Daniel Rincon and Ugo Blanchet will square off in the qualifications of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Daniel Rincon who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Rincon is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Rincon -> 1.38
Ugo Blanchet -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Rincon vs. Ugo Blanchet
There is no head to head record between Daniel Rincon and Ugo Blanchet since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Daniel Rincon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-19 | 3-6 | 8-11 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-7 | 31-18 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-29 | 6-10 | 31-16 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-18 | 9-8 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Enzo Frances Tessari 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Rincon had a good straight sets win against Frances Tessari (6-3 6-1). During the match, Rincon scored 55 points vs Frances Tessari’s 28. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rincon blasted 3 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Daniel Rincon was very efficient on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 80% (4/5) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Frances Tessari 4 times.
Rincon has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 60% of his matches (115-77). 19-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rincon has a composed35-25 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Manacor and M25 Manacor.
The Spaniard has a compiled 46-25 win-loss record in 2023, 19-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Rincon has never competed in this tournament before.
Ugo Blanchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-16 | 1-3 | 9-9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 324, Blanchet got to the qualifications after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 4-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Kirkin, the French player had a free pass after Kirkin retired on a 6-3 4-0 . scoreline.
The French player best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Uriage and M25 Monastir.
Ugo has an overall 32-24 win-loss record in 2023, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rincon | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 13 |
| Pts | 55-28 | 54-32 |
| Total Points | 83 | 86 |
| Winners | 28 | 23 |
| %Winners | 51% | 43% |
Both Rincon and Blanchet played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Rincon has played 1 set(s) less than Blanchet (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Rincon played 3 games more than Blanchet. Rincon scored 28 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 23 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rincon | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 30/35 | 25/40 |
| %1st in | 86% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 23/25 |
| %1st pts | 93% | 92% |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 80% | 47% |
Rincon made 3 aces . Blanchet bagged 6 aces . Rincon won 93% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 80% of the points. On the other side, Blanchet won 92% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rincon | Blanchet |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/4 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Daniel quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Blanchet broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Ugo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Rincon | |||
| Q1 Frances |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 55-28 | 55-28 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st in | 86% | 86% | |
| 1st pts | 28/30 | 28/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blanchet | |||
| Q1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 54-32 | 54-32 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 25/40 | 25/40 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 23/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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