Pedro Martinez Portero and Denis Yevseyev will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. 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 Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.38
Denis Yevseyev -> 2.875
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Denis Yevseyev
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Denis Yevseyev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-17 | 5-3 | 18-10 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 114, Pedro reached the 2nd round after beating Elias Ymer 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Pedro defeated Ymer (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 94 points vs Ymer’s 72. Martinez Portero was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 57% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. Pedro broke Ymer 9 times after converting 43% of his break points (9/21).
Martinez Portero has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (400-251). 28-25 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Martinez Portero has a composed322-175 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Brest Challenger where he overcame Benjamin Bonzi in the final 7-6(6) 7-6(1).
The Spaniard has a composed 39-35 win-loss record in 2023, 28-25 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Yevseyev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-18 | 10-5 | 7-8 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 23-16 | 16-14 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 39-31 | 11-9 | 12-12 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 36-30 | 4-5 | 22-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-14 | 10-9 | 2-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226 (career-high), Yevseyev reached the 2nd round after beating Javier Barranco Cosano 6-3 7-65, Salvatore Caruso 6-2 6-4 and Carlos Taberner 7-5 7-62.
In the 1st round, Yevseyev had a good straight sets win against Taberner (7-5 7-62). During the match Yevseyev scored 93 points vs Taberner’s 81. Yevseyev was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, Yevseyev struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Yevseyev lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Yevseyev put 64% of his first serves in, winning 55% (27/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Taberner 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Astana Challenger where he defeated Khumoun Sultanov in the final 7-5 2-6 6-4.
Denis has a compiled 48-34 win-loss record in 2023, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 65 |
| Pts | 94-72 | 241-206 |
| Total Points | 166 | 447 |
| Winners | 25 | 91 |
| %Winners | 27% | 38% |
Martinez Portero played 1 match while Yevseyev competed in 3 matches. Yevseyev started his run from the qualifications while Martinez Portero had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pedro Martinez Portero lost 1 set while Denis Yevseyev hasn’t dropped a set so far. Martinez Portero has played 3 set(s) less than Yevseyev (3 vs 6). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 42 games less than Yevseyev. Martinez Portero scored 25 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Kazakhstani managed to score 91 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 135/203 |
| %1st in | 57% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 91/135 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 35/68 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 51% |
Martinez Portero didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Yevseyev bagged 4 aces (1.3 per match). Martinez Portero won 61% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Yevseyev won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Yevseyev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 13/38 |
| % Converted | 43% | 34% |
| Conceded | 9 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 8 |
| % Saved | 44% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 8 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pedro lost his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Kazakhstani broke his opponents 13 times with a 34% conversion rate. The Kazakhstani conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | |||
| R1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 94-72 | 94-72 | |
| Total points | 166 | 166 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 25/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 14/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Yevseyev | |||||
| Q1 Barranco |
Q3 Caruso |
R1 Taberner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 25 | 65 | |
| pts | 77-74 | 71-51 | 93-81 | 241-206 | |
| Total points | 151 | 122 | 174 | 447 | |
| Winners | 36 | 28 | 27 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% | 29% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/78 | 33/48 | 49/77 | 135/203 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 69% | 64% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/53 | 28/33 | 27/49 | 91/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 85% | 55% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 7/15 | 16/28 | 35/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 47% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/15 | 6/15 | 13/38 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 27% | 40% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 2/3 | 5/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 67% | 50% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Hugo GastonGaston – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
