Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Federico Cina will clash against each other in the quarter of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nicolas Moreno De Alboran who should win in 2 sets.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran -> 1.195
Federico Cina -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Federico Cina
There is no head to head record between Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Federico Cina since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nicolas Moreno De Alboran
48 - 34win/loss
110
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. 119 (career-high), Moreno De Alboran reached the quarter after beating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-5 and James McCabe 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Moreno De Alboran had a good straight sets win against McCabe (6-4 6-3). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 62 points vs McCabe’s 47. Moreno De Alboran was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Moreno De Alboran made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicolas Moreno De Alboran was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (22/28) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Moreno De Alboran broke McCabe 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Moreno De Alboran has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (240-140). 18-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moreno De Alboran has a composed126-67 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Villena Challenger.
Nicolas has an aggregate 48-34 win-loss record in 2024, 18-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Moreno De Alboran has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Cina
27 - 19win/loss
515
515
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 18-15 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 663 (career-high), Cina reached the quarter after beating Dane Sweeny 6-2 6-4 and Li Tu 5-7 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Sweeny (6-2 6-4). During the match Cina scored 65 points vs Sweeny’s 49. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Cina bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Federico Cina lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cina put 63% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Italian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Buzau.
The Italian has an aggregate 26-19 win-loss record in 2024, 13-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Moreno De Alboran | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 49 |
| Pts | 145-116 | 163-142 |
| Total Points | 261 | 305 |
| Winners | 56 | 65 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Both Moreno De Alboran and Cina played 2 matches. At the moment, Federico Cina lost 1 set while Nicolas Moreno De Alboran hasn’t conceded a set so far. Moreno De Alboran has played 1 set(s) less than Cina (4 vs 5). Therefore, Moreno De Alboran played 8 games less than Cina. The Spaniard scored 56 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Federico managed to score 65 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Moreno De Alboran | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 74/116 | 85/146 |
| %1st in | 64% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 56/74 | 65/85 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 24/42 | 30/61 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 49% |
Moreno De Alboran made 12 aces (6 per match). Cina scored 8 aces (4 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Cina won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Moreno De Alboran | Cina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 9 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 44% | 53% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 67% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The Spaniard broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Moreno De Alboran surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Federico broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Moreno De Alboran | ||||
| R1 Schoolkate | R2 McCabe | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| pts | 83-69 | 62-47 | 145-116 | |
| Total points | 152 | 109 | 261 | |
| Winners | 34 | 22 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 35% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 3 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 28/51 | 74/116 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 55% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 34/46 | 22/28 | 56/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 79% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 13/23 | 24/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/6 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 67% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 50% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cina | ||||
| R1 Sweeny | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | |||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | ||
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | ||
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | ||
| Total points | 114 | 114 | ||
| Winners | 24 | 24 | ||
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | ||
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | ||
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | ||
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | ||
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | ||
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | ||
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | ||
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | ||
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | ||
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
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