Pedro Martinez Portero and Ignacio Buse will square off in the quarter of the Valencia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on PISTA PABLO ANDUJAR. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pedro Martinez Portero who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pedro Martinez Portero is the pick to win this match.
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 1.69
Ignacio Buse -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Pedro Martinez Portero vs. Ignacio Buse
There is no head to head record between Pedro Martinez Portero and Ignacio Buse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pedro Martinez Portero
32 - 27win/loss
41
39
LLLWLWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-31 | 7-9 | 27-13 | 2-6 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-35 | 6-9 | 33-25 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-30 | 7-12 | 13-13 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 4-5 | 21-13 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 35-13 | 6-5 | 29-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 45, the Spaniard reached the quarter after defeating Emilio Nava 7-6(11) 7-6(2) and Arthur Gea 6-3 7-6(3).
In the 2nd round, Martinez Portero had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-3 7-63). During the match, Martinez Portero scored 91 points vs Gea’s 78. Pedro was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Martinez Portero wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 70% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Gea 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Martinez Portero has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (415-269). 24-13 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Martinez Portero has an overall 334-181 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the year was conquering the title the Girona Challenger where he beat Radu Albot in the final 7-5 6-4.
The Spaniard has a compiled 32-27 win-loss record in 2024, 24-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
Ignacio Buse
47 - 25win/loss
225
209
LLLWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209 (career-high), Buse got to the quarter after defeating Henrique Rocha 6-1 6-2 and Carlos Sanchez Jover 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Ignacio had a good straight sets win against Sanchez Jover (6-4 6-3). During the match Buse scored 82 points vs Sanchez Jover’s 65. Buse was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Buse scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ignacio Buse lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Buse put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (22/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the 2nd serve. The Peruvian broke Sanchez Jover 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ignacio hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Buse’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Vic and the Como Challenger.
Buse has an overall 47-25 win-loss record in 2024, 44-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Valencia Challenger
The Peruvian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez Portero | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 34 |
| Pts | 181-159 | 138-97 |
| Total Points | 340 | 235 |
| Winners | 71 | 43 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Martinez Portero and Buse played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martinez Portero and Buse have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Martinez Portero played 14 games more than Buse. Pedro scored 71 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Buse made 43 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez Portero | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 104/157 | 64/105 |
| %1st in | 66% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 71/104 | 43/64 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 26/53 | 28/41 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 68% |
Martinez Portero bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Buse blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Martinez Portero won 68% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martinez Portero | Buse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 9/22 |
| % Converted | 44% | 41% |
| Conceded | 12 | 7 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 58% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Pedro lost his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded. The Peruvian broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Peruvian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez Portero | ||||
| R1 Nava |
R2 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-611 7-62 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 22 | 48 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 91-78 | 181-159 | |
| Total points | 171 | 169 | 340 | |
| Winners | 39 | 32 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 57/90 | 47/67 | 104/157 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 70% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/57 | 32/47 | 71/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 8/20 | 26/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 40% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 4/11 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 36% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 5/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 71% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Buse | ||||
| R1 Rocha |
R2 Sanchez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 | 34 | |
| pts | 56-32 | 82-65 | 138-97 | |
| Total points | 88 | 147 | 235 | |
| Winners | 21 | 22 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 27% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 33/58 | 64/105 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 57% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 22/33 | 43/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/16 | 15/25 | 28/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 60% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/15 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 71% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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