Joao Fonseca and Orlando Luz will face off in the quarter of the Asuncion Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Fonseca who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Joao Fonseca is the pick to win this match.
Joao Fonseca -> 1.55
Orlando Luz -> 2.31
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Prediction and head to head Joao Fonseca vs. Orlando Luz
This will be the 2nd time that Joao Fonseca and Orlando Luz clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Luz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Luz won 7-5 6-2 in the semifinal in M15 Mogi das Cruzes back in 2023.
Joao Fonseca
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-23 | 8-3 | 14-11 | 13-5 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-6 | 1-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 341 (career-high), Joao reached the quarter after beating Alvaro Guillen Meza 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Hernando Jose Escurra Isnardi 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Fonseca had a good straight sets win against Jose Escurra Isnardi (6-3 6-4). During the match, Fonseca scored 68 points vs Jose Escurra Isnardi’s 48. Joao was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fonseca managed to score 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Joao Fonseca was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 75% (12/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fonseca broke Jose Escurra Isnardi twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Fonseca has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 59% of his matches (23-16). 7-6 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fonseca has an overall22-15 record in the last 3 years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Buenos Aires Challenger.
The Brazilian has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Asuncion Challenger
Fonseca has never competed in this tournament before.
Orlando Luz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-27 | 1-3 | 25-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 24-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-28 | 0-2 | 40-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 0-1 | 8-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 371, Orlando got to the quarter after defeating Liam Draxl 6-71 7-5 6-4 and Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 7-5 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Orlando had a good straight sets win against Pucinelli De Almeida (7-5 6-1). During the match Luz scored 78 points vs Pucinelli De Almeida’s 61. Luz was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Luz struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Orlando Luz was quite effective on serve to win 71% (20/28) of his 1st serve and 61% (25/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Orlando broke Pucinelli De Almeida 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Orlando has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Orlando has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2024, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fonseca | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 54 |
| Pts | 163-136 | 183-159 |
| Total Points | 299 | 342 |
| Winners | 68 | 70 |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% |
Both Fonseca and Luz played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Joao Fonseca surrendered 1 set, while Orlando Luz lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fonseca and Luz have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Fonseca played 8 games less than Luz. The Brazilian scored 68 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Luz recorded 70 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fonseca | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6 |
| 1st in | 101/155 | 85/166 |
| %1st in | 65% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 68/101 | 70/85 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 35/54 | 45/81 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 56% |
Fonseca scored 8 aces (4 per match). Luz recorded 12 aces (6 per match). Fonseca won 67% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Luz won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fonseca | Luz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 64% | 41% |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 |
| Saved | 9 | 7 |
| % Saved | 75% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Fonseca broke his opponents 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Joao surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Orlando broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Luz conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fonseca | ||||
| R1 Guillen |
R2 Jose Escurra Isnardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 19 | 46 | |
| pts | 95-88 | 68-48 | 163-136 | |
| Total points | 183 | 116 | 299 | |
| Winners | 36 | 32 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 47% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/98 | 41/57 | 101/155 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 72% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 36/60 | 32/41 | 68/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 78% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 12/16 | 35/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 75% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/3 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 1 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/11 | 1/1 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 100% | 87% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Luz | ||||
| R1 Draxl |
R2 Pucinelli De Almeida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 7-5 6-4 | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 19 | 54 | |
| pts | 105-98 | 78-61 | 183-159 | |
| Total points | 203 | 139 | 342 | |
| Winners | 50 | 20 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 26% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 57/97 | 28/69 | 85/166 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 41% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 50/57 | 20/28 | 70/85 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 71% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 25/41 | 45/81 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 61% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/9 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 44% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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