Alex Martinez and Taha Baadi will face off in the qualifications of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Martinez who should win in 3 sets.
Alex Martinez -> 1.57
Taha Baadi -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Alex Martinez vs. Taha Baadi
There is no head to head record between Alex Martinez and Taha Baadi since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Martinez
14 - 8win/loss
575
562
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-10 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 11-5 | 9-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 573 (career-high), the Spaniard reached the qualifications after beating Tyler Waddock 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Martinez had a good straight sets win against Waddock (6-1 6-2). During the match, Martinez scored 58 points vs Waddock’s 35. The Spaniard was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Martinez fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alex Martinez conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Martinez put 61% of his first serves in, winning 68% (21/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Waddock 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Martinez has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (89-57). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Martinez has an overall7-3 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Martinez’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Segovia Challenger.
Martinez has a composed 13-8 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Taha Baadi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 11-11 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-4 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 863, the Canadian got to the qualifications after defeating Juan Carlos Manuel Aguilar 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Taha had a good straight sets win against Carlos Manuel Aguilar (6-2 6-4). During the match Baadi scored 68 points vs Carlos Manuel Aguilar’s 47. Baadi was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Baadi managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Taha Baadi was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Baadi broke Carlos Manuel Aguilar 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Baadi’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Santo Domingo.
Taha has an aggregate 12-12 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martinez | Baadi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pts | 58-35 | 68-47 |
| Total Points | 93 | 115 |
| Winners | 21 | 26 |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% |
Both Martinez and Baadi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Martinez and Baadi have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Martinez played 3 games less than Baadi. Alex scored 21 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Taha bagged 26 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martinez | Baadi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 7 |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 32/61 |
| %1st in | 61% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 26/32 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 52% |
Martinez bagged 4 aces . Baadi blasted 7 aces . Martinez won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Baadi won 81% 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 | Martinez | Baadi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 57% | 57% |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Alex broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Martinez quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Martinez | |||
| Q1 Waddock | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 58-35 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Baadi | |||
| Q1 Carlos Manuel Aguilar | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-47 | 68-47 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 32/61 | 32/61 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 26/32 | 26/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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