Gastao Elias and Steven Diez will play each other in the qualifications of the Tenerife 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gastao Elias who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gastao Elias is the pick to win this match.
Gastao Elias -> 1.37
Steven Diez -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Gastao Elias vs. Steven Diez
This will be the 2nd time that Gastao Elias and Steven Diez clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Elias (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Elias won 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the 1st round in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger back in 2023.
Gastao Elias
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-11 | 7-4 | 6-5 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-18 | 10-8 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-24 | 4-3 | 18-17 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-18 | 13-5 | 24-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 295, Elias got to the qualifications after beating Massimo Giunta 3-6 6-0 6-4.
In the qualifications against Giunta, The Portuguese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 6-4). During the match, Elias scored 83 points vs Giunta’s 66. The Portuguese was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Elias recorded 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gastao Elias was pretty efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Elias broke Giunta 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Elias has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (269-215). 4-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Elias has a compiled 61-56 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Gastao’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
Elias has a compiled 11-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Elias has never competed in this tournament before.
Steven Diez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-12 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 24-36 | 7-13 | 16-19 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-32 | 13-12 | 22-19 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-28 | 3-6 | 12-16 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 8-8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 316, Diez got to the qualifications after beating Imanol Lopez Morillo 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Lopez Morillo (6-4 6-3). During the match Diez scored 74 points vs Lopez Morillo’s 58. Steven was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Diez scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Steven Diez lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Diez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 63% (27/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the 2nd serve. The Canadian broke Lopez Morillo 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
The Canadian has an overall 2-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023, 2023 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Elias | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 |
| Pts | 83-66 | 74-58 |
| Total Points | 149 | 132 |
| Winners | 30 | 27 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Elias and Diez played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gastao Elias surrendered 1 set while Steven Diez hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Elias has played 1 set more than Diez (3 vs 2). Therefore, Elias played 6 games more than Diez. Elias scored 30 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Diez managed to score 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Elias | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 43/68 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 27/43 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 18/25 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 72% |
Elias struck 3 aces . Diez blasted 1 ace . Elias won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Diez won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Elias | Diez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 3 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 75% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Elias broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Elias lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Steven broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Elias | |||
| Q1 Giunta |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-66 | 83-66 | |
| Total points | 149 | 149 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Diez | |||
| Q1 Lopez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-58 | 74-58 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/68 | 43/68 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 27/43 | 27/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/25 | 18/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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