Billy Harris and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on Court 10. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Billy Harris who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Billy Harris is the pick to win this match.
Billy Harris -> 1.25
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 3.8

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Prediction and head to head Billy Harris vs. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

There is no head to head record between Billy Harris and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Billy Harris

Billy Harris

33 - 27win/loss

Hard
8-7
I Hard
5-6
Clay
6-8
Grass
14-6
Rank
104
High
104
WLWLWLLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 33-27 8-7 6-8 5-6 14-6 0-0
2023 59-34 27-15 7-8 14-5 11-6 0-0
2022 46-34 23-13 10-9 9-8 2-3 2-1
2021 51-20 13-5 38-15 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 27-13 19-10 8-3 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 104 (career-high), Harris reached the qualifications after defeating Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3 2-6 7-5.

In the qualifications, Billy defeated Manuel Cerundolo (6-3 2-6 7-5). During the match, Harris scored 100 points vs Manuel Cerundolo’s 92. Harris was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Harris recorded 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Billy Harris was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Billy broke Manuel Cerundolo 3 times after converting 21% of his break points (3/14).

Harris has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (377-231). 8-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Harris has an aggregate 149-86 record in the last years on hard.

Harris’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Surbiton Challenger,the Nottingham 2 Challenger and Eastbourne.

Harris has an overall 33-27 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

The Brit has never competed in this tournament before.

U.S. Open
Harris's Record

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco

41 - 21win/loss

Hard
1-0
I Hard
0-0
Clay
40-20
Grass
0-1
Rank
176
High
168
WLWLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-21 1-0 40-20 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 49-32 0-0 49-32 0-0 0-0 0-0
2022 55-28 1-4 54-24 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 18-13 3-2 15-11 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 176, Alejandro Dellien Velasco got to the qualifications after beating Kimmer Coppejans 2-6 7-5 6-3.

In the qualifications against Coppejans, Alejandro Dellien Velasco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 90 points vs Coppejans’s 87. The Bolivian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Alejandro Dellien Velasco put 70% of his first serves in, winning 66% (41/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (10/26) on the 2nd serve. Murkel broke Coppejans 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Brasov Challenger where he beat Dmitry Popko in the final 6-3 7-5.

The Bolivian has a composed 41-21 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Alejandro Dellien Velasco's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

B.Harris
M.Alejandro Velasco
2h:18
2h:18
Time on court​
2h:11
2h:11
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
!
2h:11
2h:11
1
1
Match played
1
1
29
29
Games Played​
29
29
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
100
100
Total points​
90
90
100
100
Avg point​
90
90
34
34
Winners
41
41
34
34
Avg Winners​
41
41
34%
34%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
6
6
Avg Aces
1
1
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
!
7
7
Avg Double Faults
3
3
34/45
34/45
1st won total​
41/62
41/62
!
76%
76%
1st won %
66%
66%
22/42
22/42
2nd won total​
10/26
10/26
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
38%
38%
-- Break Points --
3/14
3/14
BP won
6/10
6/10
3/14
3/14
Avg BP won
6/10
6/10
!
21%
21%
Won
!
60%
60%
6
6
Conceded
9
9
6
6
Avg Conceded
9
9
3
3
Broken
6
6
3
3
Avg Broken
!
6
6
3
3
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Harris Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
Pts 100-92 90-87
Total Points 192 177
Winners 34 41
%Winners 34% 46%

Both Harris and Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Billy Harris lost 1 set, while Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Harris and Alejandro Dellien Velasco have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (29). The Brit scored 34 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco recorded 41 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Harris Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Aces 6 1
Avg per match 6 1
1st in 45/87 62/88
%1st in 52% 70%
1st pts 34/45 41/62
%1st pts 76% 66%
2nd pts 22/42 10/26
%2nd pts 52% 38%

Harris made 6 aces . Alejandro Dellien Velasco made 1 ace . Harris won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Harris Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Won 3 6
Converted 3/14 6/10
% Converted 21% 60%
Conceded 6 9
Saved 3 3
% Saved 50% 33%
Times Broken 3 6

Billy broke his opponent 3 times with a 21% conversion rate. Harris surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Bolivian broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Bolivian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Harris
Q1
Manuel
Total
Score 6-3 2-6 7-5
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 100-92 100-92
Total points 192 192
Winners 34 34
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 45/87 45/87
% 1st in 52% 52%
1st pts 34/45 34/45
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 22/42 22/42
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/14 3/14
Converted % 21% 21%
Conceded 6 6
Saved 3/6 3
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 3 3
Alejandro Dellien Velasco
Q1
Coppejans
Total
Score 2-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 29 29
pts 90-87 90-87
Total points 177 177
Winners 41 41
%Winners 46% 46%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 62/88 62/88
% 1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 41/62 41/62
% 1st pts 66% 66%
2nd pts 10/26 10/26
% 2nd pts 38% 38%
Breaks
Won 6 6
Converted 6/10 6/10
Converted % 60% 60%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 3/9 3
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 6 6

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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