Shintaro Mochizuki and Alejandro Moro Canas will square off in the quarter of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Shintaro Mochizuki who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Shintaro Mochizuki is the pick to win this match.
Shintaro Mochizuki -> 1.54
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Shintaro Mochizuki vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
This will be the 2nd time that Shintaro Mochizuki and Alejandro Moro Canas face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moro (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Moro won 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in M15 Villena back in 2022.
Shintaro Mochizuki
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-32 | 17-21 | 7-5 | 0-1 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-33 | 22-16 | 13-8 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-34 | 18-17 | 13-12 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-30 | 11-10 | 18-11 | 5-7 | 1-1 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 14-12 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 213 (career-high), Shintaro got to the quarter after defeating Michael Vrbensky 7-5 6-3 and Norbert Gombos 7-68 7-62.
In the 2nd round, Mochizuki had a good straight sets win against Gombos (7-68 7-62). During the match, Mochizuki scored 100 points vs Gombos’s 86. Mochizuki was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mochizuki scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Shintaro Mochizuki was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (40/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Shintaro broke Gombos 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mochizuki hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Mochizuki has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (130-101). 11-5 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Mochizuki has an overall50-31 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Barletta Challenger where he overcame Santiago Rodriguez Taverna in the final 6-1 6-4.
The Japanese has an aggregate 24-14 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Alejandro Moro Canas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 11-8 | 16-12 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 17-11 | 17-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 20-8 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-16 | 30-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 309, Moro reached the quarter after beating Billy Harris 6-2 3-6 6-0 and Zachary Svajda 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Moro defeated Svajda (6-4 2-6 6-4). During the match Moro scored 90 points vs Svajda’s 88. Alejandro was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Moro fired 3 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Moro put 67% of his first serves in, winning 63% (33/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro broke Svajda 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mochizuki | Moro |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 51 |
| Pts | 166-138 | 174-149 |
| Total Points | 304 | 323 |
| Winners | 64 | 67 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Mochizuki and Moro played 2 matches. At the moment, Alejandro Moro Canas surrendered 2 sets while Shintaro Mochizuki hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Mochizuki has played 2 set(s) less than Moro (4 vs 6). Therefore, Mochizuki played 4 games less than Moro. Mochizuki scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Moro fired 67 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mochizuki | Moro |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 88/147 | 96/144 |
| %1st in | 60% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 64/88 | 67/96 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 33/59 | 31/48 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Mochizuki scored 4 aces (2 per match). Moro recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Mochizuki won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Moro won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mochizuki | Moro |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/18 | 8/23 |
| % Converted | 39% | 35% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 17% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Mochizuki broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. Shintaro lost his serve 5 times and he saved 17% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Alejandro conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mochizuki | ||||
| R1 Vrbensky |
R2 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-68 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 100-86 | 166-138 | |
| Total points | 118 | 186 | 304 | |
| Winners | 24 | 40 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/56 | 56/91 | 88/147 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 40/56 | 64/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 19/35 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 54% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/9 | 7/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 33% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 25% | 13% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Moro | ||||
| R1 Harris |
R2 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-0 | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| pts | 84-61 | 90-88 | 174-149 | |
| Total points | 145 | 178 | 323 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 52/78 | 96/144 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 33/52 | 67/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 17/26 | 31/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/12 | 8/23 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 25% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 25% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
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