Zsombor Piros and Daniel Merida Aguilar will face off in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CAMPO 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zsombor Piros who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zsombor Piros is the pick to win this match.
Zsombor Piros -> 1.222
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Zsombor Piros vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
There is no head to head record between Zsombor Piros and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Zsombor Piros
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-14 | 1-4 | 7-9 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-29 | 3-2 | 35-18 | 5-7 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-23 | 7-6 | 19-9 | 10-7 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-16 | 3-2 | 31-9 | 13-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-2 | 1-1 | 7-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), Piros got to the 2nd round after defeating Dane Sweeny 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Piros had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-2 6-4). During the match, Piros scored 63 points vs Sweeny’s 51. Piros was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Piros struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Zsombor Piros lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Piros put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (27/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Piros broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Piros has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (203-115). 14-4 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Piros has an aggregate131-59 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Split Challenger where he beat Norbert Gombos in the final 7-6(2) 7-6(9).
Piros has a composed 19-10 win-loss record in 2023, 14-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Piros has never competed in this tournament before.
Daniel Merida Aguilar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-16 | 7-4 | 22-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 542, Daniel got to the 2nd round after beating Lucas Gerch 6-1 6-2, Evgeny Karlovskiy 7-62 7-64 and Cezar Cretu 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Cretu (6-4 6-4). During the match Merida scored 69 points vs Cretu’s 58. Merida was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Merida struck 2 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 71% of his first serves in, winning 79% (37/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (7/19) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Cretu 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Daniel has an overall 11-9 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Piros | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 61 |
| Pts | 63-51 | 229-188 |
| Total Points | 114 | 417 |
| Winners | 27 | 89 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Piros played 1 match while Merida competed in 3 matches. Merida started his run from the qualifications while Piros had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Piros has played 4 set(s) less than Merida (2 vs 6). Therefore, Piros played 43 games less than Merida. Zsombor scored 27 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Merida fired 89 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Piros | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 124/210 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 89/124 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 41/86 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 48% |
Piros recorded 4 aces . Merida blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Piros won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Piros | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 13 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 13/31 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 5 | 23 |
| Saved | 4 | 16 |
| % Saved | 80% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
The Hungarian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Hungarian lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Merida broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Piros | |||
| R1 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 63-51 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Merida | |||||
| Q1 Gerch |
Q3 Karlovskiy |
R1 Cretu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-62 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 26 | 20 | 61 | |
| pts | 66-43 | 94-87 | 69-58 | 229-188 | |
| Total points | 109 | 181 | 127 | 417 | |
| Winners | 20 | 32 | 37 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 34% | 54% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 27/50 | 50/94 | 47/66 | 124/210 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 53% | 71% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 32/50 | 37/47 | 89/124 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 64% | 79% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/23 | 23/44 | 7/19 | 41/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 52% | 37% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/19 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 13/31 | |
| Converted % | 32% | 57% | 60% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 12 | 3 | 23 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 8/12 | 2/3 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 67% | 209% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
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