Tomas Barrios Vera and Ulises Blanch will square off in the quarter of the Poznan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. 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 Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.21
Ulises Blanch -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tomas Barrios Vera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-14 | 0-1 | 7-10 | 0-0 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Marcelo reached the quarter after defeating Max Houkes 6-1 7-62 and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 7-62 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (7-62 6-3). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 81 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 70. The Chilean was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 63% of his first serves in, winning 80% (36/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Mpetshi Perricard 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (305-167). 32-13 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Tomas Barrios Vera has an aggregate231-121 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he overcame Dominik Koepfer in the final 7-6(6) 7-5 and the Florianopolis Challenger where he beat Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Chilean has a compiled 33-15 win-loss record in 2023, 32-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Poznan Challenger
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-7 | 10-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-15 | 7-6 | 3-5 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 461, Ulises reached the quarter after defeating Rigele Te 7-61 7-5, Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-3 0-6 6-4, Vitaliy Sachko 7-65 ret. and Dali Blanch 1-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Blanch, Blanch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Blanch and Blanch scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 148 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Blanch was not very aggressive do strike just winners.
About the serving games, Blanch was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Ulises Blanch conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Ulises has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Poznan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2018. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 89 |
| Pts | 148-122 | 216-212 |
| Total Points | 270 | 428 |
| Winners | 64 | 84 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 matches while Blanch competed in 4 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ulises Blanch lost 2 sets while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 6 set(s) less than Blanch (4 vs 10). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 47 games less than Blanch. Marcelo scored 64 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Ulises managed to score 84 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 81/131 | 114/226 |
| %1st in | 62% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 64/81 | 84/114 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 56/112 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 50% |
Tomas Barrios Vera recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Blanch struck 14 aces (3.5 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/17 | 6/20 |
| % Converted | 35% | 30% |
| Conceded | 5 | 26 |
| Saved | 3 | 20 |
| % Saved | 60% | 77% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Marcelo broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera surrendered his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | ||||
| R1 Houkes |
R2 Mpetshi Perricard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-62 | 7-62 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 22 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-52 | 81-70 | 148-122 | |
| Total points | 119 | 151 | 270 | |
| Winners | 28 | 36 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/59 | 45/72 | 81/131 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 36/45 | 64/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 80% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 9/27 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 33% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/9 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Blanch | ||||||
| Q1 Te |
Q3 Sanchez |
R1 Sachko |
R2 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 7-5 | 6-3 0-6 6-4 | 7-65 ret. | 1-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 89 | |
| pts | 83-76 | 93-99 | 40-37 | – | 216-212 | |
| Total points | 159 | 192 | 77 | 0 | 428 | |
| Winners | 29 | 37 | 18 | 84 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 45% | 0% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 9 | 4 | 19 | ||
| 1st in | 37/83 | 53/102 | 24/41 | / | 114/226 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 52% | 59% | 0% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 37/53 | 18/24 | / | 84/114 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 70% | 75% | 0% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/46 | 20/49 | 6/17 | / | 56/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 41% | 35% | 0% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/14 | 2/3 | / | 6/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 21% | 67% | 0% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 17 | 4 | 26 | ||
| Saved | 5/5 | 13/17 | 2/4 | 0/ | 20 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 76% | 50% | – | 113% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
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