Lukas Klein and Tomas Barrios Vera will face off in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on SHOW COURT 1. 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 Lukas Klein who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.6
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. Tomas Barrios Vera
This will be the 2nd time that Lukas Klein and Tomas Barrios Vera play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Tomas Barrios Vera won 1-6 7-5 6-0 in the 1st round in the Bratislava 1 Challenger back in 2023.
Lukas Klein
20 - 11win/loss
136
109
LWWWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-24 | 16-10 | 9-7 | 5-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-29 | 9-8 | 15-12 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 44-22 | 5-0 | 27-17 | 8-3 | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 23-17 | 2-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-15 | 1-1 | 4-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 130, Klein got to the 2nd round after defeating Ryan Peniston 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Peniston (6-3 6-4). During the match, Klein scored 61 points vs Peniston’s 46. Klein was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Klein bagged 7 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Lukas Klein was very efficient on serve to win 80% (32/40) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Slovakian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Peniston twice.
Klein has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (313-185). 1-0 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Klein has a compiled 8-4 match record in the last years on grass.
The Slovakian has a compiled 19-10 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Tomas Barrios Vera
10 - 13win/loss
154
93
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-28 | 6-5 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 172, Marcelo got to the 2nd round after defeating Oliver Bonding 6-4 4-6 6-2, Alejandro Moro Canas 3-6 6-4 6-1 and Hugo Gaston 7-64 6-75 6-3.
In the 1st round, Marcelo defeated Gaston (7-64 6-75 6-3). During the match Tomas Barrios Vera scored 119 points vs Gaston’s 107. The Chilean was very aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomas Barrios Vera struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 69% of his first serves in, winning 69% (53/77) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (22/35) on the 2nd serve. Tomas Barrios Vera broke Gaston 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled 10-12 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
The Chilean has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Klein | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 89 |
| Pts | 61-46 | 296-258 |
| Total Points | 107 | 554 |
| Winners | 32 | 124 |
| %Winners | 52% | 42% |
Klein played 1 match while Tomas Barrios Vera competed in 3 matches. Tomas Barrios Vera started his run from the qualifications while Klein had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tomas Barrios Vera surrendered 3 sets while Lukas Klein hasn’t dropped a set so far. Klein has played 7 set(s) less than Tomas Barrios Vera (2 vs 9). Therefore, Klein played 70 games less than Tomas Barrios Vera. Klein scored 32 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Marcelo scored 124 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Klein | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 178/266 |
| %1st in | 75% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 124/178 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 50/88 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 57% |
Klein managed to score 7 aces . Tomas Barrios Vera blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Klein won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Tomas Barrios Vera won 70% of the points behind 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 | Klein | Tomas Barrios Vera |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 14 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 100% | 47% |
| Conceded | 1 | 20 |
| Saved | 1 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 8 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. The Slovakian was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Chilean broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Klein | |||
| R1 Peniston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 61-46 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/53 | 40/53 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 32/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Tomas Barrios Vera | |||||
| Q1 Bonding |
Q3 Moro Canas |
R1 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-2 | 3-6 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 26 | 35 | 89 | |
| pts | 89-80 | 88-71 | 119-107 | 296-258 | |
| Total points | 169 | 159 | 226 | 554 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 53 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 43/77 | 58/77 | 77/112 | 178/266 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 75% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 41/58 | 53/77 | 124/178 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 71% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/34 | 8/19 | 22/35 | 50/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 42% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/12 | 3/8 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 38% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 3/7 | 8/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 43% | 89% | 157% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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