Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Joao Sousa will square off in the quarter of the Lisbon Challenger for the 11th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on ESTÁDIO CIF. 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 Albert Ramos-Vinolas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is the pick to win this match.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas -> 1.37
Joao Sousa -> 2.97
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Prediction and head to head Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 11th time that Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Joao Sousa face off. The head to head is 8-2 for Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Ramos-Vinolas won 6-4 2-6 6-1 in the quarter in Cordoba back in February 2023.
Highlights Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs Joao Sousa – Cordoba 10-February-2023
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-37 | 1-8 | 30-24 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 4-7 | 21-15 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-26 | 5-8 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 2-3 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 93, Ramos-Vinolas got to the quarter after beating Henri Laaksonen 6-4 3-6 6-2 and Gastao Elias 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Albert had a good straight sets win against Elias (7-67 6-4).During the match, Ramos-Vinolas scored less points (1) than Elias. In fact, the world no. 93 won 71 points vs Elias’s. That means that Ramos-Vinolas was more focused during the important points. Ramos-Vinolas was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramos-Vinolas was unable to score even 1 ace and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Ramos-Vinolas put 62% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the 2nd serve. Albert broke Elias 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ramos-Vinolas has dropped 1 set in this event to conquer 50% of the points he played.
Ramos-Vinolas has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (322-285). 24-21 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ramos-Vinolas has an aggregate 252-159 match record in the last years on clay.
Albert’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Gstaad.
The Spaniard has an overall 24-31 win-loss record in 2023, 24-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lisbon Challenger
The Spaniard 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. 285, Sousa reached the quarter after defeating Henrique Rocha 6-2 7-5 and Pedro Sousa 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-2 6-3). During the match Sousa scored 59 points vs Sousa’s 40. Sousa was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa blasted 2 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Joao Sousa was quite effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Sousa 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sousa hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Joao’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Porto Challenger.
Sousa has a compiled 16-26 win-loss record in 2023, 9-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 37 |
| Pts | 154-152 | 135-95 |
| Total Points | 306 | 230 |
| Winners | 61 | 53 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Ramos-Vinolas and Sousa played 2 matches. At the moment, Albert Ramos-Vinolas lost 1 set while Joao Sousa hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ramos-Vinolas has played 1 set more than Sousa (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ramos-Vinolas played 13 games more than Sousa. Albert scored 61 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese made 53 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 89/147 | 64/101 |
| %1st in | 61% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 61/89 | 53/64 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 29/58 | 19/37 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Ramos-Vinolas struck 2 aces (1 per match). Sousa scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Ramos-Vinolas won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 83% of the points behind 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 | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 9/21 |
| % Converted | 53% | 43% |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 29% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
Ramos-Vinolas broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Albert surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 29% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramos-Vinolas | ||||
| R1 Laaksonen |
R2 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-2 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 23 | 50 | |
| pts | 83-80 | 71-72 | 154-152 | |
| Total points | 163 | 143 | 306 | |
| Winners | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/74 | 45/73 | 89/147 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 30/45 | 61/89 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 67% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 15/28 | 29/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 54% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/8 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 38% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 0/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 0% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Rocha |
R2 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 76-55 | 59-40 | 135-95 | |
| Total points | 131 | 99 | 230 | |
| Winners | 32 | 21 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 38/55 | 26/46 | 64/101 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 57% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/38 | 21/26 | 53/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 81% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 11/20 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 55% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/7 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 71% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/3 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 67% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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