Henrique Rocha and Alex Martinez 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 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

Ranked no. 167 (career-high), the Portuguese reached the 2^nd round after beating Kenny de Schepper 6-2 6-4.

In the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 678 (career-high), Martinez reached the 2^nd round after defeating Henry Searle 7-6(11) 5-7 6-3.

In the 1^st 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

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