H2H, prediction of Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs Gerald Melzer in Szekesfehervar Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 12th March 2024

PREVIEW. Szekesfehervar Challenger. Rodriguez Taverna and Melzer will face off in the 1st round of the Szekesfehervar Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Tuesday the 12th of March

Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Gerald Melzer

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Gerald Melzer will play each other in the 1st round of the Szekesfehervar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.7
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna -> 2.07

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Prediction and head to head Santiago Rodriguez Taverna vs. Gerald Melzer

There is no head to head record between Santiago Rodriguez Taverna and Gerald Melzer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

Santiago Rodriguez Taverna
Santiago Rodriguez Taverna

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-0
Clay
4-4
Rank
233
High
157
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 32-34 4-4 28-29 0-1 0-0 0-0
2023 41-35 7-7 34-27 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 36-27 0-2 35-24 0-0 1-1 0-0
2021 67-26 40-16 26-9 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 9-4 0-0 9-4 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 196, the Argentine will start his run in the Szekesfehervar Challenger after he played his last match in the Tenerife 3 Challenger where he lost 6-2 7-6(4) to Marie in the 1st round on the 26th of February.

The Argentine has a compiled 6-7 win-loss record in 2024, 3-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Talking about his overall career, Rodriguez Taverna has an overall 263-179 record. He has a positive 192-132 record on clay.

Previously in the Szekesfehervar Challenger

Rodriguez Taverna has never competed in this tournament before.

Rodriguez Taverna
Szekesfehervar Challenger
Rodriguez Taverna's Record

Gerald Melzer

Gerald Melzer
Gerald Melzer

5 - 3win/loss

Clay
5-3
Rank
657
High
68
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-12 0-0 16-12 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 20-13 0-0 20-13 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 13-18 0-1 13-16 0-0 0-1 0-0
2021 24-14 0-0 24-13 0-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 541, Gerald got to the 1st round after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-0 6-2 and Mathys Erhard 6-3 6-1.

In the qualifications, Gerald had a good straight sets win against Erhard (6-3 6-1). During the match Melzer scored 62 points vs Erhard’s 42. The Austrian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Melzer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Gerald Melzer was very effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Melzer broke Erhard 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Austrian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 62% of the points he played.

Melzer has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Szekesfehervar Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.

Melzer
Szekesfehervar Challenger
Melzer's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rodriguez Taverna
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Melzer
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2024 2023 2022
32 - 34
16 - 12
4-4
Hard
0-0
28-29
Clay
16-12

Tennis Scores in Szekesfehervar Challenger

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Soccer Tonic Predictions
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