Jakub Paul and Julio Cesar Porras will face off 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 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Julio Cesar Porras who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Julio Cesar Porras is the pick to win this match.
Julio Cesar Porras -> 1.57
Jakub Paul -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Julio Cesar Porras
There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Julio Cesar Porras since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Jakub Paul
31 - 20win/loss
423
420
WLWWWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-20 | 10-6 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 423, Jakub reached the qualifications after defeating Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Jakub had a good straight sets win against Manzanera Pertusa (6-4 6-2). During the match, Paul scored 66 points vs Manzanera Pertusa’s 50. Paul was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Paul scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Paul lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 54% of his first serves in, winning 65% (22/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the 2nd serve. Jakub broke Manzanera Pertusa 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Paul has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 55% of his matches (191-155). 10-6 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has an overall65-37 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Paul’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Sarajevo and M25 Sion.
Jakub has an overall 31-20 win-loss record in 2024, 10-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Villena Challenger
Jakub has never competed in this tournament before.
Julio Cesar Porras
25 - 6win/loss
550
550
WLWWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-6 | 15-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 21-11 | 10-6 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 20-11 | 7-4 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-3 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 550 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the qualifications after defeating Louis Wessels 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Wessels (6-4 7-5). During the match Cesar scored 81 points vs Wessels’s 63. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Cesar recorded 2 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Julio Cesar Porras lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cesar put 76% of his first serves in, winning 66% (33/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the 2nd serve. Cesar broke Wessels 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Julio’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sanxenxo,M15+H Tauste and M15 Madrid.
Cesar has an overall 25-6 win-loss record in 2024, 15-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paul | Cesar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 66-50 | 81-63 |
| Total Points | 116 | 144 |
| Winners | 22 | 33 |
| %Winners | 33% | 41% |
Both Paul and Cesar 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, Paul and Cesar have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paul played 4 games less than Cesar. Jakub scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Cesar recorded 33 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paul | Cesar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 50/66 |
| %1st in | 54% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 33/50 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 9/16 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Paul recorded 1 ace . Cesar also made 2 aces . Paul won 65% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Cesar won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paul | Cesar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 83% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 3 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Paul broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. The Swiss lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Julio broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paul | |||
| Q1 Manzanera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 66-50 | 66-50 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/63 | 34/63 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/34 | 22/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Cesar | |||
| Q1 Wessels |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 81-63 | 81-63 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 50/66 | 50/66 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 33/50 | 33/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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