Sebastian Ofner and Mate Valkusz will face off in the semifinal of the Tenerife 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.49
Mate Valkusz -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Mate Valkusz

There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Mate Valkusz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Sebastian Ofner

Ranked no. 193, Sebastian reached the semifinal after defeating Luca Nardi 7-6⁹ 6-7¹ 6-4, Fabian Marozsan 6-4 6-4 and Riccardo Bonadio 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-4 6-2). During the match, Ofner scored 61 points vs Bonadio’s 52. Sebastian was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ofner fired 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Bonadio 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ofner has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Ofner has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (243-184). 6-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ofner has an aggregate83-48 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Ofner has a composed 6-2 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife 1 Challenger

Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.

Mate Valkusz

Ranked no. 278, Mate got to the semifinal after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-6³ 6-1, Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-4 5-7 7-5, Carlos Taberner 7-6⁵ 6-3, Marco Trungelliti 6-1 6-4 and Francesco Passaro 6-4 6-3.

In the quarter, Mate had a good straight sets win against Passaro (6-4 6-3). During the match Valkusz scored 70 points vs Passaro’s 58. Mate was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Mate Valkusz lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Valkusz put 58% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. The Hungarian broke Passaro 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mate started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Mate has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2023, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ofner	Valkusz
Match played	3	5
Tot Set	7	11
Tot Games	74	112
Pts	271-250	401-339
Total Points	521	740
Winners	108	154
%Winners	40%	38%

Ofner played 3 matches while Valkusz competed in 5 matches. Valkusz started his run from the qualifications while Ofner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner dropped 1 set, while Mate Valkusz conceded 1 set. Ofner has played 4 set(s) less than Valkusz (7 vs 11). Therefore, Ofner played 38 games less than Valkusz. Ofner scored 108 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Valkusz scored 154 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ofner	Valkusz
Aces	16	11
Avg per match	5.3	2.2
1st in	149/237	230/372
%1st in	63%	62%
1st pts	108/149	154/230
%1st pts	72%	67%
2nd pts	47/88	72/142
%2nd pts	53%	51%

Ofner fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Valkusz blasted 11 aces (2.2 per match). Ofner won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Ofner	Valkusz
Won	10	24
Converted	10/39	24/46
% Converted	26%	52%
Conceded	16	29
Saved	12	16
% Saved	75%	55%
Times Broken	4	13

The Austrian broke his opponents 10 times with a 26% conversion rate. The Austrian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Hungarian broke his opponents 24 times with a 52% conversion rate. Mate conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Ofner
	R1 Nardi	R2 Marozsan	1/4 Bonadio	Total
Score	7-69 6-71 6-4	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	36	20	18	74
pts	118-116	92-82	61-52	271-250
Total points	234	174	113	521
Winners	50	34	24	108
%Winners	42%	37%	39%	40%
SERVE
Aces	4	7	5	16
Double Faults	1	1	1	3
1st in	72/115	42/68	35/54	149/237
% 1st in	63%	62%	65%	63%
1st pts	50/72	34/42	24/35	108/149
% 1st pts	69%	81%	69%	72%
2nd pts	26/43	12/26	9/19	47/88
% 2nd pts	60%	46%	47%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	2	5	10
Converted	3/9	2/19	5/11	10/39
Converted %	33%	11%	45%	26%
Conceded	8	4	4	16
Saved	6/8	4/4	2/4	12
Saved %	75%	100%	50%	75%
Times Broken	2	0	2	4

Valkusz
	Q1 Karlovskiy	Q3 Merida	R1 Taberner	R2 Trungelliti	1/4 Passaro	Total
Score	7-63 6-1	6-4 5-7 7-5	7-65 6-3	6-1 6-4	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	2	2	11
Tot Games	20	34	22	17	19	112
pts	71-55	118-117	83-70	59-39	70-58	401-339
Total points	126	235	153	98	128	740
Winners	25	40	40	26	23	154
%Winners	35%	34%	48%	44%	33%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	3	1	1	11
Double Faults	3	5	4	3	2	17
1st in	37/60	68/113	52/80	35/53	38/66	230/372
% 1st in	62%	60%	65%	66%	58%	62%
1st pts	25/37	40/68	40/52	26/35	23/38	154/230
% 1st pts	68%	59%	77%	74%	61%	67%
2nd pts	12/23	22/45	11/28	11/18	16/28	72/142
% 2nd pts	52%	49%	39%	61%	57%	51%
Breaks
Won	5	7	3	4	5	24
Converted	5/6	7/21	3/6	4/5	5/8	24/46
Converted %	83%	33%	50%	80%	63%	52%
Conceded	4	12	8	2	3	29
Saved	2/4	6/12	6/8	1/2	1/3	16
Saved %	50%	50%	75%	50%	33%	86%
Times Broken	2	6	2	1	2	13

Tennis Scores in Tenerife 1 Challenger

• Patrik Niklas-Salminen/Bart StevensNiklas-Salminen/Bart Stevens – Flavio Cobolli/Francesco PassaroCobolli/Francesco Passaro (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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