Henrique Rocha and Alex Martinez will square off in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL EUPAGO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henrique Rocha who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henrique Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Henrique Rocha -> 1.21
Alex Martinez -> 4.1
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Prediction and head to head Henrique Rocha vs. Alex Martinez
There is no head to head record between Henrique Rocha and Alex Martinez since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Henrique Rocha
25 - 20win/loss
168
158
LLWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-32 | 10-7 | 25-21 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 64-27 | 47-11 | 17-14 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-18 | 8-9 | 10-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-11 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 167 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2nd round after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Rocha had a good straight sets win against de Schepper (6-2 6-4). During the match, Rocha scored 57 points vs de Schepper’s 46. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Rocha scored 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Henrique Rocha conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 55% of his first serves in, win 90% (26/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke de Schepper 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Rocha has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 59% of his matches (111-77). 7-4 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rocha has an overall65-31 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he overcame Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.
Henrique has a compiled 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Alex Martinez
11 - 6win/loss
568
562
LWWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-10 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 11-5 | 9-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 678 (career-high), Martinez reached the 2nd round after defeating Henry Searle 7-6(11) 5-7 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard defeated Searle (7-611 5-7 6-3).During the match Martinez scored less points (4) than Searle. In fact, the world no. 167 won 112 points vs Searle’s. That means that Martinez was more focused during the important points. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Martinez blasted 6 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Alex Martinez lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Martinez put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (46/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Searle 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Alex’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Segovia Challenger.
Martinez has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2024, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Alex has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rocha | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 34 |
| Pts | 57-46 | 112-116 |
| Total Points | 103 | 228 |
| Winners | 26 | 46 |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% |
Both Rocha and Martinez played 1 match. At the moment, Alex Martinez conceded 1 set while Henrique Rocha hasn’t dropped a set so far. Rocha has played 1 set(s) less than Martinez (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rocha played 16 games less than Martinez. Henrique scored 26 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Martinez blasted 46 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rocha | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 67/106 |
| %1st in | 55% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 46/67 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 20/39 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 51% |
Rocha scored 2 aces . Martinez fired 6 aces . Rocha won 90% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Martinez won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rocha | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Rocha broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Henrique very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Alex broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Martinez conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rocha | |||
| R1 de Schepper |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 57-46 | 57-46 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/29 | 26/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 11/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Martinez | |||
| R1 Searle |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-611 5-7 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 112-116 | 112-116 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 67/106 | 67/106 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 46/67 | 46/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/39 | 20/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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