Alejandro Moro Canas and Alexander Blockx will square off in the 2^nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT BANCO CARREGOSA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alejandro Moro Canas who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alejandro Moro Canas is the pick to win this match.
Alejandro Moro Canas -> 1.5
Alexander Blockx -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Alexander Blockx

There is no head to head record between Alejandro Moro Canas and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Alejandro Moro Canas

Ranked no. 168, the Spaniard reached the 2^nd round after beating Antoine Escoffier 4-6 7-5 6-1.

In the 1^st round against Escoffier, Alejandro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-1). During the match, Moro Canas scored 98 points vs Escoffier’s 90. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moro Canas struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Alejandro Moro Canas lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Moro Canas put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the 2nd serve. Alejandro broke Escoffier 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).

Moro Canas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (164-105). 7-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moro Canas has a compiled74-30 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Vilius Gaubas in the final 7-5 6-3.

Alejandro has an overall 29-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 295, the Belgian got to the 2^nd round after beating Aziz Dougaz 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Alexander had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-4 6-2). During the match Blockx scored 65 points vs Dougaz’s 48. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx made 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Blockx was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (30/37) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alexander broke Dougaz 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Blockx’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger and the Hamburg Challenger.

The Belgian has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2024, 1-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moro Canas	Blockx
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	18
Pts	98-90	65-48
Total Points	188	113
Winners	33	30
%Winners	34%	46%

Both Moro Canas and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Alejandro Moro Canas surrendered 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moro Canas has played 1 set more than Blockx (3 vs 2). Therefore, Moro Canas played 11 games more than Blockx. Alejandro scored 33 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander made 30 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moro Canas	Blockx
Aces	6	8
Avg per match	6	8
1st in	47/86	37/56
%1st in	55%	66%
1st pts	33/47	30/37
%1st pts	70%	81%
2nd pts	23/39	10/19
%2nd pts	59%	53%

Moro Canas scored 6 aces . Blockx recorded 8 aces . Moro Canas won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moro Canas	Blockx
Won	5	3
Converted	5/15	3/5
% Converted	33%	60%
Conceded	8	6
Saved	5	6
% Saved	63%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

The Spaniard broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Alexander was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 6 break points.

Moro Canas
	R1 Escoffier	Total
Score	4-6 7-5 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	98-90	98-90
Total points	188	188
Winners	33	33
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	47/86	47/86
% 1st in	55%	55%
1st pts	33/47	33/47
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	23/39	23/39
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/15	5/15
Converted %	33%	33%
Conceded	8	8
Saved	5/8	5
Saved %	63%	63%
Times Broken	3	3

Blockx
	R1 Dougaz	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	65-48	65-48
Total points	113	113
Winners	30	30
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	37/56	37/56
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	30/37	30/37
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	10/19	10/19
% 2nd pts	53%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/5	3/5
Converted %	60%	60%
Conceded	6	6
Saved	6/6	6
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger

• Arthur ReymondReymond – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Alejo Sanchez QuilezSanchez Quilez (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-3 6-7⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• Jaime FariaFaria – Zsombor PirosPiros (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Edas ButvilasButvilas – Robin BertrandBertrand (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Antoine EscoffierEscoffier (4-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
• Gastao EliasElias – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (6-3 7-6(1)) – See score progression
• Joao DominguesDomingues – Jules MarieMarie (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Henrique RochaRocha – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Alibek KachmazovKachmazov – Alejo Sanchez QuilezSanchez Quilez (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
• Arthur ReymondReymond – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Joao DominguesDomingues – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Vadym UrsuUrsu – Francisco RochaRocha (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lukas KleinKlein – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jie CuiCui – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• August HolmgrenHolmgren – Michael GeertsGeerts (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Timofey SkatovSkatov – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Valentin RoyerRoyer – Joris De LooreDe Loore (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex MartinezMartinez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction