Joao Sousa and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.42
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 2.73

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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri

There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Joao Sousa

Ranked no. 249, the Portuguese will start his run in the Oeiras 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Maia Challenger where he lost 6-4 7-6(3) to Ramos-Vinolas in the 2^nd round on the 30^th of November.

This will be the first match of the year on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, Joao has an overall 532-484 record. He has a positive 85-76 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2023. See his history.

Samuel Vincent Ruggeri

Ranked no. 348, the Italian reached the 1^st round after beating Rodrigo Fernandes 6-3 6-3 and Federico Iannaccone 3-6 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications against Iannaccone, Samuel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5).During the match Vincent scored less points (2) than Iannaccone. In fact, the world no. 249 won 103 points vs Iannaccone’s. That means that Vincent was more focused during the important points. Vincent was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Vincent struck 8 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri lost the serve 6 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Vincent put 57% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (21/50) on the 2nd serve. Vincent broke Iannaccone 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Samuel has an overall 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 1 Challenger

• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (7-5 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tristan LamasineLamasine – Maxime JanvierJanvier (7-6³ ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Charles BroomBroom (6-3 6-7¹ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Adrian AndreevAndreev (3-6 7-6¹⁰ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings

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