Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Steven Diez will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 8. 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 Dragos Nicolae Madaras who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dragos Nicolae Madaras is the pick to win this match.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 1.444
Steven Diez -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Dragos Nicolae Madaras vs. Steven Diez
There is no head to head record between Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Steven Diez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74-16 | 0-0 | 73-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-2 | 40-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 83-31 | 9-3 | 74-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 2-1 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241 (career-high), he will start his run in the Skopje Challenger after he played his last match in the Skopje Challenger where he beat 7-6(3) 6-1 to Kasnikowski in the 1st round on the 23rd of May.
Dragos has a composed 59-6 win-loss record in 2023, 59-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Nicolae Madaras’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Cairo,M25 Antalya and M25 Varnamo.
Nicolae Madaras won his last 10 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Romanian has an overall 309-155 record. He has a positive 281-130 record on clay.
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Diez reached the 2nd round after beating Eduardo Ribeiro 4-6 6-0 6-3.
In the 1st round against Ribeiro, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-3). During the match Diez scored 90 points vs Ribeiro’s 75. Steven was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Diez fired 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Steven Diez lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 64% of his first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Steven broke Ribeiro 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
The Canadian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello.
Steven has a composed 13-16 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicolae Madaras | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 25 |
| Pts | 79-63 | 90-75 |
| Total Points | 142 | 165 |
| Winners | 28 | 30 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Both Nicolae Madaras and Diez played 1 match. At the moment, Steven Diez dropped 1 set while Dragos Nicolae Madaras hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nicolae Madaras has played 1 set(s) less than Diez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nicolae Madaras played 5 games less than Diez. Nicolae Madaras scored 28 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian bagged 30 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicolae Madaras | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 47/68 | 50/78 |
| %1st in | 69% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 28/47 | 30/50 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 18/28 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Nicolae Madaras bagged 2 aces . Diez blasted 4 aces . Nicolae Madaras won 60% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicolae Madaras | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/13 |
| % Converted | 50% | 46% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 40% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Romanian broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Romanian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Diez broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nicolae Madaras | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Diez | |||
| R1 Ribeiro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-0 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-75 | 90-75 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/78 | 50/78 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/28 | 18/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Skopje Challenger
- Nerman FaticFatic – Miljan ZekicZekic (6-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Louis WesselsWessels (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Karol DrzewieckiDrzewiecki (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Martin LandaluceLandaluce (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Daniel Dutra Da SilvaDutra Da Silva (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Max HoukesHoukes – Kacper ZukZuk (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (4-6 6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Louis WesselsWessels (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Wilson LeiteLeite (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (7-6(3) 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman Andres BurruchagaAndres Burruchaga – Karol DrzewieckiDrzewiecki (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – James McCabeMcCabe (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (6-3 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Dino PrizmicPrizmic – Kalin IvanovskiIvanovski (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Nerman FaticFatic – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander WeisWeis – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mate ValkuszValkusz – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max HoukesHoukes – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (0-0) – H2H and prediction
