Tomas Barrios Vera and Matias Soto will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Temuco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.39
Matias Soto -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Matias Soto
There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Matias Soto since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tomas Barrios Vera
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-26 | 1-3 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Marcelo got to the 2nd round after defeating Diego Fernandez Flores 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Marcelo had a good straight sets win against Fernandez Flores (6-1 6-2). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 58 points vs Fernandez Flores’s 30. Tomas Barrios Vera was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Tomas Barrios Vera was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 71% (5/7) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Chilean broke Fernandez Flores 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 64% of his matches (320-181). 2-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled72-44 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the San Luis Potosi Challenger where he beat Dominik Koepfer in the final 7-6(6) 7-5 and the Florianopolis Challenger where he overcame Alejandro Tabilo in the final 6-4 6-4.
The Chilean has a compiled 48-29 win-loss record in 2023, 2-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Temuco Challenger
Marcelo has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Soto
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 45-23 | 6-7 | 35-15 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 702, Matias reached the 2nd round after beating Facundo Mena 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Soto had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-4 6-3). During the match Soto scored 66 points vs Mena’s 54. Matias was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Soto fired 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Matias Soto lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Soto put 61% of his first serves in, winning 87% (26/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Mena 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Soto’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Fayetteville.
Soto has a compiled 16-16 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 58-30 | 66-54 |
| Total Points | 88 | 120 |
| Winners | 20 | 26 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Soto played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tomas Barrios Vera and Soto have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tomas Barrios Vera played 4 games less than Soto. The Chilean scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Soto bagged 26 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 27/34 | 30/49 |
| %1st in | 79% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 26/30 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 42% |
Tomas Barrios Vera managed to score 1 ace . Soto also made 5 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera won 74% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 55% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Tomas Barrios Vera broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Matias broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Matias conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||
| R1 Fernandez Flores | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-30 | 58-30 | |
| Total points | 88 | 88 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Soto | |||
| R1 Mena | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-54 | 66-54 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/49 | 30/49 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 26/30 | 26/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Temuco Challenger
- Pedro SakamotoSakamoto – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gilbert Klier JuniorKlier Junior – Ignacio BuseBuse (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Gonzalo VillanuevaVillanueva (6-4 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Santiago Rodriguez TavernaRodriguez Taverna – Matheus Pucinelli De AlmeidaPucinelli De Almeida (3-6 7-68 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Matias SotoSoto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Santiago Fa Rodriguez TavernaFa Rodriguez Taverna – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alafia AyeniAyeni – Conner Huertas Del PinoHuertas Del Pino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gilbert Soares Klier JuniorSoares Klier Junior – Pedro SakamotoSakamoto (1-1) – H2H and prediction