Aziz Dougaz and Justin Engel will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Manzanillo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aziz Dougaz who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aziz Dougaz is the pick to win this match.
Aziz Dougaz -> 1.68
Justin Engel -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Aziz Dougaz vs. Justin Engel

There is no head to head record between Aziz Dougaz and Justin Engel since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Aziz Dougaz

Ranked no. 217, the Tunisian reached the 2^nd round after beating Keegan Smith 6-2 6-1.

In the 1^st round, Dougaz had a good straight sets win against Smith (6-2 6-1). During the match, Dougaz scored 56 points vs Smith’s 35. Dougaz was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Dougaz blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aziz Dougaz was very effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Aziz broke Smith 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Dougaz has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (349-225). 16-13 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Dougaz has a composed209-121 record in the last 9 years on hard.

Dougaz’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Hammamet,M25 Angers,M25 Kursumlijska Banja,M25 Guiyang and M25 Fuzhou.

Aziz has an aggregate 48-30 win-loss record in 2024, 16-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manzanillo Challenger

The Tunisian has never competed in this tournament before.

Justin Engel

Ranked no. 395 (career-high), the German reached the 2^nd round after beating Valerio Aboian 6-7(2) 6-4 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Aboian, Justin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7² 6-4 6-3). During the match Engel and Aboian scored the same amount of points (100). However, the world no. 217 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Justin was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Engel made 7 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Justin Engel conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 5 break points. Furthermore, Engel put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (44/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (30/49) on the 2nd serve. Engel broke Aboian twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

The German’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Villach,M15 Uslar,M15 Trier and M15 Cap d’Agde.

Engel has a compiled 37-16 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Dougaz	Engel
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	15	32
Pts	56-35	100-100
Total Points	91	200
Winners	19	44
%Winners	34%	44%

Both Dougaz and Engel played 1 match. At the moment, Justin Engel dropped 1 set while Aziz Dougaz hasn’t dropped a set so far. Dougaz has played 1 set(s) less than Engel (2 vs 3). Therefore, Dougaz played 17 games less than Engel. The Tunisian scored 19 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Engel managed to score 44 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Dougaz	Engel
Aces	6	7
Avg per match	6	7
1st in	24/41	63/112
%1st in	59%	56%
1st pts	19/24	44/63
%1st pts	79%	70%
2nd pts	11/17	30/49
%2nd pts	65%	61%

Dougaz bagged 6 aces . Engel made 7 aces . Dougaz won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Engel won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Dougaz	Engel
Won	5	2
Converted	5/8	2/4
% Converted	63%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5	5
% Saved	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

The Tunisian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Tunisian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points. Justin broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Engel was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 5 break points.

Dougaz
	R1 Smith	Total
Score	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	56-35	56-35
Total points	91	91
Winners	19	19
%Winners	34%	34%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	24/41	24/41
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	19/24	19/24
% 1st pts	79%	79%
2nd pts	11/17	11/17
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/8	5/8
Converted %	63%	63%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Engel
	R1 Aboian	Total
Score	6-72 6-4 6-3
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	32	32
pts	100-100	100-100
Total points	200	200
Winners	44	44
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	8	8
1st in	63/112	63/112
% 1st in	56%	56%
1st pts	44/63	44/63
% 1st pts	70%	70%
2nd pts	30/49	30/49
% 2nd pts	61%	61%
Breaks
Won	2	2
Converted	2/4	2/4
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	5	5
Saved	5/5	5
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Manzanillo Challenger

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tanguy GenierGenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Matt KuharKuhar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Giles HusseyHussey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Alan MagadanMagadan – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (7-6⁷ 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Patrick BradyBrady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Andre IlaganIlagan (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Justin EngelEngel – Valerio AboianAboian (6-7² 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-0 5-7 7-6²) – See score progression
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Keegan SmithSmith (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Guillermo DelgadilloDelgadillo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Alfredo PerezPerez (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
• Alan MagadanMagadan – Noah SchachterSchachter (6-1 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat – Patrick BradyBrady (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Juan Alejandro HernandezAlejandro Hernandez (7-6(7) 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Giles HusseyHussey (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Karl PolingPoling – Matt KuharKuhar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Tanguy GenierGenier (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Aidan MayoMayo – Maxwell MckennonMckennon (6-2 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evan ZhuZhu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alan MagadanMagadan – (0-0) – H2H and prediction