Pedro Martinez Portero and Gastao Elias will play each other in the semifinal of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.54
Gastao Elias -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Gastao Elias
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Gastao Elias since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121, Pedro got to the semifinal after beating Gerard Campana Lee 6-3 7-62, Pablo Llamas Ruiz 6-2 7-67 and Mariano Navone 7-62 4-6 6-2.
In the quarter, Martinez Portero defeated Navone (7-62 4-6 6-2). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 111 points vs Navone’s 101. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 8 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 67% of his first serves in, winning 54% (36/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (15/33) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Navone 9 times after converting 56% of his break points (9/16).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (368-225). 4-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martinez Portero has an aggregate298-154 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Pedro has a composed 7-9 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.
Gastao Elias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-32 | 8-5 | 27-25 | 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. 222, Gastao got to the semifinal after beating Titouan Droguet 6-4 6-2, Raul Brancaccio 4-6 6-2 7-68 and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar 7-68 6-3.
In the quarter, Gastao had a good straight sets win against Munar Clar (7-68 6-3). During the match Elias scored 77 points vs Munar Clar’s 61. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Elias scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gastao Elias was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Munar Clar twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gastao has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Gastao has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 71 |
| Pts | 266-229 | 248-208 |
| Total Points | 495 | 456 |
| Winners | 91 | 96 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Martinez Portero and Elias played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Pedro Martinez Portero dropped 1 set, while Gastao Elias dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Martinez Portero and Elias have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Martinez Portero played 3 games more than Elias. The Spaniard scored 91 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese struck 96 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 157/236 | 131/231 |
| %1st in | 67% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 91/157 | 96/131 |
| %1st pts | 58% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 41/79 | 52/100 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Martinez Portero blasted 1 ace (0.3 per match). Elias also bagged 5 aces (1.7 per match). Martinez Portero won 58% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Elias won 73% of the points behind 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 | Martinez Portero | Elias |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 13 |
| Converted | 19/32 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 59% | 50% |
| Conceded | 26 | 18 |
| Saved | 12 | 10 |
| % Saved | 46% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 14 | 8 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 19 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 14 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Elias broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Elias conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | |||||
| R1 Campana Lee |
R2 Llamas Ruiz |
1/4 Navone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-2 7-67 | 7-62 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 31 | 74 | |
| pts | 84-71 | 71-57 | 111-101 | 266-229 | |
| Total points | 155 | 128 | 212 | 495 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 36 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% | 32% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 49/76 | 41/60 | 67/100 | 157/236 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/49 | 25/41 | 36/67 | 91/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | 54% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/27 | 12/19 | 15/33 | 41/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 63% | 45% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 9 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/6 | 9/16 | 19/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 83% | 56% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 15 | 26 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 0/3 | 7/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 0% | 47% | 37% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | |
| Elias | |||||
| R1 Droguet |
R2 Brancaccio |
1/4 Munar Clar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 4-6 6-2 7-68 | 7-68 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 31 | 22 | 71 | |
| pts | 65-50 | 106-97 | 77-61 | 248-208 | |
| Total points | 115 | 203 | 138 | 456 | |
| Winners | 22 | 40 | 34 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 44% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 56/106 | 45/69 | 131/231 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 65% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 40/56 | 34/45 | 96/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 71% | 76% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 24/50 | 15/24 | 52/100 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 48% | 63% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/12 | 2/4 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 7/12 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 58% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Gastao EliasElias – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-68 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Mariano NavoneNavone (7-62 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Pedro CachinCachin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Saketh-Sai MyneniBhambri/Saketh-Sai Myneni – Orlando Luz/Marcelo ZormannLuz/Marcelo Zormann (4-6 7-65 10-8) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Gastao EliasElias (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Ivan GakhovGakhov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
