Facundo Diaz Acosta and Pablo Cuevas will square off in the 2nd round of the Milan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Facundo Diaz Acosta who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Facundo Diaz Acosta is the pick to win this match.
Facundo Diaz Acosta -> 1.34
Pablo Cuevas -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Facundo Diaz Acosta vs. Pablo Cuevas
There is no head to head record between Facundo Diaz Acosta and Pablo Cuevas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Facundo Diaz Acosta
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-22 | 3-8 | 16-10 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-25 | 4-4 | 46-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-21 | 0-1 | 31-19 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-30 | 7-4 | 36-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-7 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Facundo got to the 2nd round after defeating Gianmarco Ferrari 6-0 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Ferrari (6-0 6-2). During the match, Diaz Acosta scored 68 points vs Ferrari’s 42. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diaz Acosta bagged 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Facundo Diaz Acosta conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Diaz Acosta put 58% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Ferrari 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Diaz Acosta has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (170-103). 28-13 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Diaz Acosta has a composed150-87 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Savannah Challenger where he defeated Tristan Boyer in the final 6-3 6-1 and the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-4 6-3.
Diaz Acosta has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2023, 28-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Milan Challenger
The Argentine has never competed in this tournament before.
Pablo Cuevas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-12 | 1-2 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-18 | 5-4 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-17 | 1-7 | 10-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 896, the Uruguayan reached the 2nd round after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-3 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Cuevas defeated Travaglia (6-3 2-6 6-4). During the match Cuevas scored 99 points vs Travaglia’s 92. Cuevas was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Cuevas made 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Pablo Cuevas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (34/47) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Cuevas broke Travaglia 3 times after converting 16% of his break points (3/19).
The Uruguayan has an aggregate 2-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Diaz Acosta | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 |
| Pts | 68-42 | 99-92 |
| Total Points | 110 | 191 |
| Winners | 28 | 34 |
| %Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Diaz Acosta and Cuevas played 1 match. At the moment, Pablo Cuevas lost 1 set while Facundo Diaz Acosta hasn’t dropped a set so far. Diaz Acosta has played 1 set(s) less than Cuevas (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diaz Acosta played 13 games less than Cuevas. The Argentine scored 28 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Cuevas blasted 34 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diaz Acosta | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 47/80 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 34/47 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 58% |
Diaz Acosta scored 2 aces . Cuevas scored 4 aces . Diaz Acosta won 78% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Cuevas won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diaz Acosta | Cuevas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/19 |
| % Converted | 71% | 16% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. Pablo broke his opponent 3 times with a 16% conversion rate. Pablo conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diaz Acosta | |||
| R1 Ferrari |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 68-42 | 68-42 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 36/62 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/26 | 12/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Cuevas | |||
| R1 Travaglia |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 99-92 | 99-92 | |
| Total points | 191 | 191 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/80 | 47/80 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/47 | 34/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/19 | 3/19 | |
| Converted % | 16% | 16% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LL Tennis Scores in Milan Challenger
- Alexander WeisWeis – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Pablo CuevasCuevas – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Lautaro MidonMidon – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-1 5-7 6-0) – See score progression
- Francesco FortiForti – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (6-3 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Francesco PassaroPassaro (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marcello SerafiniSerafini (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Federico IannacconeIannaccone – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-1 4-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Giovanni OradiniOradini – Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luciano DarderiDarderi – Cristian GarinGarin (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Gonzalo BuenoBueno – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-2 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Gianmarco FerrariFerrari (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Edoardo LavagnoLavagno (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Federico GaioGaio – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Federico IannacconeIannaccone (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gauthier OnclinOnclin – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
