Facundo Diaz Acosta and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Oeiras 4 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.7
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Diaz Acosta and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moreno De Alboran (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Moreno De Alboran won 6-3 7-6(7) in the 2nd round in M15 Cairo back in 2021.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-12 | 2-4 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), the Argentine reached the semifinal after beating Emilio Nava 6-1 7-63, Ulises Blanch 6-4 7-5 and Radu Albot 6-2 6-2.
In the quarter, Diaz Acosta had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-2 6-2). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 62 points vs Albot’s 41. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Diaz Acosta managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 57% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Albot 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Facundo hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Diaz Acosta has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (159-97). 17-8 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Diaz Acosta has a compiled139-82 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he overcame Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1.
Facundo has an aggregate 20-10 win-loss record in 2023, 17-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 4 Challenger
Diaz Acosta has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 10-8 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, Nicolas got to the semifinal after defeating Federico Delbonis 6-2 2-6 6-1, Steve Johnson 6-3 6-0 and Pedro Cachin 6-1 6-4.
In the quarter, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Cachin (6-1 6-4). During the match Moreno De Alboran scored 64 points vs Cachin’s 44. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Moreno De Alboran scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 71% of his first serves in, winning 89% (32/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (6/15) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Cachin 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Chennai Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 18-13 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 55 |
| Pts | 200-146 | 194-138 |
| Total Points | 346 | 332 |
| Winners | 76 | 77 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Moreno De Alboran played 3 matches. At the moment, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran surrendered 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Moreno De Alboran (6 vs 7). However, it’s interesting to notice that Diaz Acosta played 3 games more than Moreno De Alboran. Facundo scored 76 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Moreno De Alboran scored 77 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 94/167 | 98/157 |
| %1st in | 56% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 76/94 | 77/98 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 40/73 | 33/59 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Diaz Acosta fired 6 aces (2 per match). Moreno De Alboran made 9 aces (3 per match). Diaz Acosta won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Moreno De Alboran won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Moreno De Alboran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 13 |
| Converted | 12/24 | 13/30 |
| % Converted | 50% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Diaz Acosta broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 13 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nicolas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||||
| R1 Nava |
R2 Blanch |
1/4 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 16 | 58 | |
| pts | 70-49 | 68-56 | 62-41 | 200-146 | |
| Total points | 119 | 124 | 103 | 346 | |
| Winners | 24 | 30 | 22 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 44% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 33/62 | 33/56 | 28/49 | 94/167 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 59% | 57% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 30/33 | 22/28 | 76/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 91% | 79% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 12/23 | 8/21 | 40/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 52% | 38% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/9 | 6/11 | 12/24 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 33% | 55% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/2 | 2/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Moreno De Alboran | |||||
| R1 Delbonis |
R2 Johnson |
1/4 Cachin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-1 | 6-3 6-0 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 | 17 | 55 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 60-38 | 64-44 | 194-138 | |
| Total points | 126 | 98 | 108 | 332 | |
| Winners | 26 | 19 | 32 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 50% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 39/68 | 23/38 | 36/51 | 98/157 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 61% | 71% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 19/23 | 32/36 | 77/98 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 83% | 89% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 9/15 | 6/15 | 33/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 60% | 40% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/12 | 3/10 | 13/30 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 42% | 30% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 100% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Oeiras 4 Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Pedro CachinCachin (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta (1-0) – H2H and prediction
