Steven Diez and Billy Harris will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Madrid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on PISTA 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steven Diez who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steven Diez is the pick to win this match.
Steven Diez -> 1.49
Billy Harris -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Billy Harris
There is no head to head record between Steven Diez and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, the Canadian reached the qualifications after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-73 7-68 6-4.
In the qualifications against de Schepper, Diez recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-68 6-4). During the match, Diez scored 111 points vs de Schepper’s 106. Diez was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diez scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 69% of his first serves in, winning 70% (53/76) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (17/34) on the 2nd serve. Steven broke de Schepper 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Diez has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (328-256). 6-4 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Diez has an aggregate 184-130 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Canadian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Steven has an overall 9-11 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Madrid Challenger
Diez has never competed in this tournament before.
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-22 | 3-3 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 11-5 | 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. 309, Harris reached the qualifications after beating Sergi Perez Contri 6-74 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Perez Contri, Harris recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-4). During the match Harris scored 116 points vs Perez Contri’s 102. Billy was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Harris scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Billy Harris lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Harris put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (39/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Billy broke Perez Contri 8 times after converting 73% of his break points (8/11).
The Brit’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger.
Billy has an overall 11-10 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 32 |
| Pts | 111-106 | 116-102 |
| Total Points | 217 | 218 |
| Winners | 53 | 39 |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% |
Both Diez and Harris played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Steven Diez lost 1 set, while Billy Harris conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Diez and Harris have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Diez played 4 games more than Harris. The Canadian scored 53 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Billy struck 39 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 76/110 | 61/97 |
| %1st in | 69% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 53/76 | 39/61 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 16/36 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 44% |
Diez managed to score 1 ace . Harris also bagged 1 ace . Diez won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 8 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 80% | 73% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Diez broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Diez lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Harris broke his opponent 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | |||
| Q1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-106 | 111-106 | |
| Total points | 217 | 217 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 76/110 | 76/110 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 53/76 | 53/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/34 | 17/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Harris | |||
| Q1 Perez Contri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 116-102 | 116-102 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 61/97 | 61/97 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 39/61 | 39/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/36 | 16/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/11 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 73% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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