Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Radu Mihai Papoe will fight against each other in the quarter of the Brasov Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco is the pick to win this match.
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 1.48
Radu Mihai Papoe -> 2.49

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Prediction and head to head Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco vs. Radu Mihai Papoe

There is no head to head record between Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco and Radu Mihai Papoe since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

34 - 17win/loss

Clay
34-16
Grass
0-1
Rank
186
High
168
LWLWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 48-31 1-1 47-29 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 49-32 0-0 49-32 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 55-28 1-4 54-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-13 3-2 15-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 214, Alejandro Dellien Velasco reached the quarter after defeating Gabi Adrian Boitan 6-3 6-3 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 4-2 ret..

In the 1st round, Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a good straight sets win against Adrian Boitan (6-3 6-3). During the match, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 75 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 60. The Bolivian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco made 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 62% (13/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke Adrian Boitan 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (163-96). 33-16 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Alejandro Dellien Velasco has a composed153-86 record in the last 6 years on clay.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Punta del Este and the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.

Murkel has an aggregate 33-17 win-loss record in 2024, 33-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Brasov Challenger

Alejandro Dellien Velasco has never competed in this tournament before.

Brasov Challenger
Alejandro Dellien Velasco's Record

Radu Mihai Papoe

Radu Mihai Papoe

12 - 3win/loss

Clay
9-2
Rank
565
High
509
LWLWLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 25-10 0-0 19-6 6-4 0-0 0-0
2023 32-8 0-0 19-6 13-2 0-0 0-0
2022 23-9 3-1 16-5 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 16-11 2-1 11-7 3-3 0-0 0-0
2020 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 617, Mihai Papoe reached the quarter after beating Roy Stepanov 6-3 6-2, Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1 4-6 4-0 ret., Vladyslav Orlov 6-3 6-7(5) 7-5, Dalibor Svrcina 7-5 6-2 and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco .

In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Orlov (6-3 6-75 7-5). During the match Mihai Papoe scored 116 points vs Orlov’s 98. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Mihai Papoe made 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Radu Mihai Papoe lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mihai Papoe put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Mihai Papoe broke Orlov 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).

The Romanian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Ithaca and M15 Cluj Napoca.

Radu has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Brasov Challenger
Mihai Papoe's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

M.Alejandro Velasco
R.Mihai Papoe
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
!
7h:34
7h:34
!
0h:32
0h:32
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
2
2
Match played
!
4
4
24
24
Games Played​
92
92
4
4
Set played​​
11
11
97
97
Total points​
317
317
48.5
48.5
Avg point​
79.3
79.3
37
37
Winners
112
112
18.5
18.5
Avg Winners​
28
28
38%
38%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
12
12
Aces
10
10
6
6
Avg Aces
2.5
2.5
4
4
Double Faults
6
6
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
37/52
37/52
1st won total​
112/165
112/165
!
71%
71%
1st won %
68%
68%
15/26
15/26
2nd won total​
55/90
55/90
58%
58%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
21/42
21/42
2.5/6
2.5/6
Avg BP won
5.3/10.5
5.3/10.5
42%
42%
Won
50%
50%
4
4
Conceded
17
17
2
2
Avg Conceded
4.3
4.3
1
1
Broken
9
9
!
0.5
0.5
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
3
3
Saved
8
8

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Alejandro Dellien Velasco Mihai Papoe
Match played 2 4
Tot Set 4 11
Tot Games 24 92
Pts 97-77 317-242
Total Points 174 559
Winners 37 112
%Winners 38% 35%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 2 matches while Mihai Papoe competed in 4 matches. Mihai Papoe started his run from the qualifications while Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Mihai Papoe lost 2 sets while Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Alejandro Dellien Velasco has played 7 set(s) less than Mihai Papoe (4 vs 11). Therefore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 68 games less than Mihai Papoe. The Bolivian scored 37 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Radu struck 112 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Alejandro Dellien Velasco Mihai Papoe
Aces 12 10
Avg per match 6 2.5
1st in 52/78 165/255
%1st in 67% 65%
1st pts 37/52 112/165
%1st pts 71% 68%
2nd pts 15/26 55/90
%2nd pts 58% 61%

Alejandro Dellien Velasco struck 12 aces (6 per match). Mihai Papoe bagged 10 aces (2.5 per match). Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 71% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Mihai Papoe won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Alejandro Dellien Velasco Mihai Papoe
Won 5 21
Converted 5/12 21/42
% Converted 42% 50%
Conceded 4 17
Saved 3 8
% Saved 75% 47%
Times Broken 1 9

Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Murkel dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 21 times with a 50% conversion rate. Mihai Papoe conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

Alejandro Dellien Velasco
R1
Adrian Boitan
Total
Score 6-3 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 75-60 75-60
Total points 135 135
Winners 29 29
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 39/60 39/60
% 1st in 65% 65%
1st pts 29/39 29/39
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 13/21 13/21
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/9 3/9
Converted % 33% 33%
Conceded 2 2
Saved 2/2 2
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Mihai Papoe
Q1
Stepanov
Q3
Basilashvili
R1
Orlov
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-1 4-6 4-0 ret. 6-3 6-75 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 17 21 34 72
pts 63-39 76-55 116-98 255-192
Total points 102 131 214 447
Winners 25 18 43 86
%Winners 40% 24% 37% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 8 10
Double Faults 0 1 3 4
1st in 34/49 27/49 65/98 126/196
% 1st in 69% 55% 66% 64%
1st pts 25/34 18/27 43/65 86/126
% 1st pts 74% 67% 66% 68%
2nd pts 10/15 16/22 19/33 45/70
% 2nd pts 67% 73% 58% 64%
Breaks
Won 4 6 6 16
Converted 4/8 6/13 6/13 16/34
Converted % 50% 46% 46% 47%
Conceded 2 3 8 13
Saved 1/2 1/3 4/8 6
Saved % 50% 33% 50% 133%
Times Broken 1 2 4 7

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