Daniel Merida Aguilar and Duarte Vale will play each other in the 1^st round of the Oeiras 1 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:55 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Merida Aguilar who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniel Merida Aguilar is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Merida Aguilar -> 1.37
Duarte Vale -> 2.89

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Prediction and head to head Daniel Merida Aguilar vs. Duarte Vale

This will be the 2^nd time that Daniel Merida Aguilar and Duarte Vale clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Merida Aguilar (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they competed against each other, Merida Aguilar won 6-2 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in M15 Alcala de Henares back in 2023.

Daniel Merida Aguilar

Ranked no. 296 (career-high), Daniel will start his run in the Oeiras 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Maia Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-4 to Passaro in the quarter on the 29^th of November.

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 136-107 record. He has a negative 1-3 record on indoor hard courts.

Previously in the Oeiras 1 Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

Duarte Vale

Ranked no. 494, Vale will start his run in the Oeiras 1 Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Austin where he lost 6-2 7-6(2)

to Yves Bailly in the semifinal on the 23^rd of November.

This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.

In terms of his career, The Portuguese has an overall 180-138 record. He has a negative 5-6 record on indoor hard courts.

Tennis Scores in Oeiras 1 Challenger

• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (7-6³ 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (6-2 0-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Matej DodigDodig (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karue SellKarue – Robin BertrandRobin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Richard BerankisBerankis – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Gastao EliasElias – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Trey HilderbrandHilderbrand (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ergi KirkinKirkin – Antoine Cornut-ChauvincCornut-Chauvinc (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rudolf MollekerMolleker – Karue SellSell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Liam DraxlDraxl – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Micah BraswellBraswell (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alexey ZakharovZakharov – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (0-0) – H2H and prediction