Roberto Bautista Agut and Billy Harris will square off in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roberto Bautista Agut who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roberto Bautista Agut is the pick to win this match.
Roberto Bautista Agut -> 1.25
Billy Harris -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Billy Harris
There is no head to head record between Roberto Bautista Agut and Billy Harris since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Roberto Bautista Agut
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-25 | 11-12 | 10-7 | 3-2 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 9-7 | 8-8 | 2-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-20 | 17-9 | 7-3 | 9-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 14-10 | 7-7 | 4-5 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-8 | 13-4 | 4-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 40, Roberto got to the 2nd round after beating Gilles Arnaud Bailly 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Arnaud Bailly (6-4 6-3). During the match, Bautista-Agut scored 62 points vs Arnaud Bailly’s 50. Bautista-Agut was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bautista-Agut scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Roberto Bautista Agut lost the serve twice. Furthermore, Bautista-Agut put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Arnaud Bailly 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Bautista-Agut has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (362-208). 9-6 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Bautista-Agut has a composed 169-87 match record in the last years on hard.
Roberto’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Adelaide.
The Spaniard has an overall 16-17 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Roberto has never competed in this tournament before.
Billy Harris
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-29 | 9-9 | 6-8 | 6-6 | 14-6 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 304, Billy got to the 2nd round after defeating John Echeverria 7-5 7-5, Daniel Merida Aguilar 6-2 6-1 and Ivan Gakhov 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Gakhov (6-3 6-4). During the match Harris scored 70 points vs Gakhov’s 53. Billy was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Harris blasted 5 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Billy Harris was quite effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Harris broke Gakhov twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Harris’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger and M25 Nottingham.
Harris has an overall 44-28 win-loss record in 2023, 26-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bautista-Agut | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 58 |
| Pts | 62-50 | 200-146 |
| Total Points | 112 | 346 |
| Winners | 27 | 73 |
| %Winners | 44% | 37% |
Bautista-Agut played 1 match while Harris competed in 3 matches. Harris started his run from the qualifications while Bautista-Agut had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Bautista-Agut has played 4 set(s) less than Harris (2 vs 6). Therefore, Bautista-Agut played 39 games less than Harris. Bautista-Agut scored 27 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit blasted 73 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bautista-Agut | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 96/155 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 73/96 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 42/59 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 71% |
Bautista-Agut fired 1 ace . Harris also struck 10 aces (3.3 per match). Bautista-Agut won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bautista-Agut | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 11/28 |
| % Converted | 57% | 39% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Bautista-Agut broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Bautista-Agut lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Harris broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bautista-Agut | |||
| R1 Arnaud Bailly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-50 | 62-50 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 10/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Harris | |||||
| Q1 Echeverria |
Q3 Merida |
R1 Gakhov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 15 | 19 | 58 | |
| pts | 75-62 | 55-31 | 70-53 | 200-146 | |
| Total points | 137 | 86 | 123 | 346 | |
| Winners | 29 | 20 | 24 | 73 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% | 34% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 24/38 | 30/54 | 96/155 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 63% | 56% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 20/24 | 24/30 | 73/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 80% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 9/14 | 18/24 | 42/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 64% | 75% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/9 | 2/9 | 11/28 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 56% | 22% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Malaga Challenger
- Billy HarrisHarris – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Mattia BellucciBellucci – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Adrian AndreevAndreev (4-6 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andrea VavassoriVavassori – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Elias YmerYmer (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Antoine BellierBellier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Arthur CazauxCazaux (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Sumit NagalNagal (6-1 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Corentin MoutetMoutet (6-2 2-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Gilles Arnaud BaillyArnaud Bailly (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Benoit PairePaire (6-0 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
