Joao Sousa and Lorenzo Giustino will face off in the 2nd round of the Oeiras 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.28
Lorenzo Giustino -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Lorenzo Giustino
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Lorenzo Giustino since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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. 244, Joao reached the 2nd round after defeating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 7-65 3-6 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Portuguese defeated Vincent Ruggeri (7-65 3-6 7-65). During the match, Sousa scored 104 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 101. The Portuguese was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Joao Sousa was very efficient on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 65% (31/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Joao was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vincent Ruggeri twice.
Sousa has a weak match record in the last 10 years having won only 47% of his matches (240-272). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. . Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has a compiled 61-51 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Joao has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Lorenzo Giustino
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 49-30 | 2-4 | 45-21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 27-38 | 14-16 | 10-19 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 22-37 | 3-5 | 19-26 | 0-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 21-39 | 3-8 | 14-26 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-19 | 6-7 | 7-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, Giustino reached the 2nd round after beating Michael Vrbensky 6-4 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Vrbensky (6-4 2-6 7-5).During the match Giustino scored less points (2) than Vrbensky. In fact, the world no. 244 won 105 points vs Vrbensky’s. That means that Giustino was more focused during the important points. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Giustino scored 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Lorenzo Giustino lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Giustino put 66% of his first serves in, winning 65% (50/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Giustino broke Vrbensky 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Lorenzo has an aggregate 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Oeiras 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Sousa | Giustino |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 35 | 30 |
Pts | 104-101 | 105-107 |
Total Points | 205 | 212 |
Winners | 41 | 50 |
%Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Sousa and Giustino played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Sousa surrendered 1 set, while Lorenzo Giustino surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Giustino have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Sousa played 5 games more than Giustino. Joao scored 41 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian made 50 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Sousa | Giustino |
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Aces | 1 | 7 |
Avg per match | 1 | 7 |
1st in | 53/101 | 77/116 |
%1st in | 52% | 66% |
1st pts | 41/53 | 50/77 |
%1st pts | 77% | 65% |
2nd pts | 31/48 | 17/39 |
%2nd pts | 65% | 44% |
Sousa made 1 ace . Giustino also struck 7 aces . Sousa won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Giustino won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Sousa | Giustino |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 4 |
Converted | 2/2 | 4/10 |
% Converted | 100% | 40% |
Conceded | 8 | 10 |
Saved | 5 | 6 |
% Saved | 63% | 60% |
Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Joao broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Giustino conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
Sousa | |||
R1 Vincent |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-65 3-6 7-65 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
pts | 104-101 | 104-101 | |
Total points | 205 | 205 | |
Winners | 41 | 41 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 53/101 | 53/101 | |
% 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
% 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
2nd pts | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
% 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Giustino | |||
R1 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 2-6 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
pts | 105-107 | 105-107 | |
Total points | 212 | 212 | |
Winners | 50 | 50 | |
%Winners | 48% | 48% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
1st in | 77/116 | 77/116 | |
% 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
1st pts | 50/77 | 50/77 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
2nd pts | 17/39 | 17/39 | |
% 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
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