Gastao Elias and Shintaro Mochizuki will play each other in the 2nd round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on ESTADIO PUERTO MAGICO. 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 Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.74
Gastao Elias -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Shintaro Mochizuki
There is no head to head record between Gastao Elias and Shintaro Mochizuki since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Gastao Elias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-17 | 7-4 | 16-11 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-18 | 10-8 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 4-3 | 18-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 13-5 | 24-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 230, Elias got to the 2nd round after defeating Facundo Mena 6-1 2-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Mena, Gastao had a free pass after Mena retired on a 6-1 2-0 . scoreline.
Elias has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (287-231). 4-4 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Elias has a compiled 57-54 match record in the last years on hard.
Gastao has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Elias has never competed in this tournament before.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 5-8 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 274 (career-high), Shintaro got to the 2nd round after defeating Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (7-5 6-3). During the match Mochizuki scored 94 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 83. The Japanese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Mochizuki wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Shintaro Mochizuki lost the serve once and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Mochizuki put 56% of his first serves in, winning 64% (35/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (24/43) on the 2nd serve. Mochizuki broke Pacheco Mendez 4 times after converting 27% of his break points (4/15).
The Japanese has a composed 13-7 win-loss record in 2023, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 9 | 21 |
| Pts | 36-20 | 94-83 |
| Total Points | 56 | 177 |
| Winners | 12 | 35 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Elias and Mochizuki played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Elias has played 1 set more than Mochizuki (3 vs 2). However, it’s interesting to notice that Elias played 12 games less than Mochizuki. Gastao scored 12 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Shintaro managed to score 35 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 0 |
| 1st in | 13/22 | 55/98 |
| %1st in | 59% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 12/13 | 35/55 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 24/43 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 56% |
Elias bagged 2 aces . Mochizuki didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Elias won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Mochizuki won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elias | Mochizuki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/15 |
| % Converted | 50% | 27% |
| Conceded | 0 | 11 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | 0% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Gastao broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Gastao was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mochizuki broke his opponent 4 times with a 27% conversion rate. Mochizuki conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | |||
| R1 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 9 | 9 | |
| pts | 36-20 | 36-20 | |
| Total points | 56 | 56 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 12/13 | 12/13 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mochizuki | |||
| R1 Pacheco |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 94-83 | 94-83 | |
| Total points | 177 | 177 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/98 | 55/98 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/55 | 35/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/43 | 24/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/15 | 4/15 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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