Aslan Karatsev and Pedro Martinez Portero will square off in the quarter of the Tata Open Maharashtra for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.45
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Pedro Martinez Portero since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aslan Karatsev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-20 | 23-9 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 36-11 | 7-4 | 17-2 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 59, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-1 6-3 and Tim Van Rijthoven 7-67 7-68.
In the 2nd round, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (7-67 7-68). During the match, Karatsev scored 91 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 88. Karatsev was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Karatsev fired 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 82% (47/57) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Aslan broke Van Rijthoven once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Karatsev has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (304-209). 2-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Karatsev has a composed 131-64 match record in the last years on hard.
Aslan has a composed 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Pune
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-9 | 5-3 | 14-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 62, the Spaniard reached the quarter after defeating Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6 7-5 6-3 and Sebastian Baez 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Baez, Pedro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Martinez Portero scored 88 points vs Baez’s 74. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Martinez Portero was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 70% of his first serves in, winning 78% (42/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Baez 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has an aggregate 2-0 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Pune
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karatsev | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 55 |
| Pts | 149-117 | 189-168 |
| Total Points | 266 | 357 |
| Winners | 70 | 91 |
| %Winners | 47% | 48% |
Both Karatsev and Martinez Portero played 2 matches. At the moment, Pedro Martinez Portero surrendered 2 sets while Aslan Karatsev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Karatsev has played 2 set(s) less than Martinez Portero (4 vs 6). Therefore, Karatsev played 13 games less than Martinez Portero. Aslan scored 70 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Martinez Portero bagged 91 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karatsev | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 1 |
| 1st in | 83/128 | 124/180 |
| %1st in | 65% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 70/83 | 91/124 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 25/45 | 26/56 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 46% |
Karatsev managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Martinez Portero made 2 aces (1 per match). Karatsev won 84% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 73% 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 | Karatsev | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 8 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 33% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 18 |
| Saved | 1 | 14 |
| % Saved | 50% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Aslan dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Karatsev | ||||
| R1 Andujar |
R2 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-67 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
| pts | 58-29 | 91-88 | 149-117 | |
| Total points | 87 | 179 | 266 | |
| Winners | 23 | 47 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 57/88 | 83/128 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 47/57 | 70/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 82% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 16/31 | 25/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 1/8 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 13% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Martinez Portero | ||||
| R1 Ramanathan |
R2 Baez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 25 | 55 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 88-74 | 189-168 | |
| Total points | 195 | 162 | 357 | |
| Winners | 49 | 42 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 70/103 | 54/77 | 124/180 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 49/70 | 42/54 | 91/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 10/23 | 26/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/10 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 7 | 18 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 6/7 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 86% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
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