Joao Sousa and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri will play each other in the 1^st round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 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 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Joao Sousa is the pick to win this match.
Joao Sousa -> 1.37
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 2.93

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

This will be the 2^nd time that Joao Sousa and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sousa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played each other, Sousa won 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Oeiras 1 Challenger back in January 2024.

Joao Sousa

Ranked no. 244, the Portuguese will start his run in the Oeiras 2 Challenger after he played his last match in the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he lost 7-6(1) 6-4 to Kasnikowski in the quarter on the 5^th of January.

The Portuguese has an overall 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Joao has an overall 534-485 record. He has a positive 87-77 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2024. See his history.

Samuel Vincent Ruggeri

Ranked no. 342, Vincent got to the 1^st round after defeating Karl Friberg 6-3 6-2 and Dan Added 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Vincent had a good straight sets win against Added (6-4 6-2). During the match Vincent scored 59 points vs Added’s 43. Samuel was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Vincent fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri was very efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vincent broke Added 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Samuel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

Vincent has a compiled 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 2 Challenger

• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Aidan MayoMayo (2-6 7-6² 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Henrique RochaRocha (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-2 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ethan QuinnQuinn – Joao DominguesDomingues (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Paul JubbJubb – Tiago PereiraPereira (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Matteo MartineauMartineau – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Marius CopilCopil – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Joao SousaSousa – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mathias BourgueBourgue – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cem IlkelIlkel – Gastao EliasElias (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Dan AddedAdded (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction