Michael Geerts and Ivan Marrero Curbelo will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Villena Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:30 pm on PISTA CARLOS ALCARAZ. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Geerts is the pick to win this match.
Michael Geerts -> 1.41
Ivan Marrero Curbelo -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Ivan Marrero Curbelo
There is no head to head record between Michael Geerts and Ivan Marrero Curbelo since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Michael Geerts
38 - 31win/loss
300
212
LWLWLWWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 339, the Belgian got to the qualifications after defeating Peter Heller 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Heller (6-4 6-2). During the match, Geerts scored 62 points vs Heller’s 52. Michael was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Geerts managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 54% of his first serves in, winning 80% (24/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Heller 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Geerts has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (316-239). 16-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Geerts has a compiled 141-84 record in the last years on hard.
Geerts’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Martos and M25 Castelo Branco.
Geerts has a compiled 38-31 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Michael has never competed in this tournament before.
Ivan Marrero Curbelo
27 - 18win/loss
767
717
LWWLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-23 | 25-17 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-13 | 14-7 | 11-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-16 | 14-6 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 749 (career-high), Marrero reached the qualifications after defeating Riccardo Bonadio 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (6-3 6-3). During the match Marrero scored 59 points vs Bonadio’s 43. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Marrero made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ivan Marrero Curbelo lost the serve once. Furthermore, Marrero put 67% of his first serves in, winning 87% (27/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (7/15) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Nova.
Ivan has an aggregate 27-18 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 |
| Pts | 62-52 | 59-43 |
| Total Points | 114 | 102 |
| Winners | 24 | 27 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Both Geerts and Marrero played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Geerts and Marrero have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (18). Michael scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard scored 27 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 31/46 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 27/31 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 7/15 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 47% |
Geerts struck 6 aces . Marrero fired 2 aces . Geerts won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Marrero won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Marrero |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Michael broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Michael dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Heller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-52 | 62-52 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/26 | 13/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Marrero | |||
| Q1 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/31 | 27/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/15 | 7/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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