Pedro Martinez Portero and Benoit Paire will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Malaga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 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 Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.73
Benoit Paire -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Benoit Paire
This will be the 2nd time that Pedro Martinez Portero and Benoit Paire clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Paire (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Paire won 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in the Marbella Challenger back in 2019.
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16-34 | 4-11 | 7-15 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116, Martinez Portero will start his run in the Malaga Challenger after he played his last match in the Alicante Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-2 to Harris in the 2nd round on the 5th of October.
Pedro has a compiled 31-33 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Pedro’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Como Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Martinez Portero has an overall 392-249 record. He has a positive 58-51 record on hard.
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Pedro has never competed in this tournament before.
Benoit Paire
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-16 | 3-6 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 11-30 | 6-12 | 0-9 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-38 | 13-12 | 27-17 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-31 | 7-13 | 6-14 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-32 | 6-12 | 7-13 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the French player will start his run in the Malaga Challenger after he played his last match in the Alicante Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-3
to Damm in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.The French player has a composed 38-31 win-loss record in 2023, 13-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the season was winning the title the Puerto Vallarta Challenger where he overcame Yuta Shimizu in the final 3-6 6-0 6-2 and the San Benedetto Challenger where he defeated Richard Gasquet in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.
In terms of his career, The French player has an overall 551-468 record. He has a positive 147-140 record on hard.
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Antoine BellierBellier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Benoit PairePaire (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Kyrian JacquetJacquet (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Flavio CobolliCobolli (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Alberto Barroso CamposBarroso Campos (1-1) – H2H and prediction
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