H2H, prediction of Francisco Comesana vs Mate Valkusz at the Australian Open with odds, preview, pick | 11th January 2024

PREVIEW. Melbourne. Comesana and Valkusz will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Australian Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Thursday the 11th of January

Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Mate Valkusz

Francisco Comesana and Mate Valkusz will square off in the qualifications of the Australian Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Court 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.64
Mate Valkusz -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Mate Valkusz

This will be the 3rd time that Francisco Comesana and Mate Valkusz clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Valkusz (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Valkusz won 6-3 6-4 in the final in the Skopje Challenger back in 2023.

Francisco Comesana

Francisco Comesana
Francisco Comesana

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
99
High
87
LWWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-12 1-2 16-10 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 59-25 2-2 57-23 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 30-18 2-2 28-16 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 49-15 0-0 49-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 12-10 7-6 5-3 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 123, the Argentine reached the qualifications after defeating Yuta Shimizu 7-62 6-2.

In the qualifications, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Shimizu (7-62 6-2). During the match, Comesana scored 77 points vs Shimizu’s 58. Francisco was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Comesana scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (26/36) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Argentine broke Shimizu twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).

Comesana has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (227-120). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Comesana has an overall12-12 match record in the last 8 years on hard.

Comesana has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the Australian Open

Francisco has never competed in this tournament before.

Comesana
Australian Open
Comesana's Record

Mate Valkusz

Mate Valkusz
Mate Valkusz

1 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
0-0
Rank
394
High
204
LLLLLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 3-6 3-2 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 33-24 5-2 23-14 5-7 0-0 0-1
2022 33-14 5-5 27-6 1-2 0-1 0-0
2021 31-9 4-2 27-7 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 214, Mate reached the qualifications after beating Tung-Lin Wu 7-60 6-4.

In the qualifications, Mate had a good straight sets win against Wu (7-60 6-4). During the match Valkusz scored 86 points vs Wu’s 69. The Hungarian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Valkusz recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mate Valkusz was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Hungarian broke Wu 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Valkusz has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Valkusz
Australian Open
Valkusz's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Comesana
M.Valkusz
1h:31
1h:31
Time on court​
1h:53
1h:53
1h:31
1h:31
Last match​
1h:53
1h:53
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
23
23
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
77
77
Total points​
86
86
77
77
Avg point​
86
86
26
26
Winners
34
34
26
26
Avg Winners​
34
34
34%
34%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
7
7
1
1
Avg Aces
7
7
1
1
Double Faults
2
2
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2
2
26/36
26/36
1st won total​
34/44
34/44
!
72%
72%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
20/26
20/26
2nd won total​
11/21
11/21
!
77%
77%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
BP won
3/10
3/10
2/10
2/10
Avg BP won
3/10
3/10
!
20%
20%
Won
30%
30%
2
2
Conceded
4
4
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
0
0
Broken
2
2
!
0
0
Avg Broken
2
2
2
2
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Comesana Valkusz
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 23
Pts 77-58 86-69
Total Points 135 155
Winners 26 34
%Winners 34% 40%

Both Comesana and Valkusz played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Comesana and Valkusz have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Comesana played 2 games less than Valkusz. Comesana scored 26 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Valkusz recorded 34 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Comesana Valkusz
Aces 1 7
Avg per match 1 7
1st in 36/62 44/65
%1st in 58% 68%
1st pts 26/36 34/44
%1st pts 72% 77%
2nd pts 20/26 11/21
%2nd pts 77% 52%

Comesana struck 1 ace . Valkusz also blasted 7 aces . Comesana won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Valkusz won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Comesana Valkusz
Won 2 3
Converted 2/10 3/10
% Converted 20% 30%
Conceded 2 4
Saved 2 2
% Saved 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 2

Francisco broke his opponent twice with a 20% conversion rate. The Argentine pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Valkusz broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Valkusz conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Comesana
Q1
Shimizu
Total
Score 7-62 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 77-58 77-58
Total points 135 135
Winners 26 26
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/62 36/62
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 26/36 26/36
% 1st pts 72% 72%
2nd pts 20/26 20/26
% 2nd pts 77% 77%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/10 2/10
Converted % 20% 20%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Valkusz
Q1
Wu
Total
Score 7-60 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 86-69 86-69
Total points 155 155
Winners 34 34
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 7 7
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 44/65 44/65
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 34/44 34/44
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 11/21 11/21
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/10 3/10
Converted % 30% 30%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Comesana
LWWWLWLWWW
Valkusz
LLLLLWWWL
2024 2023 2022
17 - 12
3 - 5
1-2
Hard
3-2
16-10
Clay
0-3

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