Roca Batalla played 2 matches while Diez competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Steven Diez lost 3 sets while Oriol Roca Batalla hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Roca Batalla has played 5 set(s) less than Diez (4 vs 9). Therefore, Roca Batalla played 34 games less than Diez. Oriol scored 63 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Steven managed to score 115 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 90/155 | 166/232 |
| %1st in | 58% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 63/90 | 115/166 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 40/65 | 25/66 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 38% |
Roca Batalla bagged 10 aces (5 per match). Diez struck 5 aces (1.7 per match). Roca Batalla won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roca Batalla | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 14 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 14/23 |
| % Converted | 33% | 61% |
| Conceded | 13 | 29 |
| Saved | 11 | 17 |
| % Saved | 85% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 12 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Roca Batalla lost his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. Diez broke his opponents 14 times with a 61% conversion rate. Steven conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | |||||
| R1 Sanchez-Izquierdo |
R2 Geerts |
1/4 Kopriva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-65 7-65 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | – | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | – | 44 | |
| pts | 66-53 | 96-89 | – | 162-142 | |
| Total points | 119 | 185 | – | 304 | |
| Winners | 29 | 34 | – | 63 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% | – | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | – | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/66 | 48/89 | – | 90/155 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 54% | – | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 34/48 | – | 63/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 71% | – | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 28/41 | – | 40/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 68% | – | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 1/9 | – | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 11% | – | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | – | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 5/6 | – | 11 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 83% | – | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | |
| Diez | |||||
| R1 Vacherot |
R2 Echargui |
1/4 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 28 | 25 | 78 | |
| pts | 65-67 | 85-77 | 89-82 | 239-226 | |
| Total points | 132 | 162 | 171 | 465 | |
| Winners | 33 | 38 | 44 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 45% | 49% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/67 | 50/71 | 66/94 | 166/232 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 70% | 70% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 38/50 | 44/66 | 115/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 76% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 7/21 | 9/28 | 25/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 33% | 32% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 | 5/9 | 14/23 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 56% | 56% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 21 | 29 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 0/4 | 16/21 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 0% | 76% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLLLLW Tennis Scores in Maspalomas Challenger
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Adrian AndreevAndreev (w/o) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 7-67) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-2 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Vit KoprivaKopriva (w/o) – See score progression
- Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Bart StevensNiklas-Salminen/Bart Stevens – Theo Arribage/Titouan DroguetArribage/Titouan Droguet (6-74 6-4 10-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Steven DiezDiez (4-4) – H2H and prediction
