Miguel Damas and Tom Gentzsch will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Maia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Miguel Damas who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Miguel Damas is the pick to win this match.
Miguel Damas -> 1.22
Tom Gentzsch -> 3.94
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Prediction and head to head Miguel Damas vs. Tom Gentzsch
There is no head to head record between Miguel Damas and Tom Gentzsch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Miguel Damas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-30 | 10-6 | 32-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-35 | 11-15 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-16 | 4-5 | 17-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-25 | 7-7 | 33-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 417 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Leopold Zima 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Miguel had a good straight sets win against Zima (6-3 6-4). During the match, Damas scored 76 points vs Zima’s 59. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Damas scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Miguel Damas lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Damas put 69% of his first serves in, winning 67% (30/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Damas broke Zima 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Damas has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (149-104). 28-17 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Damas has a compiled106-65 record in the last 6 years on clay.
Damas’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Reus,M15 Castellon and M25 Benicarlo.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 39-32 win-loss record in 2023, 28-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
Tom Gentzsch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-26 | 12-6 | 26-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 45-39 | 10-6 | 29-25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 14-11 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 657, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Federico Bertuccioli 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Bertuccioli (6-4 6-2). During the match Gentzsch scored 74 points vs Bertuccioli’s 64. Tom was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
About the serving games, Gentzsch scored 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 44% of his first serves in, winning 61% (20/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Gentzsch broke Bertuccioli 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).
Tom’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Trier.
The German has a composed 44-38 win-loss record in 2023, 28-24 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Damas | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 76-59 | 74-64 |
| Total Points | 135 | 138 |
| Winners | 30 | 20 |
| %Winners | 39% | 27% |
Both Damas and Gentzsch 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, Damas and Gentzsch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Damas played 1 game more than Gentzsch. The Spaniard scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The German managed to score 20 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Damas | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 33/75 |
| %1st in | 69% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 20/33 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 61% |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 18/42 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 43% |
Damas recorded 1 ace . Gentzsch also blasted 3 aces . Damas won 67% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Gentzsch won 61% of the points behind 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 | Damas | Gentzsch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 7/13 |
| % Converted | 33% | 54% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 33% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Miguel broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Miguel lost his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponent 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Tom conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Damas | |||
| Q1 Zima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-59 | 76-59 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 45/65 | 45/65 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/45 | 30/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 12/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gentzsch | |||
| Q1 Bertuccioli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 74-64 | 74-64 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 33/75 | 33/75 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/42 | 18/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| Converted % | 54% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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