Pedro Martinez Portero and Jesper De Jong will play each other in the quarter of the Girona Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:00 pm 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 Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.47
Jesper De Jong -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
12 - 6win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88, Martinez Portero got to the quarter after defeating Vilius Gaubas 7-69 6-4 and Marco Trungelliti 6-2 1-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Trungelliti, Pedro had a free pass after Trungelliti retired on a 6-2 1-0 . scoreline.
Martinez Portero has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (394-248). 5-2 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Martinez Portero has an overall 315-170 match record in the last years on clay.
Pedro’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
Martinez Portero has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-25 | 12-5 | 33-15 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, Jesper got to the quarter after beating Jan Choinski 6-3 6-3 and Andrea Pellegrino 4-1 ret..
In the 2nd round against Pellegrino, De Jong had a free pass after Pellegrino retired on a 4-1 . scoreline.
Jesper has an aggregate 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Girona Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 23 |
| Pts | 134-114 | 88-53 |
| Total Points | 248 | 141 |
| Winners | 65 | 32 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Both Martinez Portero and De Jong played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Martinez Portero has played 1 set more than De Jong (5 vs 4). Therefore, Martinez Portero played 9 games more than De Jong. The Spaniard scored 65 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Jesper bagged 32 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 103/129 | 41/66 |
| %1st in | 80% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 65/103 | 32/41 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 17/25 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 68% |
Martinez Portero made 1 ace (0.5 per match). De Jong also bagged 5 aces (2.5 per match). Martinez Portero won 63% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, De Jong won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | De Jong |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 58% | 56% |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Pedro broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Martinez Portero conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. De Jong conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | ||||
| R1 Gaubas | R2 Trungelliti | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-69 6-4 | 6-2 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 9 | 32 | |
| pts | 87-82 | 47-32 | 134-114 | |
| Total points | 169 | 79 | 248 | |
| Winners | 50 | 15 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 57% | 32% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 79/99 | 24/30 | 103/129 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 50/79 | 15/24 | 65/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 4/6 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/9 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 44% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 50% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| De Jong | ||||
| R1 Choinski | R2 Pellegrino | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 5 | 23 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 21-8 | 88-53 | |
| Total points | 112 | 29 | 141 | |
| Winners | 26 | 6 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 7/15 | 41/66 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 47% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 6/7 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 6/8 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 75% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/1 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Girona Challenger
- Nikolas Sanchez-IzquierdoSanchez-Izquierdo – Joao SousaSousa (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
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