Robert Strombachs and Duarte Vale will square off in the qualifications of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on BANCO CARREGOSA. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Robert Strombachs who should win in 3 sets.
Robert Strombachs -> 1.76
Duarte Vale -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Robert Strombachs vs. Duarte Vale
This will be the 2nd time that Robert Strombachs and Duarte Vale fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Strombachs (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Strombachs won 7-6(10) 7-6(1) in the 1st round in M15 Setubal back in 2019.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-30 | 19-8 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 393, the German got to the qualifications after beating Andrea Guerrieri 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Robert had a good straight sets win against Guerrieri (6-3 6-4). During the match, Strombachs scored 73 points vs Guerrieri’s 61. Robert was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Strombachs scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Guerrieri 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Strombachs has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (208-134). 22-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Strombachs has an aggregate133-71 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sanxenxo.
Robert has a composed 32-21 win-loss record in 2023, 22-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Robert has never competed in this tournament before.
Duarte Vale
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 21-15 | 12-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 28-22 | 7-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-18 | 20-9 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-16 | 16-10 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 529, the Portuguese got to the qualifications after beating Enzo Wallart 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Vale had a good straight sets win against Wallart (6-4 6-4). During the match Vale scored 69 points vs Wallart’s 56. Vale was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Vale made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Duarte Vale was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vale broke Wallart 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Duarte’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Vale has an aggregate 25-18 win-loss record in 2023, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Strombachs | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 |
| Pts | 73-61 | 69-56 |
| Total Points | 134 | 125 |
| Winners | 29 | 28 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Strombachs and Vale played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Strombachs and Vale have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Strombachs played 1 game less than Vale. Robert scored 29 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Duarte scored 28 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Strombachs | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 37/59 |
| %1st in | 66% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 28/37 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 14/22 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 64% |
Strombachs fired 1 ace . Vale also struck 4 aces . Strombachs won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Vale won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Strombachs | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 43% |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 |
| Saved | 7 | 3 |
| % Saved | 78% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Robert broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Robert lost his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Strombachs | |||
| Q1 Guerrieri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 73-61 | 73-61 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 47/71 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/47 | 29/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Vale | |||
| Q1 Wallart | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 69-56 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 28/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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