Orlando Luz and Blaise Bicknell will square off in the qualifications of the Santa Fe 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on CANCHA 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaise Bicknell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaise Bicknell is the pick to win this match.
Blaise Bicknell -> 1.87
Orlando Luz -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Orlando Luz vs. Blaise Bicknell
There is no head to head record between Orlando Luz and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Orlando Luz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 14-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-28 | 0-2 | 40-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 384, Luz got to the qualifications after defeating Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Brazilian had a good straight sets win against Emanuel Ambrogi (6-4 6-3). During the match, Luz scored 64 points vs Emanuel Ambrogi’s 51. The Brazilian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Luz scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Orlando Luz was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Orlando broke Emanuel Ambrogi 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Luz has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (287-176). 29-16 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Luz has a composed 276-157 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Orlando’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Mogi das Cruzes.
Luz has a compiled 29-16 win-loss record in 2023, 29-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santa Fe 2 Challenger
Luz has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 434, Bicknell got to the qualifications after defeating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Rodriguez Taverna (6-4 6-3). During the match Bicknell scored 55 points vs Rodriguez Taverna’s 43. Bicknell was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Bicknell scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaise Bicknell conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 81% of his first serves in, winning 86% (37/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Blaise broke Rodriguez Taverna twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego,M25 Laval and the Lima Challenger.
The American has a composed 29-10 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Luz | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 |
| Pts | 64-51 | 55-43 |
| Total Points | 115 | 98 |
| Winners | 21 | 37 |
| %Winners | 33% | 67% |
Both Luz and Bicknell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Luz and Bicknell have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (19). Luz scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 37 winners (67%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Luz | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 43/53 |
| %1st in | 49% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 37/43 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 5/10 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 50% |
Luz made 1 ace . Bicknell also fired 1 ace . Luz won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Luz | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Luz broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Luz very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Bicknell broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Bicknell was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Luz | |||
| Q1 Emanuel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/55 | 27/55 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bicknell | |||
| Q1 Rodriguez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 55-43 | 55-43 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 67% | 67% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/53 | 43/53 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 37/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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