Zachary Svajda and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard will square off in the semifinal of the Acapulco Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on ESTADIO ARENA GNP SEGUROS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.73
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

There is no head to head record between Zachary Svajda and Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 130, Svajda reached the semifinal after defeating Andre Ilagan 6-3 6-2, Goncalo Oliveira 6-4 7-5 and Maxime Cressy w/o.

In the quarter, Zachary defeated Cressy (w/o). During the match, Svajda and Cressy scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 130 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Svajda was not very aggressive to strike just winners.

Talking about the service games, Svajda wasn’t able to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Zachary Svajda conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Zachary hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Svajda has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (139-99). 16-10 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Svajda has an aggregate110-61 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Zachary’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Zachary has an aggregate 16-12 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Acapulco Challenger

Svajda has never competed in this tournament before.

Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard

Ranked no. 162, Giovanni got to the semifinal after beating Omar Jasika 3-6 6-3 6-3, Gijs Brouwer 7-5 7-5 and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez 6-1 6-4.

In the quarter, The French player had a good straight sets win against Pacheco Mendez (6-1 6-4). During the match Mpetshi scored 62 points vs Pacheco Mendez’s 47. Mpetshi was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about serving, Mpetshi recorded 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Mpetshi put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the 2nd serve. Mpetshi broke Pacheco Mendez 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French player has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nottingham Challenger where he defeated Matteo Martineau in the final 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Cuernavaca Challenger where he beat Nicolas Mejia in the final 7-5 7-5.

Giovanni has an aggregate 22-9 win-loss record in 2024, 11-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Svajda	Mpetshi
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	4	7
Tot Games	39	68
Pts	131-95	218-182
Total Points	226	400
Winners	53	95
%Winners	40%	44%

Svajda played 2 matches while Mpetshi competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard conceded 1 set while Zachary Svajda hasn’t lost a set so far. Svajda has played 3 set(s) less than Mpetshi (4 vs 7). Therefore, Svajda played 29 games less than Mpetshi. Svajda scored 53 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Mpetshi blasted 95 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svajda	Mpetshi
Aces	9	31
Avg per match	4.5	10.3
1st in	70/106	127/197
%1st in	66%	64%
1st pts	53/70	95/127
%1st pts	76%	75%
2nd pts	22/36	44/70
%2nd pts	61%	63%

Svajda made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Mpetshi fired 31 aces (10.3 per match). Svajda won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mpetshi won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Svajda	Mpetshi
Won	8	9
Converted	8/15	9/22
% Converted	53%	41%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	4	5
% Saved	57%	71%
Times Broken	3	2

The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Svajda conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Mpetshi broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Mpetshi conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Svajda
	R1 Ilagan	R2 Oliveira	1/4 Cressy	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	6-4 7-5	w/o
Tot Set	2	2	–	4
Tot Games	17	22	–	39
pts	57-37	74-58	–	131-95
Total points	94	132	–	226
Winners	27	26	–	53
%Winners	47%	35%	–	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	–	9
Double Faults	0	2	–	2
1st in	33/49	37/57	–	70/106
% 1st in	67%	65%	–	66%
1st pts	27/33	26/37	–	53/70
% 1st pts	82%	70%	–	76%
2nd pts	10/16	12/20	–	22/36
% 2nd pts	63%	60%	–	61%
Breaks
Won	3	5	–	8
Converted	3/5	5/10	–	8/15
Converted %	60%	50%	–	53%
Conceded	0	7	–	7
Saved	0/0	4/7	–	4
Saved %	–	57%	–	19%
Times Broken	0	3	–	3

Mpetshi
	R1 Jasika	R2 Brouwer	1/4 Pacheco Mendez	Total
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3	7-5 7-5	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	27	24	17	68
pts	86-69	70-66	62-47	218-182
Total points	155	136	109	400
Winners	36	37	22	95
%Winners	42%	53%	35%	44%
SERVE
Aces	15	9	7	31
Double Faults	3	1	1	5
1st in	45/67	49/74	33/56	127/197
% 1st in	67%	66%	59%	64%
1st pts	36/45	37/49	22/33	95/127
% 1st pts	80%	76%	67%	75%
2nd pts	12/22	15/25	17/23	44/70
% 2nd pts	55%	60%	74%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	2	3	9
Converted	4/10	2/3	3/9	9/22
Converted %	40%	67%	33%	41%
Conceded	4	2	1	7
Saved	2/4	2/2	1/1	5
Saved %	50%	100%	100%	83%
Times Broken	2	0	0	2

Tennis Scores in Acapulco Challenger

• Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Maxime CressyCressy (w/o) – See score progression
• Luke Johnson/Skander MansouriJohnson/Skander Mansouri – Ryan Seggerman/Patrik TrhacSeggerman/Patrik Trhac (7-6⁷ 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Rodrigo Pacheco MendezPacheco Mendez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Alexis GalarneauGalarneau – Adam WaltonWalton (1-1) – H2H and prediction