Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Maia Challenger for the 12th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Albert Ramos-Vinolas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Albert Ramos-Vinolas is the pick to win this match.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas -> 1.48
Joao Sousa -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Albert Ramos-Vinolas vs. Joao Sousa
This will be the 12th time that Albert Ramos-Vinolas and Joao Sousa fight against each other. The head to head is 9-2 for Ramos-Vinolas (see full H2H stats), 7-1 on clay.
The last time that they played, Ramos-Vinolas won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in the Lisbon Challenger back in October 2023.
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-31 | 0-2 | 26-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-37 | 1-8 | 30-24 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-28 | 4-7 | 21-15 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-26 | 5-8 | 19-12 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-14 | 2-3 | 7-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 92, Ramos-Vinolas reached the 2nd round after defeating Jozef Kovalik 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-4 6-3). During the match, Ramos-Vinolas scored 58 points vs Kovalik’s 50. Albert was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramos-Vinolas bagged 3 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Albert Ramos-Vinolas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Albert broke Kovalik twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Ramos-Vinolas has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (330-290). 29-23 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Ramos-Vinolas has a compiled 257-161 match record in the last years on clay.
Ramos-Vinolas’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Gstaad.
Ramos-Vinolas has an overall 32-36 win-loss record in 2023, 29-23 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Maia Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 257, Joao got to the 2nd round after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-3 3-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, Joao defeated Cristian Jianu (6-3 3-6 6-1). During the match Sousa scored 89 points vs Cristian Jianu’s 74. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Sousa fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Cristian Jianu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Joao’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Porto Challenger.
Joao has an aggregate 23-32 win-loss record in 2023, 10-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 |
| Pts | 58-50 | 89-74 |
| Total Points | 108 | 163 |
| Winners | 32 | 31 |
| %Winners | 55% | 35% |
Both Ramos-Vinolas and Sousa played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa surrendered 1 set while Albert Ramos-Vinolas hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ramos-Vinolas has played 1 set(s) less than Sousa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ramos-Vinolas played 6 games less than Sousa. Albert scored 32 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Joao blasted 31 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 48/81 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 31/48 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 20/33 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 61% |
Ramos-Vinolas struck 3 aces . Sousa blasted 3 aces . Ramos-Vinolas won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramos-Vinolas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 63% |
| Conceded | 2 | 7 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Albert broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Portuguese broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramos-Vinolas | |||
| R1 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 58-50 | 58-50 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 40/62 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 12/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sousa | |||
| R1 Cristian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 89-74 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 48/81 | 48/81 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 20/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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