Gerald Melzer and Orlando Luz will play each other in the 2nd round of the Cali Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA 2. 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 Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.444
Orlando Luz -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Orlando Luz
This will be the 2nd time that Gerald Melzer and Orlando Luz square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Melzer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Melzer won 7-5 6-2 in the 1st round in the Bogota Challenger back in 2021.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 391, the Austrian reached the 2nd round after defeating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-3 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Austrian defeated Lucas Reis Da (6-3 3-6 6-3). During the match, Melzer scored 85 points vs Lucas Reis Da’s 78. The Austrian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gerald Melzer lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (24/44) on the 2nd serve. Melzer broke Lucas Reis Da 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Melzer has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (226-168). 10-7 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Melzer has a compiled 194-131 match record in the last years on clay.
The Austrian has an overall 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Orlando Luz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 14-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-28 | 0-2 | 40-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 481, Orlando got to the 2nd round after beating Alex Rybakov 6-4 7-63.
In the 1st round, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (6-4 7-63). During the match Luz scored 86 points vs Rybakov’s 69. Luz was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Luz fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Orlando Luz was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (35/47) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Luz broke Rybakov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Luz’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Mogi das Cruzes.
The Brazilian has an overall 13-8 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Orlando has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 |
| Pts | 85-78 | 86-69 |
| Total Points | 163 | 155 |
| Winners | 34 | 35 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Melzer and Luz played 1 match. At the moment, Gerald Melzer lost 1 set while Orlando Luz hasn’t lost a set so far. Melzer has played 1 set more than Luz (3 vs 2). Therefore, Melzer played 4 games more than Luz. Gerald scored 34 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian made 35 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 49/93 | 47/64 |
| %1st in | 53% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 35/47 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 9/17 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Melzer bagged 6 aces . Luz made 6 aces . Melzer won 69% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Luz won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Melzer | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/12 |
| % Converted | 75% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 71% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Gerald broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Melzer lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Luz broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Luz conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| R1 Lucas Reis Da |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 85-78 | 85-78 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 49/93 | 49/93 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 34/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 24/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Luz | |||
| R1 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 86-69 | 86-69 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/64 | 47/64 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 35/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 9/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWLL Tennis Scores in Cali Challenger
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- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Eduardo RibeiroRibeiro (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gustavo HeideHeide – Max Hans RehbergHans Rehberg (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Orlando LuzLuz – Alex RybakovRybakov (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Patrick KypsonKypson (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Alejandro HoyosHoyos (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-613 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero – Ignacio MonzonMonzon (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Jose StathamStatham (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (7-63 7-65) – See score progression
- Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte – Johan Alexander RodriguezAlexander Rodriguez (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Adria Soriano BarreraSoriano Barrera (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Benjamin LockLock (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Christian LangmoLangmo (7-6(13) 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Alejandro HoyosHoyos (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Gonzalo LamaLama (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Jose StathamStatham (4-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gerald MelzerMelzer – Orlando LuzLuz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Boscardin DiasBoscardin Dias – Matias SotoSoto (1-0) – H2H and prediction
