Mate Valkusz and Daniel Merida Aguilar will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mate Valkusz who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mate Valkusz is the pick to win this match.
Mate Valkusz -> 1.285
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.38
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Prediction and head to head Mate Valkusz vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
There is no head to head record between Mate Valkusz and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mate Valkusz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-6 | 3-2 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-24 | 5-2 | 23-14 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 33-14 | 5-5 | 27-6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-9 | 4-2 | 27-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, Valkusz reached the qualifications after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-63 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Hungarian had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (7-63 6-1). During the match, Valkusz scored 71 points vs Karlovskiy’s 55. Mate was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Valkusz managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Mate broke Karlovskiy 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Valkusz has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 70% of his matches (169-72). 1-0 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Valkusz has a compiled30-19 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Mate has an aggregate 1-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger
Valkusz has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-19 | 7-4 | 26-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 522, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Harold Mayot 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-2 6-3). During the match Merida scored 71 points vs Mayot’s 56. Merida was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Merida blasted 2 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 51% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Mayot 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Merida has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Valkusz | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 71-55 | 71-56 |
| Total Points | 126 | 127 |
| Winners | 25 | 26 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Valkusz and Merida played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Valkusz and Merida have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Valkusz played 3 games more than Merida. The Hungarian scored 25 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Merida recorded 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Valkusz | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 2 |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 35/68 |
| %1st in | 62% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 26/35 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 13/33 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 39% |
Valkusz scored 4 aces . Merida struck 2 aces . Valkusz won 68% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Valkusz | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Mate broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Hungarian lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Valkusz | |||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-55 | 71-55 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Merida | |||
| Q1 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 71-56 | 71-56 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/68 | 35/68 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 26/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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