Roman Andres Burruchaga and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco will square off in the 2nd round of the Guayaquil Challenger for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Andres Burruchaga who should win in 2 sets.
Roman Andres Burruchaga -> 1.36
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco -> 2.94
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Prediction and head to head Roman Andres Burruchaga vs. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
This will be the 6th time that Roman Andres Burruchaga and Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Alejandro Dellien Velasco (see full H2H stats), 3-2 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Andres Burruchaga won 6-0 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Campinas Challenger back in October 2024.
Roman Andres Burruchaga
42 - 26win/loss
130
123
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-26 | 2-3 | 38-22 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-30 | 4-2 | 35-28 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-32 | 5-3 | 40-29 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 18-9 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-9 | 5-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 130, Roman reached the 2nd round after defeating Pedro Sakamoto 7-6(1) ret..
In the 1st round against Sakamoto, Andres Burruchaga had a free pass after Sakamoto retired on a 7-61 . scoreline.
Andres Burruchaga has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (180-126). 38-22 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Andres Burruchaga has a compiled144-102 record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Zug Challenger.
Andres Burruchaga has a compiled 42-26 win-loss record in 2024, 38-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco
46 - 28win/loss
190
168
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 46-28 | 1-1 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 49-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 1-4 | 54-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-13 | 3-2 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 190, Alejandro Dellien Velasco reached the 2nd round after beating Marcos Lee Chan Baratau 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, Alejandro Dellien Velasco had a good straight sets win against Lee Chan Baratau (6-1 6-0). During the match Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored 56 points vs Lee Chan Baratau’s 22. Alejandro Dellien Velasco was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Alejandro Dellien Velasco scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was very steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alejandro Dellien Velasco broke Lee Chan Baratau 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Brasov Challenger where he beat Dmitry Popko in the final 6-3 7-5.
The Bolivian has a composed 46-28 win-loss record in 2024, 45-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guayaquil Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Andres Burruchaga | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 |
| Pts | 53-46 | 56-22 |
| Total Points | 99 | 78 |
| Winners | 20 | 21 |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% |
Both Andres Burruchaga and Alejandro Dellien Velasco played 1 match. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Andres Burruchaga and Alejandro Dellien Velasco have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (13). The Argentine scored 20 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Murkel blasted 21 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Andres Burruchaga | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 26/36 |
| %1st in | 60% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 21/26 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 8/10 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 80% |
Andres Burruchaga made 1 ace . Alejandro Dellien Velasco also struck 1 ace . Andres Burruchaga won 71% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Alejandro Dellien Velasco won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Andres Burruchaga | Alejandro Dellien Velasco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 56% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Argentine broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Argentine surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Bolivian broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Murkel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Andres Burruchaga | |||
| R1 Sakamoto | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 53-46 | 53-46 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 28/47 | 28/47 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 20/28 | 20/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 7/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Alejandro Dellien Velasco | |||
| R1 Lee Chan Baratau | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 56-22 | 56-22 | |
| Total points | 78 | 78 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/36 | 26/36 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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- Henrique RochaRocha – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (7-5 6-75 3-3 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres AndradeAndrade – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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