Valentin Vacherot and Pedro Sakamoto will square off in the qualifications of the Montevideo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.74
Pedro Sakamoto -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Pedro Sakamoto
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Pedro Sakamoto since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45-24 | 18-9 | 24-12 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 308, Vacherot reached the qualifications after defeating Valentino Aliano 6-0 6-0
.In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Aliano (6-0 6-0). During the match, Vacherot scored 51 points vs Aliano’s 17. Vacherot was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vacherot managed to score 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Valentin Vacherot was very efficient on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Aliano 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Vacherot has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (192-102). 49-24 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vacherot has an overall103-56 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Valentin’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Montauban,Bresse,M25 Ystad and M25 Zlatibor.
The French player has a compiled 51-29 win-loss record in 2023, 49-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Montevideo Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Pedro Sakamoto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40-24 | 5-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-30 | 7-3 | 28-27 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-24 | 4-2 | 35-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-24 | 2-3 | 19-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 414, the Brazilian reached the qualifications after beating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-2 2-6 6-2.
In the qualifications, Pedro defeated Pucinelli De Almeida (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Sakamoto scored 85 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 79. Sakamoto was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Sakamoto couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Sakamoto lost the serve 6 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Sakamoto put 58% of his first serves in, winning 54% (28/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Pucinelli De Almeida 8 times after converting 80% of his break points (8/10).
Pedro’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Lajeado.
The Brazilian has a compiled 33-21 win-loss record in 2023, 33-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 24 |
| Pts | 51-17 | 85-79 |
| Total Points | 68 | 164 |
| Winners | 18 | 28 |
| %Winners | 35% | 33% |
Both Vacherot and Sakamoto played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Pedro Sakamoto dropped 1 set while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t lost a set so far. Vacherot has played 1 set(s) less than Sakamoto (2 vs 3). Therefore, Vacherot played 12 games less than Sakamoto. Vacherot scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sakamoto blasted 28 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 20/30 | 52/89 |
| %1st in | 67% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 28/52 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 54% |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 16/37 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 43% |
Vacherot scored 3 aces . Sakamoto didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Vacherot won 90% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Sakamoto won 54% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | Sakamoto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 8/10 |
| % Converted | 75% | 80% |
| Conceded | 0 | 17 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Vacherot broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Valentin pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Sakamoto broke his opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sakamoto conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vacherot | |||
| Q1 Aliano | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 51-17 | 51-17 | |
| Total points | 68 | 68 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sakamoto | |||
| Q1 Pucinelli De Almeida | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 85-79 | 85-79 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 52/89 | 52/89 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 28/52 | 28/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 8 | 8 | |
| Converted | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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