Tomas Barrios Vera and Max Houkes will square off in the semifinal of the Amersfoort Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm on VAN MOSSEL KIA COURT. 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 Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.46
Max Houkes -> 2.55

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Max Houkes

This will be the 2^nd time that Tomas Barrios Vera and Max Houkes square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tomas Barrios Vera (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tomas Barrios Vera won 6-1 7-6(2) in the 1^st round in the Poznan Challenger back in 2023.

Tomas Barrios Vera

Ranked no. 207, Marcelo reached the semifinal after beating Jurij Rodionov 7-6(1) 6-1, Guy Den Ouden 6-0 7-6(6) and Bernabe Zapata Miralles 7-6(4) 6-1.

In the quarter, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Zapata Miralles (7-6⁴ 6-1). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 81 points vs Zapata Miralles’s 67. Tomas Barrios Vera was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 2 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 68% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean broke Zapata Miralles 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Chilean hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (340-197). 14-11 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled 255-141 record in the last years on clay.

Marcelo’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Trieste Challenger.

The Chilean has an overall 18-15 win-loss record in 2024, 14-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger

Tomas Barrios Vera has never competed in this tournament before.

Max Houkes

Ranked no. 386, Max got to the semifinal after beating Santiago Rodriguez Taverna 6-3 6-2, Elmer Moller 7-5 2-6 6-2, Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco 6-4 7-5 and Tomas Barrios Vera .

In the quarter, Max had a good straight sets win against Alejandro Dellien Velasco (6-4 7-5). During the match Houkes scored 80 points vs Alejandro Dellien Velasco’s 66. Houkes was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Houkes struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Houkes was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Max broke Alejandro Dellien Velasco 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Max has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

The Dutch’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Brussels and M15 Amstelveen.

Max has an aggregate 30-12 win-loss record in 2024, 30-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Amersfoort Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	7
Tot Games	59	67
Pts	228-180	235-191
Total Points	408	426
Winners	103	94
%Winners	45%	40%

Both Tomas Barrios Vera and Houkes played 3 matches. At the moment, Max Houkes lost 1 set while Tomas Barrios Vera hasn’t lost a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 1 set(s) less than Houkes (6 vs 7). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 8 games less than Houkes. Tomas Barrios Vera scored 103 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Max struck 94 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Aces	9	16
Avg per match	3	5.3
1st in	143/218	125/192
%1st in	66%	65%
1st pts	103/143	94/125
%1st pts	72%	75%
2nd pts	40/75	32/67
%2nd pts	53%	48%

Tomas Barrios Vera made 9 aces (3 per match). Houkes fired 16 aces (5.3 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Tomas Barrios Vera	Houkes
Won	11	13
Converted	11/31	13/27
% Converted	35%	48%
Conceded	20	13
Saved	16	7
% Saved	80%	54%
Times Broken	4	6

The Chilean broke his opponents 11 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tomas Barrios Vera dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Houkes broke his opponents 13 times with a 48% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.

Tomas Barrios Vera
	R1 Rodionov	R2 Den Ouden	1/4 Zapata Miralles	Total
Score	7-61 6-1	6-0 7-66	7-64 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	19	20	59
pts	68-51	79-62	81-67	228-180
Total points	119	141	148	408
Winners	34	31	38	103
%Winners	50%	39%	47%	45%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	2	9
Double Faults	0	2	0	2
1st in	44/66	38/62	61/90	143/218
% 1st in	67%	61%	68%	66%
1st pts	34/44	31/38	38/61	103/143
% 1st pts	77%	82%	62%	72%
2nd pts	11/22	12/24	17/29	40/75
% 2nd pts	50%	50%	59%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	4	4	11
Converted	3/4	4/16	4/11	11/31
Converted %	75%	25%	36%	35%
Conceded	5	2	13	20
Saved	4/5	1/2	11/13	16
Saved %	80%	50%	85%	72%
Times Broken	1	1	2	4

Houkes
	R1 Rodriguez	R2 Moller	1/4 Alejandro Dellien Velasco	Total
Score	6-3 6-2	7-5 2-6 6-2	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	17	28	22	67
pts	64-43	91-82	80-66	235-191
Total points	107	173	146	426
Winners	22	39	33	94
%Winners	34%	43%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	1	11	4	16
Double Faults	1	6	2	9
1st in	32/48	49/78	44/66	125/192
% 1st in	67%	63%	67%	65%
1st pts	22/32	39/49	33/44	94/125
% 1st pts	69%	80%	75%	75%
2nd pts	12/16	7/29	13/22	32/67
% 2nd pts	75%	24%	59%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	6	3	13
Converted	4/7	6/15	3/5	13/27
Converted %	57%	40%	60%	48%
Conceded	2	8	3	13
Saved	2/2	3/8	2/3	7
Saved %	100%	38%	67%	68%
Times Broken	0	5	1	6

Tennis Scores in Amersfoort Challenger

• Jay Clarke/David StevensonClarke/David Stevenson – Ryan Nijboer/Niels ViskerNijboer/Niels Visker (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Max HoukesHoukes – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-1) – H2H and prediction