Pablo Llamas Ruiz and Henrique Rocha will play each other in the semifinal of the Murcia Challenger for the 1^st 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

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

Henrique Rocha

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.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

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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