Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Alexander Blockx will play each other in the semifinal of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 -> 1.55
Alexander Blockx -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Nicolas Moreno De Alboran vs. Alexander Blockx

This will be the 2^nd time that Nicolas Moreno De Alboran and Alexander Blockx fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Moreno De Alboran (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Moreno De Alboran won 7-6(7) 6-1 in the 2^nd round in the Seoul Challenger back in October 2024.

Nicolas Moreno De Alboran

Ranked no. 119 (career-high), Nicolas reached the semifinal after defeating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-5, James McCabe 6-4 6-3 and Federico Cina 6-3 6-4.

In the quarter, Nicolas had a good straight sets win against Cina (6-3 6-4). During the match, Moreno De Alboran scored 66 points vs Cina’s 52. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 39 winners.

Regarding the service games, Moreno De Alboran struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Nicolas Moreno De Alboran lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Moreno De Alboran put 72% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Moreno De Alboran was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cina 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 56% 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 (241-140). 19-12 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moreno De Alboran has a compiled127-67 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.

Nicolas’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Villena Challenger.

Moreno De Alboran has a composed 49-34 win-loss record in 2024, 19-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Alexander Blockx

Ranked no. 252, the Belgian got to the semifinal after beating Shunsuke Nakagawa 6-2 6-3

, Yasutaka Uchiyama 4-3 ret. and Shintaro Mochizuki 6-4 7-6(2).

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Mochizuki (6-4 7-6²). During the match Blockx scored 81 points vs Mochizuki’s 74. Alexander was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Blockx scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alexander Blockx lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Blockx put 71% of his first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Mochizuki 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Alexander’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Nottingham Challenger,the Hamburg Challenger,the Cordenons Challenger,M25 Koksijde and the Orleans Challenger.

The Belgian has a compiled 26-22 win-loss record in 2024, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Moreno De Alboran	Blockx
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	60	47
Pts	211-168	168-138
Total Points	379	306
Winners	95	67
%Winners	45%	40%

Both Moreno De Alboran and Blockx played 3 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Moreno De Alboran and Blockx have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Moreno De Alboran played 13 games more than Blockx. Moreno De Alboran scored 95 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 67 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Moreno De Alboran	Blockx
Aces	16	3
Avg per match	5.3	1
1st in	126/188	105/155
%1st in	67%	68%
1st pts	95/126	67/105
%1st pts	75%	64%
2nd pts	32/62	29/50
%2nd pts	52%	58%

Moreno De Alboran bagged 16 aces (5.3 per match). Blockx recorded 3 aces (1 per match). Moreno De Alboran won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Blockx won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Moreno De Alboran	Blockx
Won	10	11
Converted	10/19	11/20
% Converted	53%	55%
Conceded	15	14
Saved	12	9
% Saved	80%	64%
Times Broken	3	5

Moreno De Alboran broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Spaniard surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Belgian broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Moreno De Alboran
	R1 Schoolkate	R2 McCabe	1/4 Cina	Total
Score	6-4 7-5	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	22	19	19	60
pts	83-69	62-47	66-52	211-168
Total points	152	109	118	379
Winners	34	22	39	95
%Winners	41%	35%	59%	45%
SERVE
Aces	9	3	4	16
Double Faults	2	2	5	9
1st in	46/65	28/51	52/72	126/188
% 1st in	71%	55%	72%	67%
1st pts	34/46	22/28	39/52	95/126
% 1st pts	74%	79%	75%	75%
2nd pts	11/19	13/23	8/20	32/62
% 2nd pts	58%	57%	40%	52%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	10
Converted	3/10	4/6	3/3	10/19
Converted %	30%	67%	100%	53%
Conceded	4	2	9	15
Saved	3/4	1/2	8/9	12
Saved %	75%	50%	89%	71%
Times Broken	1	1	1	3

Blockx
	R1 Nakagawa	R2 Uchiyama	1/4 Mochizuki	Total
Score	6-2 6-3	4-3 ret.	6-4 7-62
Tot Set	2	1	2	5
Tot Games	17	7	23	47
pts	61-48	26-16	81-74	168-138
Total points	109	42	155	306
Winners	22	12	33	67
%Winners	36%	46%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	1	3
Double Faults	3	0	1	4
1st in	34/57	14/18	57/80	105/155
% 1st in	60%	78%	71%	68%
1st pts	22/34	12/14	33/57	67/105
% 1st pts	65%	86%	58%	64%
2nd pts	13/23	3/4	13/23	29/50
% 2nd pts	57%	75%	57%	58%
Breaks
Won	5	1	5	11
Converted	5/7	1/1	5/12	11/20
Converted %	71%	100%	42%	55%
Conceded	7	0	7	14
Saved	6/7	0/0	3/7	9
Saved %	86%	–	43%	43%
Times Broken	1	0	4	5

Tennis Scores in Matsuyama Challenger

• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – Federico CinaCina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Kokoro IsomuraIsomura (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
• Alex BoltBolt – Terence AtmaneAtmane (6-1 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Alexander BlockxBlockx – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 7-6²) – See score progression
• Nicolas Moreno De Alboran/Jose StathamMoreno De Alboran/Jose Statham – Vasil Kirkov/Bart StevensKirkov/Bart Stevens (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Seita Watanabe/Takeru YuzukiWatanabe/Takeru Yuzuki – Sho Katayama/Kaichi UchidaKatayama/Kaichi Uchida (6-0 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alex BoltBolt (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Nicolas Moreno De AlboranMoreno De Alboran – (1-0) – H2H and prediction