Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Alexander Blockx will face off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 3 sets.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.6
Alexander Blockx -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Alexander Blockx
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Alexander Blockx since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
45 - 33win/loss
109
109
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51-35 | 21-12 | 27-19 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 25-16 | 10-8 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-20 | 8-2 | 28-17 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-20 | 22-11 | 22-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-12 | 14-8 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, Moreno De Alboran got to the 2nd round after beating Elias Ymer 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Spaniard defeated Ymer (7-64 6-75 6-4). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 128 points vs Ymer’s 117. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran made 9 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was very effective on serve to win 78% (51/65) of his 1st serve and 52% (31/60) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nicolas broke Ymer 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Moreno De Alboran has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (237-139). 15-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moreno De Alboran has an overall123-66 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Villena Challenger.
The Spaniard has a compiled 45-33 win-loss record in 2024, 15-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Nicolas has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Blockx
23 - 21win/loss
205
205
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 7-11 | 7-3 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-15 | 4-3 | 11-7 | 24-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 243, Blockx got to the 2nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round, Blockx had a good straight sets win against Hsiou Hsu (6-2 7-5). During the match Blockx scored 81 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 65. The Belgian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Blockx struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Blockx conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 76% of his first serves in, winning 73% (41/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Blockx broke Hsiou Hsu 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde and the Orleans Challenger.
The Belgian has a composed 23-21 win-loss record in 2024, 4-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 20 |
| Pts | 128-117 | 81-65 |
| Total Points | 245 | 146 |
| Winners | 51 | 41 |
| %Winners | 40% | 51% |
Both Moreno De Alboran and Blockx played 1 match. At the moment, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran dropped 1 set while Alexander Blockx hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set more than Blockx (3 vs 2). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 16 games more than Blockx. Moreno De Alboran scored 51 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Alexander scored 41 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 8 |
| 1st in | 65/125 | 56/74 |
| %1st in | 52% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 51/65 | 41/56 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 31/60 | 8/18 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 44% |
Moreno De Alboran managed to score 9 aces . Blockx fired 8 aces . Moreno De Alboran won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moreno De Alboran | Blockx |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 30% | 38% |
| Conceded | 12 | 9 |
| Saved | 10 | 9 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Moreno De Alboran broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Belgian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 9 break points.
| Moreno De Alboran | |||
| R1 Ymer | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 128-117 | 128-117 | |
| Total points | 245 | 245 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 65/125 | 65/125 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 51/65 | 51/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/60 | 31/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Blockx | |||
| R1 Hsiou | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 81-65 | 81-65 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 56/74 | 56/74 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 41/56 | 41/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/18 | 8/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 9/9 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Hyeon ChungChung – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Kaito UesugiUesugi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jie CuiCui (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Elias YmerYmer (7-64 6-75 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BlockxBlockx – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sanhui ShinShin (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Kasidit SamrejSamrej – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Yi ZhouZhou (6-4 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Kaito UesugiUesugi – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hyeon ChungChung – Yunseong ChungChung (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jie CuiCui (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Yan BaiBai – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Kaito UesugiUesugi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Benoit PairePaire (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Hyeon ChungChung – Li TuTu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (0-0) – H2H and prediction