Elmer Moller and Henrique Rocha will face off in the semifinal of the Lima 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:30 pm on CANCHA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmer Moller who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elmer Moller is the pick to win this match.
Elmer Moller -> 1.56
Henrique Rocha -> 2.3

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Prediction and head to head Elmer Moller vs. Henrique Rocha

There is no head to head record between Elmer Moller and Henrique Rocha since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elmer Moller

Elmer Moller

61 - 23win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
5-2
Clay
51-18
Rank
154
High
154
LWWWWLLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 61-24 5-3 51-19 5-2 0-0 0-0
2023 48-21 14-11 31-8 3-2 0-0 0-0
2022 26-15 10-5 12-7 4-3 0-0 0-0
2021 13-9 8-4 2-4 3-1 0-0 0-0
2020 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 172, Elmer got to the semifinal after beating Juan Bautista Torres 6-3 7-5, Daniel Elahi Galan 6-4 6-2 and Vilius Gaubas 6-4 3-6 6-0.

In the quarter, The Dane defeated Gaubas (6-4 3-6 6-0). During the match, Moller scored 89 points vs Gaubas’s 68. The Dane was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Moller wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 5 double faults. Elmer Moller lost the serve 5 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Moller put 52% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Elmer broke Gaubas 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Moller has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Moller has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (147-68). 50-18 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Moller has a compiled95-37 win-loss record in the last 5 years on clay.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Braga Challenger where he overcame Daniel Elahi Galan in the final 6-4 7-6(4).

The Dane has a compiled 60-23 win-loss record in 2024, 50-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Lima 2 Challenger

Elmer has never competed in this tournament before.

Lima 2 Challenger
Moller's Record

Henrique Rocha

Henrique Rocha

38 - 31win/loss

Hard
10-7
I Hard
2-2
Clay
25-20
Grass
1-2
Rank
168
High
158
LWWWLWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 38-31 10-7 25-20 2-2 1-2 0-0
2023 64-27 47-11 17-14 0-2 0-0 0-0
2022 18-18 8-9 10-9 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 3-11 2-6 1-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 173, Henrique reached the semifinal after defeating Gastao Elias 6-4 6-0, Tomas Barrios Vera 7-6(2) 3-6 6-2 and Federico Coria 7-6(3) 6-0.

In the quarter, Henrique had a good straight sets win against Coria (7-63 6-0). During the match Rocha scored 83 points vs Coria’s 62. Rocha was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Rocha was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Henrique Rocha lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rocha put 52% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the 2nd serve. Rocha broke Coria 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Henrique has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was winning the title the Murcia Challenger where he defeated Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final 3-6 7-6(0) 7-5.

Henrique has a composed 38-30 win-loss record in 2024, 25-19 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Lima 2 Challenger
Rocha's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

E.Moller
H.Rocha
4h:49
4h:49
Time on court​
5h:23
5h:23
!
2h:03
2h:03
Last match​
1h:52
1h:52
3
3
Match played
3
3
64
64
Games Played​
65
65
7
7
Set played​​
7
7
223
223
Total points​
231
231
74.3
74.3
Avg point​
77
77
89
89
Winners
82
82
29.7
29.7
Avg Winners​
27.3
27.3
40%
40%
Ratio winners
35%
35%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
7
7
1.7
1.7
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
11
11
Double Faults
6
6
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
89/132
89/132
1st won total​
82/120
82/120
67%
67%
1st won %
68%
68%
41/82
41/82
2nd won total​
53/86
53/86
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
16/23
16/23
BP won
12/21
12/21
5.3/7.7
5.3/7.7
Avg BP won
4/7
4/7
!
70%
70%
Won
!
57%
57%
24
24
Conceded
14
14
8
8
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
8
8
Broken
4
4
2.7
2.7
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
16
16
Saved
10
10

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Moller Rocha
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 7 7
Tot Games 64 65
Pts 223-175 231-187
Total Points 398 418
Winners 89 82
%Winners 40% 35%

Both Moller and Rocha played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Elmer Moller conceded 1 set, while Henrique Rocha lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Moller and Rocha have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Moller played 1 game less than Rocha. The Dane scored 89 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Portuguese made 82 winners (35%).

Serve Performance

Serve Moller Rocha
Aces 5 7
Avg per match 1.7 2.3
1st in 132/214 120/206
%1st in 62% 58%
1st pts 89/132 82/120
%1st pts 67% 68%
2nd pts 41/82 53/86
%2nd pts 50% 62%

Moller blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Rocha struck 7 aces (2.3 per match). Moller won 67% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Rocha won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Moller Rocha
Won 16 12
Converted 16/23 12/21
% Converted 70% 57%
Conceded 24 14
Saved 16 10
% Saved 67% 71%
Times Broken 8 4

Moller broke his opponents 16 times with a 70% conversion rate. Elmer dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Rocha broke his opponents 12 times with a 57% conversion rate. Rocha conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Moller
R1
Bautista
R2
Elahi Galan Riveros
1/4
Gaubas
Total
Score 6-3 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-4 3-6 6-0
Tot Set 2 2 3 7
Tot Games 21 18 25 64
pts 76-63 58-44 89-68 223-175
Total points 139 102 157 398
Winners 34 27 28 89
%Winners 45% 47% 31% 40%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 0 5
Double Faults 6 0 5 11
1st in 54/78 37/57 41/79 132/214
% 1st in 69% 65% 52% 62%
1st pts 34/54 27/37 28/41 89/132
% 1st pts 63% 73% 68% 67%
2nd pts 10/24 13/20 18/38 41/82
% 2nd pts 42% 65% 47% 50%
Breaks
Won 6 3 7 16
Converted 6/9 3/4 7/10 16/23
Converted % 67% 75% 70% 70%
Conceded 8 3 13 24
Saved 5/8 3/3 8/13 16
Saved % 63% 100% 62% 75%
Times Broken 3 0 5 8
Rocha
R1
Elias
R2
Tomas Barrios Vera
1/4
Coria
Total
Score 6-4 6-0 7-62 3-6 6-2 7-63 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 2 7
Tot Games 16 30 19 65
pts 54-36 94-89 83-62 231-187
Total points 90 183 145 418
Winners 18 40 24 82
%Winners 33% 43% 29% 35%
SERVE
Aces 1 6 0 7
Double Faults 3 1 2 6
1st in 22/43 61/92 37/71 120/206
% 1st in 51% 66% 52% 58%
1st pts 18/22 40/61 24/37 82/120
% 1st pts 82% 66% 65% 68%
2nd pts 14/21 19/31 20/34 53/86
% 2nd pts 67% 61% 59% 62%
Breaks
Won 4 3 5 12
Converted 4/5 3/8 5/8 12/21
Converted % 80% 38% 63% 57%
Conceded 0 6 8 14
Saved 0/0 4/6 6/8 10
Saved % 67% 75% 47%
Times Broken 0 2 2 4

Tennis Scores in Lima 2 Challenger

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