Lukas Neumayer and Blaz Rola will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Lukas Neumayer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Neumayer is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Neumayer -> 1.7
Blaz Rola -> 2.09
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Neumayer vs. Blaz Rola
There is no head to head record between Lukas Neumayer and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Lukas Neumayer
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 32-28 | 2-2 | 30-25 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 40-32 | 2-1 | 38-28 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 53-26 | 12-4 | 41-21 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 26-25 | 8-10 | 16-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 269, Neumayer got to the semifinal after defeating Sumit Nagal 6-4 7-63, Facundo Bagnis 7-63 7-5 and Thiago Moura Monteiro 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, Neumayer had a good straight sets win against Moura Monteiro (6-4 6-4). During the match, Neumayer scored 62 points vs Moura Monteiro’s 54. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Neumayer scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Lukas Neumayer lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Neumayer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (23/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Moura Monteiro 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Neumayer hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Neumayer has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (106-71). 25-13 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Neumayer has an overall82-50 match record in the last 4 years on clay.
Lukas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Prague and M25 Jablonec nad Nisou.
The Austrian has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2023, 25-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Blaz Rola
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 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. 723, Rola reached the semifinal after beating Roko Horvat 6-1 6-0, Guido Andreozzi 3-6 6-4 6-4, Roberto Carballes Baena 7-64 6-1, Vit Kopriva 6-3 1-6 6-3 and Filip Misolic 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Rola had a good straight sets win against Misolic (6-3 6-3). During the match Rola scored 74 points vs Misolic’s 60. Blaz was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Rola recorded 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Blaz Rola was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (27/35) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Slovenian broke Misolic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Blaz started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Rola’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Slovenian has an aggregate 20-6 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Neumayer | Rola |
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Match played | 3 | 5 |
Tot Set | 6 | 12 |
Tot Games | 68 | 105 |
Pts | 221-180 | 394-334 |
Total Points | 401 | 728 |
Winners | 87 | 143 |
%Winners | 39% | 36% |
Neumayer played 3 matches while Rola competed in 5 matches. Rola started his run from the qualifications while Neumayer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blaz Rola lost 2 sets while Lukas Neumayer hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Neumayer has played 6 set(s) less than Rola (6 vs 12). Therefore, Neumayer played 37 games less than Rola. The Austrian scored 87 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian struck 143 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Neumayer | Rola |
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Aces | 9 | 26 |
Avg per match | 3 | 5.2 |
1st in | 120/194 | 204/350 |
%1st in | 62% | 58% |
1st pts | 87/120 | 143/204 |
%1st pts | 73% | 70% |
2nd pts | 48/74 | 76/146 |
%2nd pts | 65% | 52% |
Neumayer struck 9 aces (3 per match). Rola fired 26 aces (5.2 per match). Neumayer won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Neumayer | Rola |
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Won | 9 | 22 |
Converted | 9/23 | 22/51 |
% Converted | 39% | 43% |
Conceded | 9 | 30 |
Saved | 4 | 19 |
% Saved | 44% | 63% |
Times Broken | 5 | 11 |
Lukas broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Neumayer dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Blaz broke his opponents 22 times with a 43% conversion rate. Blaz conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
Neumayer | |||||
R1 Nagal |
R2 Bagnis |
1/4 Moura Monteiro |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-4 7-63 | 7-63 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 20 | 68 | |
pts | 76-63 | 83-63 | 62-54 | 221-180 | |
Total points | 139 | 146 | 116 | 401 | |
Winners | 31 | 33 | 23 | 87 | |
%Winners | 41% | 40% | 37% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
1st in | 45/70 | 39/62 | 36/62 | 120/194 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 63% | 58% | 62% | |
1st pts | 31/45 | 33/39 | 23/36 | 87/120 | |
% 1st pts | 69% | 85% | 64% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 16/25 | 16/23 | 16/26 | 48/74 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 70% | 62% | 65% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 2/8 | 4/7 | 9/23 | |
Converted % | 38% | 25% | 57% | 39% | |
Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
Saved | 0/2 | 2/3 | 2/4 | 4 | |
Saved % | 0% | 67% | 50% | 39% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Rola | |||||||
Q1 Horvat |
Q3 Andreozzi |
R1 Carballes Baena |
R2 Kopriva |
1/4 Misolic |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-1 6-0 | 3-6 6-4 6-4 | 7-64 6-1 | 6-3 1-6 6-3 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |
Tot Games | 13 | 29 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 105 | |
pts | 53-23 | 105-104 | 76-63 | 86-84 | 74-60 | 394-334 | |
Total points | 76 | 209 | 139 | 170 | 134 | 728 | |
Winners | 20 | 44 | 24 | 28 | 27 | 143 | |
%Winners | 38% | 42% | 32% | 33% | 36% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||||||
Aces | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 26 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
1st in | 24/40 | 68/112 | 31/64 | 46/78 | 35/56 | 204/350 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 61% | 48% | 59% | 63% | 58% | |
1st pts | 20/24 | 44/68 | 24/31 | 28/46 | 27/35 | 143/204 | |
% 1st pts | 83% | 65% | 77% | 61% | 77% | 70% | |
2nd pts | 9/16 | 19/44 | 20/33 | 17/32 | 11/21 | 76/146 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 43% | 61% | 53% | 52% | 52% | |
Breaks | |||||||
Won | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 22 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 | 3/8 | 5/16 | 4/8 | 22/51 | |
Converted % | 56% | 50% | 38% | 31% | 50% | 43% | |
Conceded | 0 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 30 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 11/16 | 3/3 | 4/9 | 1/2 | 19 | |
Saved % | – | 69% | 100% | 44% | 50% | 88% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Salzburg Challenger
- Lukas NeumayerNeumayer – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Filip MisolicMisolic (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Nerman FaticFatic (4-6 7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Elias YmerYmer (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrey Golubev/Denys MolchanovGolubev/Denys Molchanov – Peter Goldsteiner/Niklas WaldnerGoldsteiner/Niklas Waldner (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Blaz RolaRola – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction