Alejandro Moro Canas and August Holmgren will fight against each other in the final of the Porto Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday 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 -> 1.73
August Holmgren -> 2.03

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Prediction and head to head Alejandro Moro Canas vs. August Holmgren

This will be the 2nd time that Alejandro Moro Canas and August Holmgren face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Moro Canas (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Moro Canas won 6-3 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Oeiras 2 Challenger back in January 2024.

Alejandro Moro Canas

Alejandro Moro Canas

32 - 20win/loss

Hard
10-3
I Hard
2-4
Clay
16-11
Grass
4-2
Rank
169
High
142
LWLLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 35-28 11-8 17-13 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, Alejandro got to the final after beating Antoine Escoffier 4-6 7-5 6-1, Alexander Blockx 7-6(0) 6-4, Edas Butvilas 4-6 7-6(8) 6-4 and Jaime Faria 6-3 4-1 ret..

In the semifinal against Faria, the Spaniard had a free pass after Faria retired on a 6-3 4-1 . scoreline.

Moro Canas has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 61% of his matches (167-105). 10-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moro Canas has an aggregate77-30 record in the last 7 years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Vilius Gaubas in the final 7-5 6-3.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 32-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Porto Challenger

Moro Canas has never competed in this tournament before.

Porto Challenger
Moro Canas's Record

August Holmgren

August Holmgren

30 - 16win/loss

Hard
23-9
I Hard
1-1
Clay
6-6
Rank
200
High
163
LWWWLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-25 24-12 6-6 7-7 0-0 0-0
2023 46-26 33-14 9-6 4-6 0-0 0-0
2022 31-12 18-4 10-5 3-3 0-0 0-0
2021 19-8 12-6 7-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 249, Holmgren reached the final after beating Michael Geerts 6-4 1-6 6-3, Timofey Skatov 7-6(6) 7-6(5), Arthur Reymond 6-2 4-6 6-3 and Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7(6) 7-5 7-6(5).

In the semifinal against Kukushkin, August recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 7-5 7-65). During the match Holmgren scored 128 points vs Kukushkin’s 120. August was pretty aggressive to blast 55 winners.

About the serving games, Holmgren made 8 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Overall, August Holmgren was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (55/78) of his 1st serve and 52% (29/56) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. August broke Kukushkin 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

August has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Pozoblanco Challenger where he overcame Antoine Escoffier in the final 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Holmgren has a compiled 30-16 win-loss record in 2024, 23-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Porto Challenger
Holmgren's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Moro Canas
A.Holmgren
7h:58
7h:58
Time on court​
9h:09
9h:09
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
3h:10
3h:10
4
4
Match played
4
4
99
99
Games Played​
117
117
11
11
Set played​​
11
11
333
333
Total points​
385
385
83.3
83.3
Avg point​
96.3
96.3
146
146
Winners
155
155
36.5
36.5
Avg Winners​
38.8
38.8
44%
44%
Ratio winners
40%
40%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
30
30
2
2
Avg Aces
7.5
7.5
8
8
Double Faults
22
22
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
5.5
5.5
146/206
146/206
1st won total​
155/216
155/216
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
57/111
57/111
2nd won total​
83/154
83/154
51%
51%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
15/34
15/34
BP won
16/41
16/41
3.8/8.5
3.8/8.5
Avg BP won
4/10.3
4/10.3
44%
44%
Won
39%
39%
25
25
Conceded
35
35
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
8.8
8.8
9
9
Broken
12
12
2.3
2.3
Avg Broken
3
3
16
16
Saved
23
23

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moro Canas Holmgren
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 11 11
Tot Games 99 117
Pts 333-299 385-358
Total Points 632 743
Winners 146 155
%Winners 44% 40%

Both Moro Canas and Holmgren played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alejandro Moro Canas surrendered 2 sets, while August Holmgren surrendered 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Moro Canas and Holmgren have played the same amount of sets 11. However, Moro Canas played 18 games less than Holmgren. Moro Canas scored 146 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Dane blasted 155 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moro Canas Holmgren
Aces 8 30
Avg per match 2 7.5
1st in 206/317 216/370
%1st in 65% 58%
1st pts 146/206 155/216
%1st pts 71% 72%
2nd pts 57/111 83/154
%2nd pts 51% 54%

Moro Canas made 8 aces (2 per match). Holmgren struck 30 aces (7.5 per match). Moro Canas won 71% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moro Canas Holmgren
Won 15 16
Converted 15/34 16/41
% Converted 44% 39%
Conceded 25 35
Saved 16 23
% Saved 64% 66%
Times Broken 9 12

Moro Canas broke his opponents 15 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponents 16 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 66% of the break points that he conceded.

Moro Canas
R1
Escoffier
R2
Blockx
1/4
Butvilas
1/2
Faria
Total
Score 4-6 7-5 6-1 7-60 6-4 4-6 7-68 6-4 6-3 4-1 ret.
Tot Set 3 2 3 2 10
Tot Games 29 23 33 14 99
pts 98-90 73-65 108-104 54-40 333-299
Total points 188 138 212 94 632
Winners 33 36 49 28 146
%Winners 34% 49% 45% 52% 44%
SERVE
Aces 6 1 1 0 8
Double Faults 4 1 1 2 8
1st in 47/86 55/76 69/103 35/52 206/317
% 1st in 55% 72% 67% 67% 65%
1st pts 33/47 36/55 49/69 28/35 146/206
% 1st pts 70% 65% 71% 80% 71%
2nd pts 23/39 10/21 20/34 4/17 57/111
% 2nd pts 59% 48% 59% 24% 51%
Breaks
Won 5 4 2 4 15
Converted 5/15 4/7 2/7 4/5 15/34
Converted % 33% 57% 29% 80% 44%
Conceded 8 10 4 3 25
Saved 5/8 7/10 2/4 2/3 16
Saved % 63% 70% 50% 67% 63%
Times Broken 3 3 2 1 9
Holmgren
R1
Geerts
R2
Skatov
1/4
Reymond
1/2
Kukushkin
Total
Score 6-4 1-6 6-3 7-66 7-65 6-2 4-6 6-3 6-76 7-5 7-65
Tot Set 3 2 3 3 11
Tot Games 26 26 27 38 117
pts 79-79 85-84 93-75 128-120 385-358
Total points 158 169 168 248 743
Winners 33 35 32 55 155
%Winners 42% 41% 34% 43% 40%
SERVE
Aces 6 6 10 8 30
Double Faults 5 3 4 10 22
1st in 47/77 53/91 38/68 78/134 216/370
% 1st in 61% 58% 56% 58% 58%
1st pts 33/47 35/53 32/38 55/78 155/216
% 1st pts 70% 66% 84% 71% 72%
2nd pts 17/30 21/38 16/30 29/56 83/154
% 2nd pts 57% 55% 53% 52% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 3 5 5 16
Converted 3/9 3/5 5/16 5/11 16/41
Converted % 33% 60% 31% 45% 39%
Conceded 9 8 4 14 35
Saved 6/9 5/8 2/4 10/14 23
Saved % 67% 63% 50% 71% 63%
Times Broken 3 3 2 4 12

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