Jules Marie and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 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 -> 1.533
Jules Marie -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Jules Marie vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Jules Marie and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jules Marie
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-16 | 11-10 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 66-27 | 42-13 | 6-5 | 18-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-23 | 10-7 | 12-8 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-1 | 0-0 | 5-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 297, Jules got to the semifinal after beating Benjamin Lock 6-3 6-4, Gastao Elias 6-4 6-3 and Denis Yevseyev 3-6 7-67 6-4.
In the quarter against Yevseyev, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-67 6-4). During the match, Marie scored 108 points vs Yevseyev’s 106. Marie was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marie managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jules Marie lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Marie put 57% of his first serves in, winning 58% (36/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the 2nd serve. Jules broke Yevseyev 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has conceded 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Marie has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 67% of his matches (201-98). 25-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Marie has an aggregate59-24 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Jules’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Bath,M25 Montreal,M25 Nottingham,M25+H Ajaccio and M25 Porto.
Jules has a compiled 48-16 win-loss record in 2023, 25-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The French player 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. 352, Sousa got to the semifinal after beating Mattia Bellucci 6-75 6-4 6-4, Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-2 and Pierre-Hugues Herbert 7-64 6-2.
In the quarter, Joao had a good straight sets win against Herbert (7-64 6-2). During the match Sousa scored 82 points vs Herbert’s 70. Sousa was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Sousa was quite effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 69% (20/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sousa broke Herbert twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Portuguese has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 8-21 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marie | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 70 | 70 |
| Pts | 242-209 | 246-203 |
| Total Points | 451 | 449 |
| Winners | 100 | 100 |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% |
Both Marie and Sousa played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jules Marie dropped 1 set, while Joao Sousa conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Marie and Sousa have played the same amount of sets 7. They also played the same amount of games (70). Marie scored 100 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Joao bagged 100 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marie | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 145/225 | 129/214 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 100/145 | 100/129 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 41/80 | 53/85 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 62% |
Marie recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Sousa struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Marie won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marie | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/26 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 45% |
| Conceded | 21 | 9 |
| Saved | 13 | 8 |
| % Saved | 62% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Marie broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Jules dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Joao broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marie | |||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Elias |
1/4 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 32 | 70 | |
| pts | 68-53 | 66-50 | 108-106 | 242-209 | |
| Total points | 121 | 116 | 214 | 451 | |
| Winners | 31 | 33 | 36 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 50% | 33% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 44/57 | 62/109 | 145/225 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 77% | 57% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 33/44 | 36/62 | 100/145 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 75% | 58% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 6/13 | 25/47 | 41/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 46% | 53% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/6 | 6/12 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/5 | 8/14 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 57% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| Sousa | |||||
| R1 Bellucci |
R2 Kachmazov |
1/4 Herbert |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 | 21 | 70 | |
| pts | 108-98 | 56-35 | 82-70 | 246-203 | |
| Total points | 206 | 91 | 152 | 449 | |
| Winners | 52 | 19 | 29 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 34% | 35% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 66/105 | 23/40 | 40/69 | 129/214 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 58% | 58% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 52/66 | 19/23 | 29/40 | 100/129 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 13/17 | 20/29 | 53/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 76% | 69% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/5 | 2/11 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 80% | 18% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 86% | – | 100% | 62% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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