Tomas Barrios Vera and Garrett Johns will play each other in the quarter of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. 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 Tomas Barrios Vera who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Barrios Vera is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Barrios Vera -> 1.3
Garrett Johns -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Barrios Vera vs. Garrett Johns
There is no head to head record between Tomas Barrios Vera and Garrett Johns since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tomas Barrios Vera
34 - 26win/loss
154
93
LWWLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-28 | 6-5 | 26-19 | 0-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 4-7 | 42-22 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-17 | 3-1 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-27 | 4-6 | 34-20 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 25-13 | 1-1 | 24-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162, Marcelo reached the quarter after defeating Mateus Alves 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(2) and Pedro Sakamoto 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Tomas Barrios Vera defeated Sakamoto (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match, Tomas Barrios Vera scored 91 points vs Sakamoto’s 84. The Chilean was very aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Tomas Barrios Vera managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tomas Barrios Vera lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tomas Barrios Vera put 66% of his first serves in, winning 79% (45/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Chilean was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Sakamoto 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marcelo has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Tomas Barrios Vera has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (355-208). 3-3 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomas Barrios Vera has a compiled 77-48 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Amersfoort Challenger where he defeated Alexey Zakharov in the final 6-2 6-1.
Tomas Barrios Vera has an overall 33-26 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Tomas Barrios Vera has never competed in this tournament before.
Garrett Johns
26 - 21win/loss
548
413
LWWWLWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-23 | 16-12 | 13-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 29-11 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-8 | 13-4 | 6-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-9 | 9-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 596, the American got to the quarter after beating Arklon Huertas Del Pino 6-2 6-2, Eduardo Ribeiro 6-1 6-3, Luciano Emanuel Ambrogi 6-4 6-4 and Nicolas Kicker 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Johns had a good straight sets win against Kicker (6-3 6-1). During the match Johns scored 56 points vs Kicker’s 33. The American was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Johns fired 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Garrett Johns was very effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Johns broke Kicker 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Garrett started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Vero Beach.
Garrett has an overall 26-20 win-loss record in 2024, 12-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomas Barrios Vera | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 66 | 68 |
| Pts | 203-201 | 240-162 |
| Total Points | 404 | 402 |
| Winners | 101 | 101 |
| %Winners | 50% | 42% |
Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 matches while Johns competed in 4 matches. Johns started his run from the qualifications while Tomas Barrios Vera had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tomas Barrios Vera lost 2 sets while Garrett Johns hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Tomas Barrios Vera has played 2 set(s) less than Johns (6 vs 8). Therefore, Tomas Barrios Vera played 2 games less than Johns. The Chilean scored 101 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Johns made 101 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomas Barrios Vera | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 131/205 | 120/190 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 101/131 | 101/120 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 43/74 | 39/70 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 56% |
Tomas Barrios Vera struck 17 aces (8.5 per match). Johns recorded 25 aces (6.3 per match). Tomas Barrios Vera won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomas Barrios Vera | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 16 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 16/28 |
| % Converted | 38% | 57% |
| Conceded | 13 | 6 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 77% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Chilean broke his opponents 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Chilean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. Johns broke his opponents 16 times with a 57% conversion rate. Garrett conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomas Barrios Vera | ||||
| R1 Alves |
R2 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 4-6 7-62 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 30 | 66 | |
| pts | 112-117 | 91-84 | 203-201 | |
| Total points | 229 | 175 | 404 | |
| Winners | 56 | 45 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 49% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 74/119 | 57/86 | 131/205 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 56/74 | 45/57 | 101/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 79% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/45 | 14/29 | 43/74 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 48% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 0/5 | 3/3 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 100% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 4 | 13 | |
| Saved | 8/9 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 89% | 50% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Johns | ||||||
| Q1 Huertas Del Pino |
Q3 Ribeiro |
R1 Emanuel |
R2 Kicker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 68 | |
| pts | 53-30 | 62-41 | 69-58 | 56-33 | 240-162 | |
| Total points | 83 | 103 | 127 | 89 | 402 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 31 | 21 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% | 45% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 29/47 | 38/60 | 24/42 | 120/190 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 62% | 63% | 57% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 24/29 | 31/38 | 21/24 | 101/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 83% | 82% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 9/18 | 13/22 | 10/18 | 39/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 59% | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/12 | 2/4 | 5/7 | 16/28 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 42% | 50% | 71% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/3 | 2/2 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 67% | 100% | 0% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
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