Raul Brancaccio and Daniel Merida Aguilar will face off in the 2nd round of the Tenerife 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on Center Court. 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 Raul Brancaccio who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Raul Brancaccio is the pick to win this match.
Raul Brancaccio -> 1.44
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Raul Brancaccio vs. Daniel Merida Aguilar
There is no head to head record between Raul Brancaccio and Daniel Merida Aguilar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Raul Brancaccio
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-12 | 6-5 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-32 | 14-7 | 11-19 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 7-6 | 31-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 2-1 | 43-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-12 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 325, the Italian reached the 2nd round after defeating Henrique Rocha 7-63 6-2, Salvatore Caruso 6-2 6-2 and Zsombor Piros 1-6 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round against Piros, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-2 6-3). During the match, Brancaccio scored 66 points vs Piros’s 59. Brancaccio was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Brancaccio made 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Raul Brancaccio lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Brancaccio put 71% of his first serves in, winning 61% (25/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. Raul broke Piros 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Brancaccio has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (301-219). 6-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Brancaccio has an aggregate53-34 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Brancaccio has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Daniel Merida Aguilar
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LWLWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-16 | 7-4 | 22-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-31 | 16-13 | 20-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 8-9 | 21-16 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-14 | 1-4 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 401 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the 2nd round after beating Yaroslav Demin 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, Daniel had a good straight sets win against Demin (6-1 6-0). During the match Merida scored 58 points vs Demin’s 27. Merida was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Merida scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniel Merida Aguilar conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Merida put 59% of his first serves in, winning 86% (25/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Merida broke Demin 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Merida’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Antalya.
Daniel has an overall 14-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Brancaccio | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 13 |
| Pts | 197-151 | 58-27 |
| Total Points | 348 | 85 |
| Winners | 83 | 25 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Brancaccio played 3 matches while Merida competed in 1 match. Brancaccio started his run from the qualifications while Merida had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Raul Brancaccio conceded 1 set while Daniel Merida Aguilar hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Brancaccio has played 5 sets more than Merida (7 vs 2). Therefore, Brancaccio played 48 games more than Merida. Brancaccio scored 83 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel bagged 25 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Brancaccio | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 106/163 | 29/49 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 83/106 | 25/29 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 32/57 | 9/20 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 45% |
Brancaccio managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Merida fired 1 ace . Brancaccio won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Merida won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Brancaccio | Merida |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 5 |
| Converted | 12/16 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 75% | 71% |
| Conceded | 9 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 44% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 |
The Italian broke his opponents 12 times with a 75% conversion rate. Brancaccio dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. Merida broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Brancaccio | |||||
| Q1 Rocha |
Q3 Caruso |
R1 Piros |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 1-6 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 16 | 24 | 61 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 56-34 | 66-59 | 197-151 | |
| Total points | 133 | 90 | 125 | 348 | |
| Winners | 34 | 24 | 25 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/64 | 28/41 | 41/58 | 106/163 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/37 | 24/28 | 25/41 | 83/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 86% | 61% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/27 | 9/13 | 11/17 | 32/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 69% | 65% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/5 | 5/7 | 12/16 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 80% | 71% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/2 | 1/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 20% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Merida | |||||
| R1 Demin |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |||
| pts | 58-27 | 58-27 | |||
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |||
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |||
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |||
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |||
| 1st in | 29/49 | 29/49 | |||
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |||
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 25/29 | |||
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |||
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |||
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |||
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |||
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |||
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
Head 2 Head
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