Eric Vanshelboim and Francisco Rocha will play each other in the qualifications of the Braga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Rocha who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Rocha is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Rocha -> 1.86
Eric Vanshelboim -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Eric Vanshelboim vs. Francisco Rocha
There is no head to head record between Eric Vanshelboim and Francisco Rocha since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Eric Vanshelboim
37 - 27win/loss
531
357
LWLLLWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-31 | 11-7 | 28-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-25 | 6-2 | 50-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-24 | 4-5 | 39-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 42-20 | 12-4 | 26-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-11 | 4-4 | 14-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 483, Vanshelboim reached the qualifications after defeating Martin Klizan 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Vanshelboim had a good straight sets win against Klizan (6-4 6-3). During the match, Vanshelboim scored 58 points vs Klizan’s 40. Eric was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vanshelboim managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Eric Vanshelboim lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vanshelboim put 72% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Klizan 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Vanshelboim has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 65% of his matches (224-122). 26-20 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vanshelboim has a compiled173-89 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Bhopal,M25 Chennai,M25 Brazzaville and M25 Oldenzaal.
Vanshelboim has an aggregate 37-27 win-loss record in 2024, 26-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Eric has never competed in this tournament before.
Francisco Rocha
24 - 25win/loss
700
692
LWWLWWLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-29 | 19-15 | 9-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-13 | 10-9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-7 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 716, will start his run in the Braga Challenger after he played his last match in the Braga Challenger where he defeated 7-5 6-3 to Schwaerzler in the qualifications on the 29th of September.
The Portuguese has an overall 23-25 win-loss record in 2024, 8-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Portuguese’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Porto.
In terms of his career, Francisco has an overall 55-52 record. He has a negative 9-16 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vanshelboim | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 21 |
| Pts | 58-40 | 76-61 |
| Total Points | 98 | 137 |
| Winners | 29 | 28 |
| %Winners | 50% | 37% |
Both Vanshelboim and Rocha played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vanshelboim and Rocha have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vanshelboim played 2 games less than Rocha. The Ukrainian scored 29 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Rocha managed to score 28 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vanshelboim | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 45/71 |
| %1st in | 72% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 28/45 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 16/26 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 62% |
Vanshelboim managed to score 6 aces . Rocha recorded 1 ace . Vanshelboim won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 62% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vanshelboim | Rocha |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 63% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Ukrainian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Rocha broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vanshelboim | |||
| Q1 Klizan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 58-40 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/50 | 36/50 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Rocha | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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