Alexey Zakharov and Duarte Vale will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Zagreb Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 8. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Duarte Vale who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Duarte Vale is the pick to win this match.
Duarte Vale -> 1.81
Alexey Zakharov -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Alexey Zakharov vs. Duarte Vale
There is no head to head record between Alexey Zakharov and Duarte Vale since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alexey Zakharov
19 - 9win/loss
312
306
LLLWLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-25 | 23-15 | 15-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-8 | 21-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-8 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 519, the Russian reached the qualifications after defeating Yshai Oliel 7-67 7-63.
In the qualifications, Alexey had a good straight sets win against Oliel (7-67 7-63). During the match, Zakharov scored 97 points vs Oliel’s 95. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zakharov scored 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Alexey Zakharov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Zakharov put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (38/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (16/43) on the 2nd serve. Alexey broke Oliel 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Zakharov has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (143-76). 2-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Zakharov has a composed31-16 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Zakharov has a composed 18-9 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zagreb Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Duarte Vale
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 21-15 | 12-15 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 28-22 | 7-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-18 | 20-9 | 3-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-16 | 16-10 | 8-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 562, the Portuguese reached the qualifications after beating Federico Bondioli 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Duarte had a good straight sets win against Bondioli (6-3 6-3). During the match Vale scored 60 points vs Bondioli’s 42. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Vale scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Duarte Vale was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vale broke Bondioli 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Vale’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Orange Park.
The Portuguese has a compiled 20-16 win-loss record in 2024, 12-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zakharov | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 |
| Pts | 97-95 | 60-42 |
| Total Points | 192 | 102 |
| Winners | 38 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Both Zakharov and Vale played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zakharov and Vale have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zakharov played 8 games more than Vale. Zakharov scored 38 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese managed to score 29 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zakharov | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 50/93 | 36/48 |
| %1st in | 54% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 16/43 | 7/12 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 58% |
Zakharov bagged 5 aces . Vale recorded 1 ace . Zakharov won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Vale won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zakharov | Vale |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 33% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Alexey broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Alexey lost his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Portuguese was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Zakharov | |||
| Q1 Oliel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 97-95 | 97-95 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 50/93 | 50/93 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/50 | 38/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/43 | 16/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Vale | |||
| Q1 Bondioli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-42 | 60-42 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/48 | 36/48 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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