Thiago Moura Monteiro and Alejandro Moro Canas will fight against each other in the quarter of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thiago Moura Monteiro who should win in 3 sets.
Thiago Moura Monteiro -> 1.54
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Thiago Moura Monteiro vs. Alejandro Moro Canas
There is no head to head record between Thiago Moura Monteiro and Alejandro Moro Canas since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Thiago Moura Monteiro
26 - 13win/loss
85
61
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 24-11 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-30 | 3-7 | 30-22 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-33 | 8-8 | 28-16 | 4-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-27 | 8-8 | 25-18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-18 | 7-9 | 20-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 86, Thiago reached the quarter after defeating Blaz Rola 7-6(2) 6-3 and Timofey Skatov 3-6 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round against Skatov, The Brazilian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-3). During the match, Moura Monteiro scored 92 points vs Skatov’s 82. The Brazilian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moura Monteiro made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Thiago Moura Monteiro was exceptionally effective on serve to win 91% (32/35) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Thiago broke Skatov 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Brazilian has dropped 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Moura Monteiro has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (361-272). 23-10 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Moura Monteiro has an aggregate 297-186 record in the last years on clay.
The Brazilian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Santa Cruz de la Sierra Challenger.
The Brazilian has a compiled 26-13 win-loss record in 2024, 23-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Alejandro Moro Canas
27 - 17win/loss
158
158
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 6-3 | 16-10 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-31 | 17-11 | 17-15 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-18 | 20-8 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-16 | 30-8 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Alejandro got to the quarter after defeating Clement Tabur 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4, Jan Choinski 7-5 6-4 and Thiago Moura Monteiro .
In the 2nd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Choinski (7-5 6-4). During the match Moro Canas scored 73 points vs Choinski’s 60. Alejandro was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Moro Canas fired 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alejandro Moro Canas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (30/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Alejandro broke Choinski 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alejandro has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Vilius Gaubas in the final 7-5 6-3.
Moro Canas has an aggregate 27-17 win-loss record in 2024, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moura Monteiro | Moro Canas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 55 |
| Pts | 167-143 | 185-161 |
| Total Points | 310 | 346 |
| Winners | 61 | 69 |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% |
Both Moura Monteiro and Moro Canas played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Thiago Moura Monteiro dropped 1 set, while Alejandro Moro Canas lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Moura Monteiro and Moro Canas have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Moura Monteiro played 6 games less than Moro Canas. Moura Monteiro scored 61 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro bagged 69 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moura Monteiro | Moro Canas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 73/131 | 99/168 |
| %1st in | 56% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 61/73 | 69/99 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 32/58 | 38/69 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Moura Monteiro made 6 aces (3 per match). Moro Canas bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Moura Monteiro won 84% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Moro Canas won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moura Monteiro | Moro Canas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/22 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 27% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 40% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Moura Monteiro broke his opponents 6 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Brazilian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Alejandro broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Moro Canas conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moura Monteiro | ||||
| R1 Rola | R2 Skatov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 | 49 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 92-82 | 167-143 | |
| Total points | 136 | 174 | 310 | |
| Winners | 29 | 32 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 35/67 | 73/131 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 32/35 | 61/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 91% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 18/32 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/13 | 6/22 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 23% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Moro Canas | ||||
| R1 Tabur | R2 Choinski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 22 | 55 | |
| pts | 112-101 | 73-60 | 185-161 | |
| Total points | 213 | 133 | 346 | |
| Winners | 39 | 30 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 60/99 | 39/69 | 99/168 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 57% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 30/39 | 69/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 77% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 18/30 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 60% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 7/12 | 3/6 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 58% | 50% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/5 | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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