Gerald Melzer and Pedro Sakamoto will play each other in the quarter of the Cali Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.36
Pedro Sakamoto -> 3.02
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
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 got to the quarter after beating Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva 6-3 3-6 6-3 and Orlando Luz 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Luz (6-4 7-65). During the match, Melzer scored 71 points vs Luz’s 62. Melzer was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer blasted 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gerald Melzer was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (33/40) of his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gerald broke Luz once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Melzer has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Melzer has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (227-168). 11-7 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Melzer has an aggregate 195-131 match record in the last years on clay.
Gerald has an aggregate 11-7 win-loss record in 2023, 11-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 1-1 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-14 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 851, Sakamoto reached the quarter after defeating Patrick Kypson 7-5 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sakamoto had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (7-65 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 80 points vs Galarneau’s 68. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 68% of his first serves in, winning 69% (34/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the 2nd serve. The Brazilian broke Galarneau 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Sakamoto has an overall 13-8 win-loss record in 2023, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cali Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 42 |
| Pts | 156-140 | 151-126 |
| Total Points | 296 | 277 |
| Winners | 67 | 67 |
| %Winners | 43% | 44% |
Both Melzer and Sakamoto played 2 matches. At the moment, Gerald Melzer surrendered 1 set while Pedro Sakamoto hasn’t lost a set so far. Melzer has played 1 set more than Sakamoto (5 vs 4). Therefore, Melzer played 8 games more than Sakamoto. Melzer scored 67 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Brazilian bagged 67 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 89/158 | 92/137 |
| %1st in | 56% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 67/89 | 67/92 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 40/69 | 25/45 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Melzer made 16 aces (8 per match). Sakamoto recorded 17 aces (8.5 per match). Melzer won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 73% 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 | Melzer | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 35% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Gerald broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Sakamoto broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Sakamoto conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | ||||
| R1 Lucas Reis Da |
R2 Luz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| pts | 85-78 | 71-62 | 156-140 | |
| Total points | 163 | 133 | 296 | |
| Winners | 34 | 33 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 49/93 | 40/65 | 89/158 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 62% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 34/49 | 33/40 | 67/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/44 | 16/25 | 40/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 64% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/4 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 25% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | – | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Sakamoto | ||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Galarneau |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 80-68 | 151-126 | |
| Total points | 129 | 148 | 277 | |
| Winners | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 49/72 | 92/137 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 68% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/43 | 34/49 | 67/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 14/23 | 25/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/8 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 38% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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