Alejandro Moro Canas and Joao Sousa will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:30 pm on PISTA 4. 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 Alejandro Moro Canas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alejandro Moro Canas is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 1.57
Joao Sousa -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Joao Sousa
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Moro Canas and Joao Sousa since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alejandro Moro Canas
9 - 9win/loss
167
142
LLWLWLLLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-27 | 11-8 | 16-12 | 3-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 17-11 | 17-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 20-8 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-16 | 30-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 239, Moro Canas got to the 2nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, Alejandro had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (6-3 7-5). During the match, Moro Canas scored 75 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 61. Moro Canas was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moro Canas made 6 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Alejandro Moro Canas was very efficient on serve to win 73% (38/52) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alejandro broke Ramos-Vinolas 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Moro Canas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (144-93). 1-1 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moro Canas has an aggregate64-54 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Moro Canas has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Joao Sousa
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-33 | 6-8 | 10-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 25-34 | 10-12 | 10-11 | 5-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-31 | 11-9 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-13 | 0-5 | 2-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278, Sousa reached the 2nd round after beating Felix Gill 7-66 4-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Joao defeated Gill (7-66 4-6 6-4). During the match Sousa scored 113 points vs Gill’s 111. Sousa was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Sousa scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (43/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (27/45) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Gill 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Sousa has an aggregate 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moro Canas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 33 |
| Pts | 75-61 | 113-111 |
| Total Points | 136 | 224 |
| Winners | 38 | 43 |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% |
Both Moro Canas and Sousa played 1 match. At the moment, Joao Sousa lost 1 set while Alejandro Moro Canas hasn’t lost a set so far. Moro Canas has played 1 set(s) less than Sousa (2 vs 3). Therefore, Moro Canas played 12 games less than Sousa. Alejandro scored 38 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese recorded 43 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moro Canas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 52/70 | 66/111 |
| %1st in | 74% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 43/66 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 27/45 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 60% |
Moro Canas scored 6 aces . Sousa bagged 4 aces . Moro Canas won 73% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Sousa won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moro Canas | Sousa |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 30% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 75% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Moro Canas broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moro Canas | |||
| R1 Ramos-Vinolas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 75-61 | |
| Total points | 136 | 136 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 52/70 | 52/70 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 38/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Sousa | ||||
| Q3 Gaubas |
R1 Gill |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-66 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 33 | 52 | |
| pts | – | 113-111 | 113-111 | |
| Total points | 0 | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | / | 66/111 | 66/111 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | / | 43/66 | 43/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 0% | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 27/45 | 27/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | / | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Jakob Schnaitter/Mark WallnerSchnaitter/Mark Wallner – Bart Stevens/Petros TsitsipasStevens/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Henrique RochaRocha (4-6 6-3 7-69) – See score progression
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Gastao EliasElias – Mark LajalLajal (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Felix GillGill (7-66 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marco Bortolotti/Sergio Martos GornesBortolotti/Sergio Martos Gornes – Piotr Matuszewski/Matthew Christopher RomiosMatuszewski/Matthew Christopher Romios (7-66 4-6 10-7) – See score progression
- Aisam Qureshi/David Vega HernandezQureshi/David Vega Hernandez – Andre Goransson/Reese StalderGoransson/Reese Stalder (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Ivan GakhovGakhov – Dennis NovakNovak (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona (7-5 1-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Jan ChoinskiChoinski (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (7-66 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Vilius GaubasGaubas (7-69 6-4) – See score progression
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-0 0-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Benjamin HassanHassan – Billy HarrisHarris (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Gastao EliasElias – Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Benjamin HassanHassan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Christian GarinGarin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Javier Barranco CosanoBarranco Cosano – Ivan GakhovGakhov (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Joao SousaSousa (0-0) – H2H and prediction
