Oriol Roca Batalla and Jaime Faria will square off in the quarter of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oriol Roca Batalla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oriol Roca Batalla is the pick to win this match.
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 1.51
Jaime Faria -> 2.47
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Prediction and head to head Oriol Roca Batalla vs. Jaime Faria
There is no head to head record between Oriol Roca Batalla and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-21 | 5-6 | 15-13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 267, the Spaniard got to the quarter after beating Fabio Coelho 6-0 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 6-3 6-74 6-1, Ivan Gakhov 6-3 6-3 and Gerard Campana Lee 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Campana Lee (6-2 6-2). During the match, Roca Batalla scored 58 points vs Campana Lee’s 37. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Roca Batalla bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 54% of his first serves in, winning 60% (15/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the 2nd serve. Roca Batalla broke Campana Lee 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roca Batalla started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Roca Batalla has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (467-246). 28-28 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Roca Batalla has a composed 411-212 record in the last years on clay.
Oriol’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Torello and the Augsburg Challenger.
Oriol has an overall 36-32 win-loss record in 2023, 28-28 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Jaime Faria
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-12 | 20-2 | 15-6 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 477 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the quarter after defeating Timofey Skatov 6-1 5-7 6-4 and Moez Echargui 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Faria had a good straight sets win against Echargui (6-3 6-4). During the match Faria scored 59 points vs Echargui’s 42. Jaime was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Faria managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Faria put 57% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Echargui 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Faria has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Faria’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Sintra.
Faria has an aggregate 38-24 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Roca Batalla | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 48 |
| Pts | 288-208 | 148-121 |
| Total Points | 496 | 269 |
| Winners | 99 | 48 |
| %Winners | 34% | 32% |
Roca Batalla played 4 matches while Faria competed in 2 matches. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Faria had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Oriol Roca Batalla surrendered 1 set, while Jaime Faria surrendered 1 set. Roca Batalla has played 4 sets more than Faria (9 vs 5). Therefore, Roca Batalla played 29 games more than Faria. The Spaniard scored 99 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese made 48 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Roca Batalla | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 1.8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 138/231 | 67/135 |
| %1st in | 60% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 99/138 | 48/67 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 48/93 | 34/68 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Roca Batalla struck 7 aces (1.8 per match). Faria made 8 aces (4 per match). Roca Batalla won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Roca Batalla | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 23 | 11 |
| Converted | 23/36 | 11/16 |
| % Converted | 64% | 69% |
| Conceded | 18 | 12 |
| Saved | 12 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 23 times with a 64% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Faria broke his opponents 11 times with a 69% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Roca Batalla | ||||||
| Q1 Coelho |
Q3 Fonio |
R1 Gakhov |
R2 Campana Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 6-3 6-74 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 29 | 18 | 16 | 77 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 107-94 | 65-43 | 58-37 | 288-208 | |
| Total points | 92 | 201 | 108 | 95 | 496 | |
| Winners | 15 | 39 | 30 | 15 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 36% | 46% | 26% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 21/43 | 56/92 | 36/50 | 25/46 | 138/231 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 61% | 72% | 54% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 15/21 | 39/56 | 30/36 | 15/25 | 99/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 83% | 60% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 14/36 | 9/14 | 13/21 | 48/93 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 39% | 64% | 62% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 8/15 | 3/4 | 6/8 | 23/36 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 53% | 75% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/9 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Faria | ||||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Echargui |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||
| Tot Games | 29 | 19 | 48 | |||
| pts | 89-79 | 59-42 | 148-121 | |||
| Total points | 168 | 101 | 269 | |||
| Winners | 26 | 22 | 48 | |||
| %Winners | 29% | 37% | 32% | |||
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
| 1st in | 39/86 | 28/49 | 67/135 | |||
| % 1st in | 45% | 57% | 50% | |||
| 1st pts | 26/39 | 22/28 | 48/67 | |||
| % 1st pts | 67% | 79% | 72% | |||
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 8/21 | 34/68 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 38% | 50% | |||
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Converted | 6/10 | 5/6 | 11/16 | |||
| Converted % | 60% | 83% | 69% | |||
| Conceded | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Saved | 5/9 | 0/3 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 56% | 0% | 14% | |||
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 | 7 | |||
Head 2 Head
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