Tomas Barrios Vera and Matias Soto will fight against each other in the quarter of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CANCHA 4. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.36
Matias Soto -> 2.92

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Matias Soto

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Matias Soto face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.

The last time that they locked horns, Tomas Barrios Vera won 7-6(4) 6-4 in the 2^nd round in the Temuco Challenger back in 2023.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 111, the Chilean reached the quarter after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 7-5 6-4 and Aidan Mayo 7-5 7-6².

In the 2^nd round, Tomas Barrios Vera had a good straight sets win against Mayo (7-5 7-6²). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 77 points vs Mayo’s 69. Tomas Barrios Vera was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera fired 3 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve 5 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (14/30) on the 2nd serve. Marcelo broke Mayo 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (326-189). 4-6 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled 245-136 match record in the last years on clay.

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

Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger

Matias Soto

Ranked no. 582, the Chilean reached the quarter after beating James Kent Trotter 7-5 7-6⁵, Facundo Mena 6-3 7-6⁴, Benjamin Lock 3-6 6-2 6-3 and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 7-5 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Soto had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (7-5 6-4). During the match Soto scored 68 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 58. The Chilean was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about serving, Soto recorded 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Matias Soto was quite effective on serve to win 74% (28/38) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Chilean broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Soto started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Chilean has a compiled 9-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger

Matias has never competed in this tournament before.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Soto
Match played	2	4
Tot Set	4	9
Tot Games	47	95
Pts	150-128	324-270
Total Points	278	594
Winners	61	136
%Winners	41%	42%

Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 matches while Soto competed in 4 matches. Soto started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Matias Soto dropped 1 set while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 5 set(s) less than Soto (4 vs 9). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 48 games less than Soto. Marcelo scored 61 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Soto scored 136 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Soto
Aces	9	10
Avg per match	4.5	2.5
1st in	84/142	173/283
%1st in	59%	61%
1st pts	61/84	136/173
%1st pts	73%	79%
2nd pts	31/58	64/110
%2nd pts	53%	58%

Tomas Barrios Vera scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Soto scored 10 aces (2.5 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Soto
Won	8	12
Converted	8/13	12/26
% Converted	62%	46%
Conceded	12	16
Saved	7	10
% Saved	58%	63%
Times Broken	5	6

Marcelo broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Marcelo conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. Matias broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. Matias conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Schoolkate	R2 Mayo	Total
Score	7-5 6-4	7-5 7-62
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	22	25	47
pts	73-59	77-69	150-128
Total points	132	146	278
Winners	33	28	61
%Winners	45%	36%	41%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	9
Double Faults	1	6	7
1st in	40/68	44/74	84/142
% 1st in	59%	59%	59%
1st pts	33/40	28/44	61/84
% 1st pts	83%	64%	73%
2nd pts	17/28	14/30	31/58
% 2nd pts	61%	47%	53%
Breaks
Won	2	6	8
Converted	2/3	6/10	8/13
Converted %	67%	60%	62%
Conceded	5	7	12
Saved	5/5	2/7	7
Saved %	100%	29%	65%
Times Broken	0	5	5

Soto
	Q1 Kent	Q3 Mena	R1 Lock	R2 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Total
Score	7-5 7-65	6-3 7-64	3-6 6-2 6-3	7-5 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	25	22	26	22	95
pts	92-77	74-63	90-72	68-58	324-270
Total points	169	137	162	126	594
Winners	37	38	33	28	136
%Winners	40%	51%	37%	41%	42%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	4	2	10
Double Faults	4	5	1	4	14
1st in	47/71	48/70	40/76	38/66	173/283
% 1st in	66%	69%	53%	58%	61%
1st pts	37/47	38/48	33/40	28/38	136/173
% 1st pts	79%	79%	83%	74%	79%
2nd pts	14/24	12/22	23/36	15/28	64/110
% 2nd pts	58%	55%	64%	54%	58%
Breaks
Won	3	2	3	4	12
Converted	3/9	2/4	3/8	4/5	12/26
Converted %	33%	50%	38%	80%	46%
Conceded	7	1	3	5	16
Saved	5/7	0/1	2/3	3/5	10
Saved %	71%	0%	67%	60%	99%
Times Broken	2	1	1	2	6

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