Francisco Comesana and Matias Soto will square off in the semifinal of the Sao Paulo Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:30 pm on QUADRA CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.44
Matias Soto -> 2.625
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Matias Soto
There is no head to head record between Francisco Comesana and Matias Soto since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Francisco Comesana
40 - 27win/loss
85
84
LWWWWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 8-5 | 31-21 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, the Argentine reached the semifinal after beating Orlando Luz 6-3 6-2, Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-7(7) 6-4 7-6(6) and Felipe Meligeni Alves 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Francisco had a good straight sets win against Meligeni Alves (6-3 6-4). During the match, Comesana scored 67 points vs Meligeni Alves’s 51. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Comesana bagged 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Francisco Comesana was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (34/41) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Francisco broke Meligeni Alves twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francisco has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Comesana has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (265-146). 6-4 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Comesana has a compiled17-15 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Oeiras 3 Challenger where he defeated Ugo Blanchet in the final 6-4 3-6 7-5 and the Buenos Aires Challenger where he overcame Federico Coria in the final 1-6 7-6(7) 6-4.
Comesana has a composed 39-27 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sao Paulo Challenger
Comesana has never competed in this tournament before.
Matias Soto
52 - 25win/loss
248
246
LWWWWLWLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 57-27 | 10-9 | 43-17 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-19 | 4-4 | 14-14 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-7 | 7-3 | 14-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 6-3 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273 (career-high), the Chilean got to the semifinal after defeating Federico Agustin Gomez 7-5 7-6(4), Juan Carlos Prado Angelo 6-3 6-4 and Gustavo Heide 6-1 6-2.
In the quarter, The Chilean had a good straight sets win against Heide (6-1 6-2). During the match Soto scored 56 points vs Heide’s 29. Matias was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Soto fired 6 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matias Soto was pretty effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Matias broke Heide 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Soto hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Matias’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the San Luis Potosi Challenger,M25 Trelew,M25 Arequipa,M15 Recife and M25 Sao Paulo.
Soto has an overall 52-24 win-loss record in 2024, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 72 | 59 |
| Pts | 243-202 | 204-157 |
| Total Points | 445 | 361 |
| Winners | 120 | 92 |
| %Winners | 49% | 45% |
Both Comesana and Soto played 3 matches. At the moment, Francisco Comesana surrendered 1 set while Matias Soto hasn’t lost a set so far. Comesana has played 1 set more than Soto (7 vs 6). Therefore, Comesana played 13 games more than Soto. The Argentine scored 120 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Soto struck 92 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 31 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 10.3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 150/220 | 117/190 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 120/150 | 92/117 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 44/70 | 43/73 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 59% |
Comesana fired 31 aces (10.3 per match). Soto made 27 aces (9 per match). Comesana won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Soto won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Soto |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 8 |
| Converted | 6/21 | 8/16 |
| % Converted | 29% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Argentine broke his opponents 6 times with a 29% conversion rate. The Argentine pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Soto broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Matias conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | |||||
| R1 Luz |
R2 Pablo Ficovich |
1/4 Meligeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-77 6-4 7-66 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 19 | 72 | |
| pts | 59-38 | 117-113 | 67-51 | 243-202 | |
| Total points | 97 | 230 | 118 | 445 | |
| Winners | 30 | 56 | 34 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 48% | 51% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 12 | 13 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 34/46 | 75/117 | 41/57 | 150/220 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 64% | 72% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 56/75 | 34/41 | 120/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 75% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 28/42 | 9/16 | 44/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 67% | 56% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 1/7 | 2/9 | 6/21 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 14% | 22% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/4 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Soto | |||||
| R1 Agustin |
R2 Carlos Prado Angelo |
1/4 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 19 | 15 | 59 | |
| pts | 82-77 | 66-51 | 56-29 | 204-157 | |
| Total points | 159 | 117 | 85 | 361 | |
| Winners | 33 | 32 | 27 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 14 | 6 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/77 | 42/66 | 34/47 | 117/190 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 64% | 72% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 32/42 | 27/34 | 92/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 76% | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/36 | 13/24 | 7/13 | 43/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 54% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 3/6 | 4/6 | 8/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 67% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 4/5 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | – | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Sao Paulo Challenger
- Tomas Barrios VeraBarrios Vera – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Hady HabibHabib (7-63 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Matias SotoSoto – Gustavo HeideHeide (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – Felipe Meligeni AlvesMeligeni Alves (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Matias SotoSoto – Francisco ComesanaComesana (0-0) – H2H and prediction
