Alejandro Moro Canas and Jaime Faria will play each other in the semifinal of the Porto Challenger for the 1^st 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

Click here to see the updated quotes and live streaming (only selected countries - USA excluded).

To be able to watch live streaming bet365, a funded account is required or you need to have placed a bet in the last 24 hours. 18+ BeGambleAware.

Here where top tennis events are broadcasted or streamed online (ATP, WTA).

At the challenger level, there will be free live streaming on Challenger TV.

 

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

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

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 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

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