Lautaro Midon and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the quarter of the Santa Fe Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CANCHA 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lautaro Midon who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lautaro Midon is the pick to win this match.
Lautaro Midon -> 1.48
Ulises Blanch -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Lautaro Midon vs. Ulises Blanch

There is no head to head record between Lautaro Midon and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Lautaro Midon

Ranked no. 422, Lautaro reached the quarter after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 6-2 4-6 7-5 and Nicolas Zanellato 6-2 6-2.

In the 2^nd round, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Zanellato (6-2 6-2). During the match, Midon scored 65 points vs Zanellato’s 43. Lautaro was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Midon couldn’t to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Lautaro Midon lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Midon put 79% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the 2nd serve. Midon broke Zanellato 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Argentine has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Midon has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (67-37). 20-7 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Midon has a compiled67-37 record in the last 4 years on clay.

Lautaro’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Punta del Este and M15 Bragado.

Lautaro has an overall 20-7 win-loss record in 2024, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Santa Fe Challenger

Midon has never competed in this tournament before.

Ulises Blanch

Ranked no. 501, Blanch reached the quarter after defeating Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 6-3 and Pedro Boscardin Dias 6-4 6-4.

In the 2^nd round, Ulises had a good straight sets win against Boscardin Dias (6-4 6-4). During the match Blanch scored 68 points vs Boscardin Dias’s 59. The American was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Blanch made 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Ulises Blanch was very effective on serve to win 89% (24/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ulises broke Boscardin Dias twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ulises hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Ulises has a composed 12-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Midon	Blanch
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	5	4
Tot Games	46	39
Pts	165-134	154-136
Total Points	299	290
Winners	64	52
%Winners	39%	34%

Both Midon and Blanch played 2 matches. At the moment, Lautaro Midon lost 1 set while Ulises Blanch hasn’t conceded a set so far. Midon has played 1 set more than Blanch (5 vs 4). Therefore, Midon played 7 games more than Blanch. The Argentine scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch blasted 52 winners (34%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Midon	Blanch
Aces	4	7
Avg per match	2	3.5
1st in	98/146	69/135
%1st in	67%	51%
1st pts	64/98	52/69
%1st pts	65%	75%
2nd pts	26/48	37/66
%2nd pts	54%	56%

Midon managed to score 4 aces (2 per match). Blanch bagged 7 aces (3.5 per match). Midon won 65% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 75% of the points on 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	Midon	Blanch
Won	12	6
Converted	12/24	6/21
% Converted	50%	29%
Conceded	13	8
Saved	7	7
% Saved	54%	88%
Times Broken	6	1

Lautaro broke his opponents 12 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded. Ulises broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

Midon
	R1 Sakamoto	R2 Zanellato	Total
Score	6-2 4-6 7-5	6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	30	16	46
pts	100-91	65-43	165-134
Total points	191	108	299
Winners	35	29	64
%Winners	35%	45%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	0	4
Double Faults	2	1	3
1st in	56/93	42/53	98/146
% 1st in	60%	79%	67%
1st pts	35/56	29/42	64/98
% 1st pts	63%	69%	65%
2nd pts	19/37	7/11	26/48
% 2nd pts	51%	64%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	5	12
Converted	7/14	5/10	12/24
Converted %	50%	50%	50%
Conceded	9	4	13
Saved	4/9	3/4	7
Saved %	44%	75%	60%
Times Broken	5	1	6

Blanch
	R1 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	R2 Boscardin	Total
Score	6-4 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	19	20	39
pts	86-77	68-59	154-136
Total points	163	127	290
Winners	28	24	52
%Winners	33%	35%	34%
SERVE
Aces	3	4	7
Double Faults	9	8	17
1st in	42/79	27/56	69/135
% 1st in	53%	48%	51%
1st pts	28/42	24/27	52/69
% 1st pts	67%	89%	75%
2nd pts	19/37	18/29	37/66
% 2nd pts	51%	62%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	6
Converted	4/14	2/7	6/21
Converted %	29%	29%	29%
Conceded	8	0	8
Saved	7/8	0/0	7
Saved %	88%	–	44%
Times Broken	1	0	1

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