Alejandro Moro Canas and Jaime Faria will play each other in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 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 -> 1.83
Jaime Faria -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. Jaime Faria
There is no head to head record between Alejandro Moro Canas and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Alejandro Moro Canas
31 - 20win/loss
161
142
LWLWLLLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-26 | 11-8 | 16-11 | 3-5 | 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. 168, the Spaniard reached the semifinal after beating Antoine Escoffier 4-6 7-5 6-1, Alexander Blockx 7-6(0) 6-4 and Edas Butvilas 4-6 7-6(8) 6-4.
In the quarter against Butvilas, Alejandro recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-68 6-4). During the match, Moro Canas scored 108 points vs Butvilas’s 104. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Regarding the service games, Moro Canas scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Alejandro Moro Canas was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (49/69) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alejandro broke Butvilas twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Moro Canas has dropped 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Moro Canas has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (166-105). 9-3 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Moro Canas has a compiled76-30 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Vilius Gaubas in the final 7-5 6-3.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaime Faria
42 - 15win/loss
116
116
WWWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-25 | 24-5 | 27-14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 33-17 | 16-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 20-12 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-10 | 6-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, the Portuguese got to the semifinal after beating Zsombor Piros 6-1 6-2, Joao Domingues 0-6 6-3 6-4 and Vadym Ursu 6-7(6) 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Domingues, Jaime recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-3 6-4).During the match Faria scored less points (3) than Domingues. In fact, the world no. 168 won 75 points vs Domingues’s. That means that Faria was more focused during the important points. Faria was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Faria scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 9 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 49% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (20/43) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Domingues 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jaime has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he defeated Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.
The Portuguese has a composed 41-15 win-loss record in 2024, 22-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moro Canas | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 85 | 74 |
| Pts | 279-259 | 257-228 |
| Total Points | 538 | 485 |
| Winners | 118 | 88 |
| %Winners | 42% | 34% |
Both Moro Canas and Faria played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alejandro Moro Canas surrendered 2 sets, while Jaime Faria surrendered 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Moro Canas and Faria have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Moro Canas played 11 games more than Faria. Moro Canas scored 118 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jaime struck 88 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moro Canas | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 171/265 | 139/247 |
| %1st in | 65% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 118/171 | 88/139 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 53/94 | 57/108 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 53% |
Moro Canas struck 8 aces (2.7 per match). Faria made 10 aces (3.3 per match). Moro Canas won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 63% of the points behind 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 | Faria |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 17 |
| Converted | 11/29 | 17/33 |
| % Converted | 38% | 52% |
| Conceded | 22 | 23 |
| Saved | 14 | 12 |
| % Saved | 64% | 52% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 11 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Portuguese broke his opponents 17 times with a 52% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 52% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moro Canas | |||||
| R1 Escoffier |
R2 Blockx |
1/4 Butvilas |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-1 | 7-60 6-4 | 4-6 7-68 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 23 | 33 | 85 | |
| pts | 98-90 | 73-65 | 108-104 | 279-259 | |
| Total points | 188 | 138 | 212 | 538 | |
| Winners | 33 | 36 | 49 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 49% | 45% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 47/86 | 55/76 | 69/103 | 171/265 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 72% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 36/55 | 49/69 | 118/171 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 65% | 71% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 10/21 | 20/34 | 53/94 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 48% | 59% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 4/7 | 2/7 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 57% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 10 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 7/10 | 2/4 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 70% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Faria | |||||
| R1 Piros |
R2 Domingues |
Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 0-6 6-3 6-4 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Tot Games | 15 | 25 | 40 | ||
| pts | 62-38 | 75-78 | 137-116 | ||
| Total points | 100 | 153 | 253 | ||
| Winners | 22 | 28 | 50 | ||
| %Winners | 35% | 37% | 36% | ||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 11 | ||
| 1st in | 28/51 | 42/85 | 70/136 | ||
| % 1st in | 55% | 49% | 51% | ||
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 28/42 | 50/70 | ||
| % 1st pts | 79% | 67% | 71% | ||
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 20/43 | 35/66 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 47% | 53% | ||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/6 | 8/14 | ||
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 57% | ||
| Conceded | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 4/4 | 3/8 | 7 | ||
| Saved % | 100% | 38% | 46% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alex MartinezMartinez (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Edas ButvilasButvilas (4-6 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Joshua Paris/Ramkumar RamanathanParis/Ramkumar Ramanathan – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-73 6-4 10-7) – See score progression
- Karol Drzewiecki/Piotr MatuszewskiDrzewiecki/Piotr Matuszewski – Tiago Pereira/Duarte ValePereira/Duarte Vale (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Edas ButvilasButvilas (4-6 7-6(8) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jaime FariaFaria – Vadym UrsuUrsu (6-7(6) 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Alex MartinezMartinez (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Arthur ReymondReymond (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
