Jaime Faria and Elmer Moller will face off in the 2^nd round of the Valencia Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 1. 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 Elmer Moller who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elmer Moller is the pick to win this match.
Elmer Moller -> 1.36
Jaime Faria -> 2.94

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Prediction and head to head Jaime Faria vs. Elmer Moller

This will be the 2^nd time that Jaime Faria and Elmer Moller play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Faria (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Faria won 6-4 4-6 7-6(1) in the quarter in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio back in February 2024.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 168, the Portuguese reached the 2^nd round after defeating Ivan Gakhov 6-2 2-6 7-6(3).

In the 1^st round, Jaime defeated Gakhov (6-2 2-6 7-6³).During the match, Faria scored less points (2) than Gakhov. In fact, the world no. 168 won 94 points vs Gakhov’s. That means that Faria was more focused during the important points. Faria was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about the service games, Faria fired 2 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 12 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 58% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Gakhov 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Faria has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (149-89). 19-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Faria has an overall63-40 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Oeiras 4 Challenger where he overcame Elias Ymer in the final 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4.

The Portuguese has a composed 45-23 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Faria has never competed in this tournament before.

Elmer Moller

Ranked no. 231 (career-high), Elmer reached the 2^nd round after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 7-6(6) 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Dane had a good straight sets win against Ramos-Vinolas (7-6⁶ 6-2). During the match Moller scored 81 points vs Ramos-Vinolas’s 61. Moller was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.

About the serving games, Moller scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Elmer Moller was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Elmer broke Ramos-Vinolas 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

His best result of the season was winning the title the Braga Challenger where he overcame Daniel Elahi Galan in the final 6-4 7-6(4).

Elmer has a compiled 57-21 win-loss record in 2024, 47-16 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Faria	Moller
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	29	21
Pts	94-96	81-61
Total Points	190	142
Winners	40	30
%Winners	43%	37%

Both Faria and Moller played 1 match. At the moment, Jaime Faria conceded 1 set while Elmer Moller hasn’t dropped a set so far. Faria has played 1 set more than Moller (3 vs 2). Therefore, Faria played 8 games more than Moller. The Portuguese scored 40 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Moller managed to score 30 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Faria	Moller
Aces	2	1
Avg per match	2	1
1st in	59/102	41/64
%1st in	58%	64%
1st pts	40/59	30/41
%1st pts	68%	73%
2nd pts	19/43	12/23
%2nd pts	44%	52%

Faria blasted 2 aces . Moller recorded 1 ace . Faria won 68% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Moller won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Faria	Moller
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/7
% Converted	50%	57%
Conceded	7	5
Saved	3	3
% Saved	43%	60%
Times Broken	4	2

The Portuguese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Faria conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Faria
	R1 Gakhov	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-63
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	94-96	94-96
Total points	190	190
Winners	40	40
%Winners	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	12	12
1st in	59/102	59/102
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	40/59	40/59
% 1st pts	68%	68%
2nd pts	19/43	19/43
% 2nd pts	44%	44%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	3/7	3
Saved %	43%	43%
Times Broken	4	4

Moller
	R1 Ramos-Vinolas	Total
Score	7-66 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	21	21
pts	81-61	81-61
Total points	142	142
Winners	30	30
%Winners	37%	37%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	41/64	41/64
% 1st in	64%	64%
1st pts	30/41	30/41
% 1st pts	73%	73%
2nd pts	12/23	12/23
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/7	4/7
Converted %	57%	57%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	3/5	3
Saved %	60%	60%
Times Broken	2	2

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