Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jaime Faria will play each other in the semifinal of the Valencia Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:00 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 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran is the pick to win this match.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.533
Jaime Faria -> 2.36

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Jaime Faria

There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Ranked no. 144, Moreno De Alboran got to the semifinal after beating Adrian Andreev 6-4 6-2, Javier Barranco Cosano 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Thiago Agustin Tirante 6-7(0) 6-4 6-2.

In the quarter against Agustin Tirante, The Spaniard recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁰ 6-4 6-2). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 99 points vs Agustin Tirante’s 88. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was very efficient on serve to win 75% (46/61) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Agustin Tirante 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moreno De Alboran has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Moreno De Alboran has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (236-138). 27-18 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Moreno De Alboran has a compiled105-62 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Moreno De Alboran’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Villena Challenger.

The Spaniard has an aggregate 44-32 win-loss record in 2024, 27-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Valencia Challenger

Moreno De Alboran has never competed in this tournament before.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 168, Jaime got to the semifinal after beating Ivan Gakhov 6-2 2-6 7-6(3), Elmer Moller 4-6 7-5 6-3 and Dennis Novak 6-3 6-1.

In the quarter, Jaime had a good straight sets win against Novak (6-3 6-1). During the match Faria scored 63 points vs Novak’s 43. Jaime was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Faria blasted 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jaime Faria lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 67% of his first serves in, winning 73% (24/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Jaime broke Novak 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Faria has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

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

Faria has a composed 47-23 win-loss record in 2024, 21-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moreno De Alboran	Faria
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	8
Tot Games	76	76
Pts	258-218	269-244
Total Points	476	513
Winners	108	111
%Winners	42%	41%

Both Moreno De Alboran and Faria played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran conceded 2 sets, while Jaime Faria dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Moreno De Alboran and Faria have played the same amount of sets 8. They also played the same amount of games (76). Nicolas scored 108 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Jaime blasted 111 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moreno De Alboran	Faria
Aces	7	12
Avg per match	2.3	4
1st in	148/221	163/270
%1st in	67%	60%
1st pts	108/148	111/163
%1st pts	73%	68%
2nd pts	44/73	51/107
%2nd pts	60%	48%

Moreno De Alboran fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Faria blasted 12 aces (4 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 73% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moreno De Alboran	Faria
Won	11	13
Converted	11/28	13/32
% Converted	39%	41%
Conceded	11	20
Saved	8	12
% Saved	73%	60%
Times Broken	3	8

Moreno De Alboran broke his opponents 11 times with a 39% conversion rate. Nicolas surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Jaime broke his opponents 13 times with a 41% conversion rate. Jaime conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
	R1 Andreev	R2 Barranco Cosano	1/4 Agustin Tirante	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	3-6 6-2 6-4	6-70 6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	18	27	31	76
pts	61-43	98-87	99-88	258-218
Total points	104	185	187	476
Winners	22	40	46	108
%Winners	36%	41%	46%	42%
SERVE
Aces	1	2	4	7
Double Faults	1	1	3	5
1st in	33/47	54/82	61/92	148/221
% 1st in	70%	66%	66%	67%
1st pts	22/33	40/54	46/61	108/148
% 1st pts	67%	74%	75%	73%
2nd pts	10/14	14/28	20/31	44/73
% 2nd pts	71%	50%	65%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	3	3	11
Converted	5/10	3/9	3/9	11/28
Converted %	50%	33%	33%	39%
Conceded	4	5	2	11
Saved	2/4	4/5	2/2	8
Saved %	50%	80%	100%	77%
Times Broken	2	1	0	3

Faria
	R1 Gakhov	R1 Gakhov	R2 Moller	R2 Moller	1/4 Novak	1/4 Novak	Total
Score	6-2 2-6 7-63	6-2 2-6 7-63	4-6 7-5 6-3	4-6 7-5 6-3	6-3 6-1	6-3 6-1
Tot Set	3	3	3	3	2	2	16
Tot Games	29	29	31	31	16	16	152
pts	94-96	94-96	112-105	112-105	63-43	63-43	538-488
Total points	190	190	217	217	106	106	1026
Winners	40	40	47	47	24	24	222
%Winners	43%	43%	42%	42%	38%	38%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2	7	7	3	3	24
Double Faults	12	12	5	5	0	0	34
1st in	59/102	59/102	71/119	71/119	33/49	33/49	326/540
% 1st in	58%	58%	60%	60%	67%	67%	60%
1st pts	40/59	40/59	47/71	47/71	24/33	24/33	222/326
% 1st pts	68%	68%	66%	66%	73%	73%	68%
2nd pts	19/43	19/43	24/48	24/48	8/16	8/16	102/214
% 2nd pts	44%	44%	50%	50%	50%	50%	48%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	4	5	5	26
Converted	4/8	4/8	4/14	4/14	5/10	5/10	26/64
Converted %	50%	50%	29%	29%	50%	50%	41%
Conceded	7	7	9	9	4	4	40
Saved	3/7	3/7	6/9	6/9	3/4	3/4	24
Saved %	43%	43%	67%	67%	75%	75%	123%
Times Broken	4	4	3	3	1	1	16

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