Hady Habib and Juan Bautista Torres will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Santos Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on QUADRA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Juan Bautista Torres who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Juan Bautista Torres is the pick to win this match.
Juan Bautista Torres -> 1.54
Hady Habib -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Hady Habib vs. Juan Bautista Torres
This will be the 2nd time that Hady Habib and Juan Bautista Torres face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bautista (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Bautista won 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
Hady Habib
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-18 | 10-8 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-27 | 38-11 | 17-10 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-25 | 21-14 | 9-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-13 | 31-10 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 2-2 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 286 (career-high), Habib reached the semifinal after defeating Igor Gimenez 6-4 6-0, Franco Roncadelli 6-4 6-2 and Bruno Kuzuhara 7-65 1-6 6-4.
In the quarter, The Lebanese defeated Kuzuhara (7-65 1-6 6-4).During the match, Habib scored less points (9) than Kuzuhara. In fact, the world no. 286 won 97 points vs Kuzuhara’s. That means that Habib was more focused during the important points. The Lebanese was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Habib blasted 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Hady Habib lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Habib put 55% of his first serves in, winning 77% (48/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (18/51) on the 2nd serve. Hady broke Kuzuhara twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Lebanese has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Habib has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (273-147). 8-6 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Habib has a compiled 84-49 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Lebanese’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Quinta Do Lago.
The Lebanese has an aggregate 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Santos Challenger
Hady has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Torres
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 34-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 1-2 | 33-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-23 | 12-10 | 32-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 457, Bautista got to the semifinal after beating Pedro Boscardin Dias 7-5 6-1, Alvaro Guillen Meza 7-62 5-7 6-0 and Hernan Casanova 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, Juan had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-4 6-0). During the match Bautista scored 71 points vs Casanova’s 50. Juan was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Bautista wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Juan Bautista Torres lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bautista put 75% of his first serves in, winning 61% (23/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Juan broke Casanova 7 times after converting 41% of his break points (7/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bautista has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Juan has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2024, 15-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Habib | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 66 |
| Pts | 237-206 | 237-184 |
| Total Points | 443 | 421 |
| Winners | 99 | 78 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Habib and Bautista played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Hady Habib surrendered 1 set, while Juan Bautista Torres conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Habib and Bautista have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Habib played 2 games less than Bautista. Hady scored 99 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Bautista blasted 78 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Habib | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| 1st in | 128/227 | 130/194 |
| %1st in | 56% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 99/128 | 78/130 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 36/99 | 36/64 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 56% |
Habib made 23 aces (7.7 per match). Bautista struck 2 aces (0.7 per match). Habib won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Bautista won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Habib | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 19 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 19/37 |
| % Converted | 46% | 51% |
| Conceded | 26 | 17 |
| Saved | 18 | 7 |
| % Saved | 69% | 41% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 10 |
Habib broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Lebanese conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Argentine broke his opponents 19 times with a 51% conversion rate. Bautista conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 41% of the break points that he conceded.
| Habib | |||||
| R1 Gimenez |
R2 Roncadelli |
1/4 Kuzuhara |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 18 | 30 | 64 | |
| pts | 63-41 | 77-59 | 97-106 | 237-206 | |
| Total points | 104 | 136 | 203 | 443 | |
| Winners | 22 | 29 | 48 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 38% | 49% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 10 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 27/47 | 39/67 | 62/113 | 128/227 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 58% | 55% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 29/39 | 48/62 | 99/128 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 74% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/20 | 11/28 | 18/51 | 36/99 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 39% | 35% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/14 | 2/6 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 36% | 33% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 15 | 26 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/7 | 11/15 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 71% | 73% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Bautista | |||||
| R1 Boscardin Dias |
R2 Guillen Meza |
1/4 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 7-62 5-7 6-0 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 31 | 16 | 66 | |
| pts | 64-50 | 102-84 | 71-50 | 237-184 | |
| Total points | 114 | 186 | 121 | 421 | |
| Winners | 25 | 30 | 23 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 29% | 32% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/58 | 56/85 | 38/51 | 130/194 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 75% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 30/56 | 23/38 | 78/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 54% | 61% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 20/29 | 6/13 | 36/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 69% | 46% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 7 | 19 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 7/11 | 7/17 | 19/37 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 64% | 41% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 2/7 | 1/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 29% | 25% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
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