Joao Sousa and Martin Damm will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE 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 Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.74
Martin Damm -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Martin Damm
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Martin Damm since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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 qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-3 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Joao defeated Kumar Mukund (6-3 4-6 6-3). During the match, Sousa scored 88 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 74. Joao was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa bagged 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Joao Sousa was quite effective on serve to win 77% (43/56) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Joao broke Kumar Mukund 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Sousa has a negative match record in the last 10 years having won only 46% of his matches (257-301). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. . Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Sousa has a composed 61-54 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Sousa’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Porto Challenger.
The Portuguese has an aggregate 17-27 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-13 | 6-4 | 1-5 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330 (career-high), the American got to the qualifications after defeating Viktor Durasovic 7-64 6-2.
In the qualifications, Martin had a good straight sets win against Durasovic (7-64 6-2). During the match Damm scored 74 points vs Durasovic’s 60. Damm was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Damm fired 12 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Martin Damm was quite effective on serve to win 76% (31/41) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Martin broke Durasovic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Martin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Southaven and M25 Setubal.
Martin has a composed 44-25 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 21 |
| Pts | 88-74 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 162 | 134 |
| Winners | 43 | 31 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Both Sousa and Damm played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Joao Sousa lost 1 set while Martin Damm hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sousa has played 1 set more than Damm (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sousa played 7 games more than Damm. Joao scored 43 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 31 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 12 |
| 1st in | 56/72 | 41/61 |
| %1st in | 78% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 31/41 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 13/20 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 65% |
Sousa made 3 aces . Damm recorded 12 aces . Sousa won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Damm won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Damm |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Martin broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Martin conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 88-74 | 88-74 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 56/72 | 56/72 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 43/56 | 43/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/16 | 12/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Damm | |||
| Q1 Durasovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/61 | 41/61 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 13/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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