Steven Diez and Pedro Sousa will play each other in the quarter of the Oeiras 3 Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CAMPO 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 Pedro Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Sousa -> 1.73
Steven Diez -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Pedro Sousa
This will be the 5th time that Steven Diez and Pedro Sousa fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Sousa won 6-3 7-5 in the 3rd round in the Barcelona Challenger back in 2019.
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. 269, the Canadian got to the quarter after defeating Joao Sousa 6-1 6-3 and Evan Furness 7-62 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Furness (7-62 6-1). During the match, Diez scored 84 points vs Furness’s 67. Diez was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diez was unable to score even 1 ace in the course of the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Steven Diez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 79% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the 2nd serve. Steven broke Furness twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Steven hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
Diez has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (330-257). 8-5 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Diez has a composed 186-131 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Steven’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
The Canadian has an aggregate 11-12 win-loss record in 2023, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Pedro Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9-9 | 1-3 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-17 | 1-2 | 12-14 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-17 | 1-5 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-16 | 0-2 | 21-13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 35-29 | 0-4 | 35-23 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 462, the Portuguese got to the quarter after defeating Henrique Rocha 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pedro had a good straight sets win against Rocha (6-3 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 67 points vs Rocha’s 60. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Pedro Sousa lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Rocha 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Sousa has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2023, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diez | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 44 |
| Pts | 140-100 | 150-139 |
| Total Points | 240 | 289 |
| Winners | 66 | 70 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Diez and Sousa played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Diez and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Diez played 8 games less than Sousa. Diez scored 66 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa made 70 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 92/116 | 105/143 |
| %1st in | 79% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 66/92 | 70/105 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 14/38 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 37% |
Diez didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Sousa recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Diez won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/13 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 46% | 41% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Canadian broke his opponents 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. Diez very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 5 break points. Sousa broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | ||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Furness |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 36 | |
| pts | 56-33 | 84-67 | 140-100 | |
| Total points | 89 | 151 | 240 | |
| Winners | 26 | 40 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 48% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/44 | 57/72 | 92/116 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 26/35 | 40/57 | 66/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 70% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 9/15 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 60% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 2/8 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 25% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Rocha |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | ||
| pts | 67-60 | 67-60 | ||
| Total points | 127 | 127 | ||
| Winners | 32 | 32 | ||
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | ||
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | ||
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | ||
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | ||
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | 8/21 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | ||
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | ||
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | ||
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | ||
| Saved % | 80% | 40% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
Head 2 Head
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