Alejandro Moro Canas and Ryan Nijboer will play each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on DECATHLON COURT. 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 2 sets.
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 1.26
Ryan Nijboer -> 3.6
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Ryan Nijboer
This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Moro Canas and Ryan Nijboer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nijboer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nijboer won 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in M15 Madrid back in 2022.
Alejandro Moro Canas
13 - 12win/loss
190
172
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-14 | 6-3 | 11-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 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. 218 (career-high), Moro Canas reached the 2nd round after defeating Zsombor Piros 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Moro Canas had a good straight sets win against Piros (6-4 6-3). During the match, Moro Canas scored 64 points vs Piros’s 47. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moro Canas made 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alejandro Moro Canas was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Piros 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Moro Canas has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (148-97). 5-5 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moro Canas has a composed68-58 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 13-12 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.
Ryan Nijboer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 8-3 | 12-10 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 12-9 | 41-21 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-23 | 1-6 | 22-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-28 | 9-13 | 18-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-17 | 13-7 | 5-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
Ranked no. 483, Ryan got to the 2nd round after defeating Marius Copil 7-5 6-2, Gabriel Debru 6-3 6-2 and Francesco Passaro 6-2 3-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, Nijboer defeated Passaro (6-2 3-6 6-2). During the match Nijboer scored 79 points vs Passaro’s 72. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Nijboer struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ryan Nijboer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (36/48) of his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ryan broke Passaro 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Nijboer’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Manacor.
Ryan has an overall 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moro Canas | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 62 |
| Pts | 64-47 | 205-168 |
| Total Points | 111 | 373 |
| Winners | 25 | 94 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Moro Canas played 1 match while Nijboer competed in 3 matches. Nijboer started his run from the qualifications while Moro Canas had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Ryan Nijboer conceded 1 set while Alejandro Moro Canas hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moro Canas has played 5 set(s) less than Nijboer (2 vs 7). Therefore, Moro Canas played 43 games less than Nijboer. Moro Canas scored 25 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch bagged 94 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moro Canas | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 125/185 |
| %1st in | 65% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 94/125 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 34/60 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 57% |
Moro Canas scored 2 aces . Nijboer blasted 6 aces (2 per match). Moro Canas won 89% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Nijboer won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moro Canas | Nijboer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 11 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 11/25 |
| % Converted | 44% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Moro Canas dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nijboer broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moro Canas | |||
| R1 Piros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 64-47 | 64-47 | |
| Total points | 111 | 111 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 28/43 | 28/43 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/28 | 25/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nijboer | |||||
| Q1 Copil | Q3 Debru | R1 Passaro | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 25 | 62 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 57-42 | 79-72 | 205-168 | |
| Total points | 123 | 99 | 151 | 373 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 36 | 94 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 42/59 | 35/51 | 48/75 | 125/185 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 69% | 64% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 26/35 | 36/48 | 94/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 9/16 | 14/27 | 34/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 56% | 52% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/7 | 4/10 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 57% | 40% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/3 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 80% | 247% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Rome Challenger
- Billy HarrisHarris – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hugo DellienDellien – Ivan GakhovGakhov (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Franco AgamenoneAgamenone – Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo DellienDellien – Billy HarrisHarris (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Ryan NijboerNijboer (0-1) – H2H and prediction