Alibek Kachmazov and Joao Sousa will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT PORTO OPEN. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.76
Joao Sousa -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Alibek Kachmazov and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-24 | 17-13 | 6-6 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 327, Kachmazov got to the 2nd round after defeating Kenny de Schepper 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kachmazov had a good straight sets win against de Schepper (6-4 6-4). During the match, Kachmazov scored 66 points vs de Schepper’s 59. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alibek Kachmazov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alibek broke de Schepper 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kachmazov has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (138-82). 19-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has an overall59-40 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Alibek’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh,M25 Tbilisi and M25 La Nucia.
The Russian has an overall 34-21 win-loss record in 2023, 19-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
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. 352, Joao reached the 2nd round after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Bellucci, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 108 points vs Bellucci’s 98. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Joao Sousa was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (52/66) of his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Bellucci 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Portuguese has a compiled 6-21 win-loss record in 2023, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Sousa has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 33 |
| Pts | 66-59 | 108-98 |
| Total Points | 125 | 206 |
| Winners | 24 | 52 |
| %Winners | 36% | 48% |
Both Kachmazov and Sousa played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa surrendered 1 set while Alibek Kachmazov hasn’t lost a set so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set(s) less than Sousa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kachmazov played 13 games less than Sousa. The Russian scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Sousa struck 52 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/62 | 66/105 |
| %1st in | 52% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 52/66 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 51% |
Kachmazov scored 4 aces . Sousa bagged 3 aces . Kachmazov won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/4 |
| % Converted | 60% | 75% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Alibek broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kachmazov lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Sousa broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | |||
| R1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 66-59 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/62 | 32/62 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/32 | 24/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 108-98 | 108-98 | |
| Total points | 206 | 206 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 66/105 | 66/105 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 52/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (6-4 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Quentin HalysHalys (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Lucas PoullainPoullain (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jules MarieMarie – Benjamin LockLock (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (7-63 7-62) – See score progression
- Henrique RochaRocha – Robert StrombachsStrombachs (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Steven DiezDiez – Benjamin BonziBonzi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Ricardas BerankisBerankis (2-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Adrian AndreevAndreev – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 7-62) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Mattia BellucciBellucci (6-75 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Nicolas MejiaMejia (3-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gastao EliasElias – Jules MarieMarie (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Joao DominguesDomingues – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
