Rodrigo Crespo Piedra and Keegan Smith will play each other in the 1st round of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on SIETE LEGUAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Keegan Smith who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.044
Rodrigo Crespo Piedra -> 8.5
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Prediction and head to head Rodrigo Crespo Piedra vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Rodrigo Crespo Piedra and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Rodrigo Crespo Piedra
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Rodrigo got to the 1st round after defeating Felix Corwin n/p and Karl Poling 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Costa Rican had a good straight sets win against Poling (6-1 6-4). During the match, Crespo Piedra scored 62 points vs Poling’s 48. The Costa Rican was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Crespo Piedra struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Rodrigo Crespo Piedra lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Crespo Piedra put 50% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the 2nd serve. Crespo Piedra broke Poling 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Crespo Piedra has a fantastic match record in the last 1 years having won 80% of his matches (4-1). 4-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Crespo Piedra has an overall4-1 record in the last 1 years on hard.
The Costa Rican has an overall 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Crespo Piedra has never competed in this tournament before.
Keegan Smith
32 - 22win/loss
544
339
LWLLWWLWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 29-17 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 544, Keegan will start his run in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger after he played his last match in the Champaign Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-2 to Borisiouk in the qualifications on the 11th of November.
The American has an overall 32-22 win-loss record in 2024, 29-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Keegan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Lakewood and the Jinan Challenger.
In terms of his career, Smith has an overall 164-104 record. He has a positive 140-77 record on hard.
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLWWLWLW Tennis Scores in Puerto Vallarta Challenger
- Giles HusseyHussey – Neil OberleitnerOberleitner (6-2 6-74 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez – Saba PurtseladzePurtseladze (6-2 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andre IlaganIlagan – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Michael GeertsGeerts – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alfredo PerezPerez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (2-2) – H2H and prediction
- Felix CorwinCorwin – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam DraxlDraxl – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Chris RodeschRodesch – Kiranpal PannuPannu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Keegan SmithSmith – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
