Thiago Moura Monteiro and Blaz Rola will face off in the 2nd round of the Montechiarugolo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thiago Moura Monteiro is the pick to win this match.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.121
Blaz Rola -> 5.5
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Blaz Rola
There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-28 | 1-3 | 33-17 | 4-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 3-7 | 30-22 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 8-8 | 28-16 | 4-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-27 | 8-8 | 25-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-18 | 7-9 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 95, the Brazilian got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Moura Monteiro had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (6-4 6-4). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 63 points vs Pellegrino’s 54. Thiago was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moura Monteiro struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Thiago Moura Monteiro was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (28/36) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Brazilian broke Pellegrino twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Moura Monteiro has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (346-264). 8-10 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an overall 285-182 match record in the last years on clay.
The Brazilian has a composed 11-16 win-loss record in 2023, 8-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montechiarugolo Challenger
Blaz Rola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-11 | 9-1 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 15-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 884, the Slovenian got to the 2nd round after beating Remy Bertola 4-6 7-5 6-3, Sandro Kopp 6-75 6-4 6-4 and Alexander Weis 6-3 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blaz defeated Weis (6-3 1-6 6-3). During the match Rola scored 77 points vs Weis’s 76. The Slovenian was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Rola blasted 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Blaz Rola lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rola put 47% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (23/41) on the 2nd serve. Blaz broke Weis 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The Slovenian’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The Slovenian has an overall 13-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 89 |
| Pts | 63-54 | 305-289 |
| Total Points | 117 | 594 |
| Winners | 28 | 125 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Moura Monteiro played 1 match while Rola competed in 3 matches. Rola started his run from the qualifications while Moura Monteiro had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blaz Rola lost 3 sets while Thiago Moura Monteiro hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moura Monteiro has played 7 set(s) less than Rola (2 vs 9). Therefore, Moura Monteiro played 69 games less than Rola. The Brazilian scored 28 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian recorded 125 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 179/293 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 125/179 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 58/114 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 51% |
Moura Monteiro struck 6 aces . Rola made 15 aces (5 per match). Moura Monteiro won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moura Monteiro | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 12 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 12/42 |
| % Converted | 33% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 34 |
| Saved | 2 | 25 |
| % Saved | 100% | 74% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 9 |
The Brazilian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Brazilian very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Blaz broke his opponents 12 times with a 29% conversion rate. Blaz conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | |||
| R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 63-54 | 63-54 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 13/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rola | |||||
| Q1 Bertola |
Q3 Kopp |
R1 Weis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 33 | 25 | 89 | |
| pts | 106-97 | 122-116 | 77-76 | 305-289 | |
| Total points | 203 | 238 | 153 | 594 | |
| Winners | 53 | 47 | 25 | 125 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 32% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 3 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 69/109 | 73/106 | 37/78 | 179/293 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 69% | 47% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 53/69 | 47/73 | 25/37 | 125/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 64% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/40 | 17/33 | 23/41 | 58/114 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 52% | 56% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/19 | 3/11 | 12/42 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 32% | 27% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 | 8 | 34 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 8/12 | 5/8 | 25 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 67% | 63% | 216% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLWLLW Tennis Scores in Montechiarugolo Challenger
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Francesco PassaroPassaro (6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Filippo MoroniMoroni (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Alexander WeisWeis (6-3 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Pablo CuevasCuevas (4-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Adrian AndreevAndreev (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Francesco FortiForti (7-64 7-62) – See score progression
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Giovanni FonioFonio (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico GaioGaio – Alexandre MullerMuller (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (1-0) – H2H and prediction
