Steven Diez and Henrique Rocha will square off in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 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 Henrique Rocha who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henrique Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Henrique Rocha -> 1.58
Steven Diez -> 2.27
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Prediction and head to head Steven Diez vs. Henrique Rocha
This will be the 2nd time that Steven Diez and Henrique Rocha clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rocha (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Rocha won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in the Porto Challenger back in 2022.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 262, the Canadian got to the 2nd round after beating Benjamin Bonzi 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Bonzi (6-4 6-4). During the match, Diez scored 65 points vs Bonzi’s 51. Diez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Diez recorded 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Steven Diez was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Bonzi twice.
Diez has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (337-269). 4-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Diez has a composed 130-98 record in the last years on hard.
Steven’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Torello and the Iasi Challenger.
Steven has a composed 18-24 win-loss record in 2023, 4-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Henrique Rocha
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 6-4 | 7-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-27 | 47-11 | 17-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 380, Henrique reached the 2nd round after beating Robert Strombachs 6-4 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rocha defeated Strombachs (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Rocha scored 98 points vs Strombachs’s 91. Rocha was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Rocha struck 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (46/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. Henrique broke Strombachs 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Mungia and M25 Bakio.
Henrique has a composed 35-15 win-loss record in 2023, 21-6 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 | Diez | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 |
| Pts | 65-51 | 98-91 |
| Total Points | 116 | 189 |
| Winners | 32 | 46 |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% |
Both Diez and Rocha played 1 match. At the moment, Henrique Rocha lost 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t conceded a set so far. Diez has played 1 set(s) less than Rocha (2 vs 3). Therefore, Diez played 10 games less than Rocha. The Canadian scored 32 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Rocha scored 46 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Diez | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 61/99 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 46/61 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/38 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 39% |
Diez managed to score 5 aces . Rocha struck 6 aces . Diez won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Diez | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 100% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Canadian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Diez extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Henrique broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Diez | |||
| R1 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Rocha | |||
| R1 Strombachs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 98-91 | 98-91 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/99 | 61/99 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/61 | 46/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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