Max Purcell and Billy Harris will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.161
Billy Harris -> 4.9
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Billy Harris
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, Max got to the semifinal after beating Andrea Arnaboldi 3-6 6-1 7-63, Michael Geerts 7-5 6-1 and David Jorda Sanchis 6-1 7-63.
In the quarter, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Jorda Sanchis (6-1 7-63). During the match, Purcell scored 75 points vs Jorda Sanchis’s 54. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell recorded 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Jorda Sanchis 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Max has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (234-162). 24-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an overall174-113 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Purcell has a compiled 24-3 win-loss record in 2023, 24-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-36 | 12-13 | 6-8 | 7-9 | 14-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 373, the Brit reached the semifinal after beating Edas Butvilas 6-4 7-5, Ryan Nijboer 6-3 3-6 6-2, Oleksii Krutykh 6-1 6-2, Oriol Roca Batalla 6-2 6-0 and Marco Trungelliti 6-0 6-3.
In the quarter, Harris had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-0 6-3). During the match Harris scored 56 points vs Trungelliti’s 32. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Harris recorded 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Billy Harris conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 70% of his first serves in, winning 93% (28/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (5/13) on the 2nd serve. Billy broke Trungelliti 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Billy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
The Brit has an overall 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 92 |
| Pts | 239-188 | 329-229 |
| Total Points | 427 | 558 |
| Winners | 93 | 146 |
| %Winners | 39% | 44% |
Purcell played 3 matches while Harris competed in 5 matches. Harris started his run from the qualifications while Purcell had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell surrendered 1 set, while Billy Harris surrendered 1 set. Purcell has played 4 set(s) less than Harris (7 vs 11). Therefore, Purcell played 24 games less than Harris. Max scored 93 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit made 146 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.6 |
| 1st in | 124/197 | 178/288 |
| %1st in | 63% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 93/124 | 146/178 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 39/73 | 57/110 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 52% |
Purcell managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Harris made 23 aces (4.6 per match). Purcell won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 20 |
| Converted | 13/27 | 20/33 |
| % Converted | 48% | 61% |
| Conceded | 13 | 16 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 62% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Purcell broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Purcell conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Harris broke his opponents 20 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||
| R1 Arnaboldi |
R2 Geerts |
1/4 Jorda Sanchis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-63 | 7-5 6-1 | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 20 | 68 | |
| pts | 96-87 | 68-47 | 75-54 | 239-188 | |
| Total points | 183 | 115 | 129 | 427 | |
| Winners | 39 | 28 | 26 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 36/55 | 39/58 | 124/197 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 39/49 | 28/36 | 26/39 | 93/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 78% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 10/19 | 9/19 | 39/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 53% | 47% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 5/10 | 6/10 | 13/27 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 60% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/4 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 75% | 57% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Harris | |||||||
| Q1 Butvilas |
Q3 Nijboer |
R1 Krutykh |
R2 Roca Batalla |
1/4 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-2 | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 6-0 | 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 92 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 86-78 | 60-30 | 57-28 | 56-32 | 329-229 | |
| Total points | 131 | 164 | 90 | 85 | 88 | 558 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | 25 | 19 | 28 | 146 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 43% | 42% | 33% | 50% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 47/86 | 29/47 | 21/36 | 30/43 | 178/288 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 62% | 58% | 70% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/47 | 25/29 | 19/21 | 28/30 | 146/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 86% | 90% | 93% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 17/39 | 12/18 | 10/15 | 5/13 | 57/110 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 44% | 67% | 67% | 38% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/8 | 4/8 | 5/8 | 4/6 | 20/33 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 50% | 63% | 67% | 61% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 3/5 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 60% | 100% | – | 100% | 114% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWLWLWLL Tennis Scores in Las Franquesas Del Valles Challenger
- Max PurcellPurcell – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – David Jorda SanchisJorda Sanchis (6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Gastao EliasElias (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Ivan GakhovGakhov (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Hugo GrenierGrenier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
