Alvaro Lopez San Martin and Eduard Esteve Lobato will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Girona Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Alvaro Lopez San Martin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alvaro Lopez San Martin is the pick to win this match.
Alvaro Lopez San Martin -> 1.35
Eduard Esteve Lobato -> 3
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Prediction and head to head Alvaro Lopez San Martin vs. Eduard Esteve Lobato
This will be the 8th time that Alvaro Lopez San Martin and Eduard Esteve Lobato play each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Lopez San Martin (see full H2H stats), 4-3 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Esteve Lobato won 5-7 6-1 7-6(4) in the quarter in M15 Castellon back in 2019.
Alvaro Lopez San Martin
19 - 8win/loss
422
280
LWLWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 38-31 | 12-7 | 26-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-19 | 0-0 | 40-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 3-2 | 11-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 38-12 | 11-4 | 27-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321 (career-high), Lopez San Martin reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Lopez San Martin had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (6-2 6-2). During the match, Lopez San Martin scored 67 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s 45. Lopez San Martin was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lopez San Martin fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alvaro Lopez San Martin conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 60% of his first serves in, win 89% (24/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Lopez San Martin broke Dutra Da Silva 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Lopez San Martin has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (261-119). 7-2 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lopez San Martin has a compiled229-103 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Manacor.
Alvaro has an overall 18-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Alvaro has never competed in this tournament before.
Eduard Esteve Lobato
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-18 | 0-0 | 20-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-20 | 0-0 | 40-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-9 | 1-1 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 38-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 662, Esteve Lobato got to the qualifications after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 2-6 6-3 7-62.
In the qualifications against Moro Canas, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 7-62).During the match Esteve Lobato scored less points (2) than Moro Canas. In fact, the world no. 321 won 91 points vs Moro Canas’s. That means that Esteve Lobato was more focused during the important points. Esteve Lobato was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Esteve Lobato scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 5 double faults. Eduard Esteve Lobato lost the serve 5 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Esteve Lobato put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (40/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (19/44) on the 2nd serve. Eduard broke Moro Canas 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Esteve Lobato has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lopez San Martin | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 |
| Pts | 67-45 | 91-93 |
| Total Points | 112 | 184 |
| Winners | 24 | 40 |
| %Winners | 36% | 44% |
Both Lopez San Martin and Esteve Lobato played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Eduard Esteve Lobato surrendered 1 set while Alvaro Lopez San Martin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lopez San Martin has played 1 set(s) less than Esteve Lobato (2 vs 3). Therefore, Lopez San Martin played 14 games less than Esteve Lobato. Alvaro scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Eduard fired 40 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lopez San Martin | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 58/102 |
| %1st in | 60% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 40/58 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 19/44 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 43% |
Lopez San Martin bagged 4 aces . Esteve Lobato managed to score 1 ace . Lopez San Martin won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Esteve Lobato won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Lopez San Martin | Esteve Lobato |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 29% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Lopez San Martin broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Esteve Lobato conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lopez San Martin | |||
| Q1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 67-45 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 24/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Esteve Lobato | |||
| Q1 Moro Canas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-3 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 91-93 | 91-93 | |
| Total points | 184 | 184 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 58/102 | 58/102 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 40/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/44 | 19/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 9/14 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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