Arthur Fils and Pedro Martinez Portero will clash against each other in the final of the Bordeaux Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTRAL COTE OUEST AGENCY. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Fils who should win in 3 sets.
Arthur Fils -> 1.74
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Arthur Fils vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
This will be the 2nd time that Arthur Fils and Pedro Martinez Portero play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Martinez Portero (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Martinez Portero won 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2 in the quarter in Santiago back in March 2024.
Highlights Pedro Martinez Portero vs Arthur Fils – Santiago 01-March-2024
Arthur Fils
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-26 | 15-9 | 14-10 | 6-4 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-24 | 5-4 | 13-8 | 21-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-28 | 0-1 | 23-15 | 20-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-26 | 3-2 | 29-17 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 34, Fils reached the final after defeating Botic Van De Zandschulp 6-2 4-6 6-1, Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-62 6-3 and Gregoire Barrere 6-4 6-4.
In the semifinal, The French player had a good straight sets win against Barrere (6-4 6-4). During the match, Fils scored 69 points vs Barrere’s 56. Fils was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fils scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Arthur Fils was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Fils broke Barrere 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fils has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Fils has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (136-93). 8-8 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fils has an overall74-49 record in the last 5 years on clay.
Arthur’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland and the Bordeaux Challenger.
Arthur has an overall 16-13 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
Pedro Martinez Portero
23 - 11win/loss
42
39
| 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. 51, Pedro got to the final after defeating Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4, Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4 3-6 6-1 and Juncheng Shang 7-5 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Shang (7-5 6-2). During the match Martinez Portero scored 68 points vs Shang’s 51. Martinez Portero was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 77% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (4/13) on the 2nd serve. Martinez Portero broke Shang 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pedro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Radu Albot in the final 7-5 6-4.
The Spaniard has an overall 23-11 win-loss record in 2024, 17-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bordeaux Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fils | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 66 |
| Pts | 233-194 | 240-197 |
| Total Points | 427 | 437 |
| Winners | 82 | 108 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Fils and Martinez Portero played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Arthur Fils dropped 1 set, while Pedro Martinez Portero conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Fils and Martinez Portero have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Fils played 1 game more than Martinez Portero. Fils scored 82 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro bagged 108 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fils | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 1st in | 118/220 | 165/216 |
| %1st in | 54% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 82/118 | 108/165 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 57/102 | 24/51 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Fils fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Martinez Portero bagged 7 aces (2.3 per match). Fils won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fils | Martinez Portero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 16 |
| Converted | 13/29 | 16/31 |
| % Converted | 45% | 52% |
| Conceded | 20 | 26 |
| Saved | 13 | 17 |
| % Saved | 65% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 9 |
Fils broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. Arthur surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Pedro broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Pedro conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fils | |||||
| R2 Van De Zandschulp | 1/4 Kokkinakis | 1/2 Barrere | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-1 | 7-62 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 20 | 67 | |
| pts | 84-68 | 80-70 | 69-56 | 233-194 | |
| Total points | 152 | 150 | 125 | 427 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 24 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 46% | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 36/77 | 51/89 | 31/54 | 118/220 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 57% | 57% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/36 | 37/51 | 24/31 | 82/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 73% | 77% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/41 | 20/38 | 12/23 | 57/102 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 53% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 2/5 | 4/12 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 40% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 10/11 | 0/2 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 91% | 0% | 45% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| Martinez Portero | |||||
| R2 Wawrinka | 1/4 Bautista-Agut | 1/2 Shang | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-1 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 20 | 66 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 98-86 | 68-51 | 240-197 | |
| Total points | 134 | 184 | 119 | 437 | |
| Winners | 38 | 40 | 30 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 41% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 51/62 | 71/98 | 43/56 | 165/216 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 72% | 77% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 40/71 | 30/43 | 108/165 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 56% | 70% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/11 | 15/27 | 4/13 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 56% | 31% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 7/14 | 6/8 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 75% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 15 | 4 | 26 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 10/15 | 1/4 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 67% | 25% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | |