Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Henrique Rocha will play each other in the semifinal of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pablo Llamas Ruiz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Pablo Llamas Ruiz is the pick to win this match.
Pablo Llamas Ruiz -> 1.47
Henrique Rocha -> 2.52

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Prediction and head to head Pablo Llamas Ruiz vs. Henrique Rocha

There is no head to head record between Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

Pablo Llamas Ruiz

9 - 10win/loss

Hard
2-5
I Hard
4-3
Clay
3-2
Rank
285
High
131
LLWLWWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-16 2-5 10-8 4-3 0-0 0-0
2023 46-21 12-6 33-12 0-2 1-1 0-0
2022 37-23 2-4 35-19 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 22-16 2-2 20-14 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 9-5 2-4 7-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 152, Llamas Ruiz reached the semifinal after beating Jan Choinski 7-63 7-66, Ivan Gakhov 6-3 7-5 and Richard Gasquet 6-2 3-6 7-5.

In the quarter, The Spaniard defeated Gasquet (6-2 3-6 7-5). During the match, Llamas Ruiz scored 108 points vs Gasquet’s 97. Pablo was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Regarding the service games, Llamas Ruiz recorded 5 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Llamas Ruiz put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (44/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. Pablo broke Gasquet 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pablo has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.

Llamas Ruiz has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (142-87). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Llamas Ruiz has an overall117-60 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

The Spaniard has a compiled 9-9 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Murcia Challenger

Murcia Challenger
Llamas Ruiz's Record

Henrique Rocha

Henrique Rocha

11 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
1-2
Clay
4-0
Rank
168
High
158
LWWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-31 10-7 25-20 2-2 1-2 0-0
2023 64-27 47-11 17-14 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 18-18 8-9 10-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-11 2-6 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 248, Henrique reached the semifinal after beating Oriol Roca Batalla 6-4 6-2, Gregoire Barrere 6-4 7-63 and Radu Albot 6-2 6-2.

In the quarter, The Portuguese had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-2 6-2). During the match Rocha scored 70 points vs Albot’s 49. Henrique was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.

About the serving games, Rocha made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Henrique Rocha lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (21/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Albot 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rocha hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Portuguese’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Quinta Do Lago.

The Portuguese has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2024, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Murcia Challenger

Henrique has never competed in this tournament before.

Murcia Challenger
Rocha's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

P.Llamas Ruiz
H.Rocha
6h:26
6h:26
Time on court​
4h:39
4h:39
!
2h:38
2h:38
Last match​
1h:33
1h:33
3
3
Match played
3
3
76
76
Games Played​
57
57
7
7
Set played​​
6
6
271
271
Total points​
206
206
90.3
90.3
Avg point​
68.7
68.7
126
126
Winners
82
82
42
42
Avg Winners​
27.3
27.3
46%
46%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
15
15
5
5
Avg Aces
5
5
1
1
Double Faults
9
9
0.3
0.3
Avg Double Faults
3
3
126/180
126/180
1st won total​
82/109
82/109
70%
70%
1st won %
!
75%
75%
32/71
32/71
2nd won total​
41/76
41/76
45%
45%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
13/22
13/22
BP won
11/27
11/27
4.3/7.3
4.3/7.3
Avg BP won
3.7/9
3.7/9
!
59%
59%
Won
41%
41%
23
23
Conceded
15
15
7.7
7.7
Avg Conceded
5
5
8
8
Broken
3
3
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
1
1
15
15
Saved
12
12

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Llamas Ruiz Rocha
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 6
Tot Games 76 57
Pts 271-244 206-161
Total Points 515 367
Winners 126 82
%Winners 46% 40%

Both Llamas Ruiz and Rocha played 3 matches. At the moment, Pablo Llamas Ruiz lost 1 set while Henrique Rocha hasn’t dropped a set so far. Llamas Ruiz has played 1 set more than Rocha (7 vs 6). Therefore, Llamas Ruiz played 19 games more than Rocha. The Spaniard scored 126 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese bagged 82 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Llamas Ruiz Rocha
Aces 15 15
Avg per match 5 5
1st in 180/251 109/185
%1st in 72% 59%
1st pts 126/180 82/109
%1st pts 70% 75%
2nd pts 32/71 41/76
%2nd pts 45% 54%

Llamas Ruiz fired 15 aces (5 per match). Rocha struck 15 aces (5 per match). Llamas Ruiz won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Llamas Ruiz Rocha
Won 13 11
Converted 13/22 11/27
% Converted 59% 41%
Conceded 23 15
Saved 15 12
% Saved 65% 80%
Times Broken 8 3

Pablo broke his opponents 13 times with a 59% conversion rate. Llamas Ruiz lost his serve 8 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Henrique broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Henrique conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Llamas Ruiz
R1
Choinski
R2
Gakhov
1/4
Gasquet
Total
Score 7-63 7-66 6-3 7-5 6-2 3-6 7-5
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 26 21 29 76
pts 102-98 61-49 108-97 271-244
Total points 200 110 205 515
Winners 52 30 44 126
%Winners 51% 49% 41% 46%
SERVE
Aces 6 4 5 15
Double Faults 1 0 0 1
1st in 77/102 45/57 58/92 180/251
% 1st in 75% 79% 63% 72%
1st pts 52/77 30/45 44/58 126/180
% 1st pts 68% 67% 76% 70%
2nd pts 11/25 5/12 16/34 32/71
% 2nd pts 44% 42% 47% 45%
Breaks
Won 3 6 4 13
Converted 3/8 6/7 4/7 13/22
Converted % 38% 86% 57% 59%
Conceded 7 6 10 23
Saved 4/7 3/6 8/10 15
Saved % 57% 50% 80% 62%
Times Broken 3 3 2 8
Rocha
R1
Roca Batalla
R2
Barrere
1/4
Albot
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-4 7-63 6-2 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 23 16 57
pts 56-41 80-71 70-49 206-161
Total points 97 151 119 367
Winners 25 36 21 82
%Winners 45% 45% 30% 40%
SERVE
Aces 4 9 2 15
Double Faults 4 4 1 9
1st in 29/49 47/81 33/55 109/185
% 1st in 59% 58% 60% 59%
1st pts 25/29 36/47 21/33 82/109
% 1st pts 86% 77% 64% 75%
2nd pts 13/20 13/34 15/22 41/76
% 2nd pts 65% 38% 68% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3 5 11
Converted 3/6 3/10 5/11 11/27
Converted % 50% 30% 45% 41%
Conceded 0 13 2 15
Saved 0/0 11/13 1/2 12
Saved % 85% 50% 45%
Times Broken 0 2 1 3

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