Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Matej Dodig will play each other in the quarter of the Brasov Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.5
Matej Dodig -> 2.44
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Matej Dodig
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
27 - 20win/loss
146
121
LWWWLWLLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-21 | 10-8 | 15-10 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, Moreno De Alboran reached the quarter after defeating Ioan Alexandru Chirita 6-2 6-1 and Javier Barranco Cosano 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Moreno De Alboran had a good straight sets win against Barranco Cosano (6-3 6-1). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 61 points vs Barranco Cosano’s 42. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran scored 4 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nicolas broke Barranco Cosano 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicolas hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 59% of the points he played.
Moreno De Alboran has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (219-126). 14-9 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moreno De Alboran has an overall92-53 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Moreno De Alboran has a compiled 27-20 win-loss record in 2024, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Brasov Challenger
Moreno De Alboran has never competed in this tournament before.
Matej Dodig
35 - 12win/loss
317
317
LWWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-13 | 12-2 | 23-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 317 (career-high), the Croatian reached the quarter after defeating Jelle Sels 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2, Ergi Kirkin 6-1 6-3 and Nicolas Moreno De Alboran .
In the 2nd round, Dodig had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-1 6-3). During the match Dodig scored 64 points vs Kirkin’s 41. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Dodig managed to score 2 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matej Dodig was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dodig was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kirkin 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Matej has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Dodig’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
Dodig has an overall 35-12 win-loss record in 2024, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 46 |
| Pts | 125-87 | 155-119 |
| Total Points | 212 | 274 |
| Winners | 48 | 68 |
| %Winners | 38% | 44% |
Both Moreno De Alboran and Dodig played 2 matches. At the moment, Matej Dodig surrendered 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set(s) less than Dodig (4 vs 5). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 15 games less than Dodig. The Spaniard scored 48 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Dodig made 68 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 60/101 | 86/137 |
| %1st in | 59% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 48/60 | 68/86 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 20/41 | 29/51 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 57% |
Moreno De Alboran fired 8 aces (4 per match). Dodig scored 6 aces (3 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 80% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 79% of the points on 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 | Moreno De Alboran | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 8/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 73% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Moreno De Alboran broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. Dodig conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moreno De Alboran | ||||
| R1 Alexandru Chirita |
R2 Barranco Cosano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 31 | |
| pts | 64-45 | 61-42 | 125-87 | |
| Total points | 109 | 103 | 212 | |
| Winners | 23 | 25 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 28/56 | 32/45 | 60/101 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 71% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 25/32 | 48/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 78% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/28 | 8/13 | 20/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 62% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/10 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 40% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dodig | ||||
| R1 Sels |
R2 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 16 | 46 | |
| pts | 91-78 | 64-41 | 155-119 | |
| Total points | 169 | 105 | 274 | |
| Winners | 41 | 27 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/80 | 34/57 | 86/137 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 27/34 | 68/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 13/23 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/4 | 8/11 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 100% | 73% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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