Mattia Bellucci and Joao Sousa will play each other in the 1st round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT PORTO OPEN. 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 Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.71
Mattia Bellucci -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Mattia Bellucci vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Mattia Bellucci and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mattia Bellucci
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-30 | 31-16 | 5-2 | 7-8 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-34 | 22-19 | 2-9 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 66-23 | 30-4 | 25-12 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-18 | 29-10 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-6 | 13-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 175, the Italian will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Segovia Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-4 to Peniston in the 1st round on the 24th of July.
Mattia has a compiled 13-23 win-loss record in 2023, 6-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Mattia has an overall 164-90 record. He has a positive 86-36 record on hard.
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320, the Portuguese will start his run in the Porto Challenger after he played his last match in the Vicenza Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Sachko in the 1st round on the 30th of May.
Joao has a composed 5-21 win-loss record in 2023, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Joao has an overall 514-472 record. He has a negative 132-139 record on hard.
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