Fajing Sun and Tiago Pereira will play each other in the semifinal of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on PISTA FABIAN DORADO. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tiago Pereira who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tiago Pereira is the pick to win this match.
Tiago Pereira -> 1.78
Fajing Sun -> 1.95

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Prediction and head to head Fajing Sun vs. Tiago Pereira

There is no head to head record between Fajing Sun and Tiago Pereira since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Fajing Sun

Ranked no. 242, the Chinese got to the semifinal after beating Antoine Escoffier 7-5 7-5, Darwin Blanch 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 and Aryan Shah 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Fajing had a good straight sets win against Shah (6-4 6-4). During the match, Sun scored 65 points vs Shah’s 50. Fajing was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Sun struck 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Fajing Sun was quite efficient on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 71% (12/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fajing was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Shah twice.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Fajing has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.

Sun has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (249-188). 15-9 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sun has an overall 219-153 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Wuxi Challenger where he beat Alex Bolt in the final 7-6(4) 6-4.

Sun has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2025, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Tiago Pereira

Ranked no. 320 (career-high), Pereira got to the semifinal after defeating Alejandro Lopez Escribano 6-3 6-3, Khumoun Sultanov 6-1 6-1 and Edas Butvilas 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, Pereira had a good straight sets win against Butvilas (6-2 6-4). During the match Pereira scored 61 points vs Butvilas’s 44. Tiago was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

About the serving games, Pereira scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Tiago Pereira was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Portuguese broke Butvilas 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Pereira hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.

Pereira’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Faro,M25 Vale do Lobo,M25 Bol,M25 Monastir and M25 Figueira da Foz.

Pereira has a composed 42-22 win-loss record in 2025, 22-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See his history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Sun	Pereira
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	7	6
Tot Games	74	50
Pts	249-216	192-129
Total Points	465	321
Winners	112	75
%Winners	45%	39%

Both Sun and Pereira played 3 matches. At the moment, Fajing Sun dropped 1 set while Tiago Pereira hasn’t dropped a set so far. Sun has played 1 set more than Pereira (7 vs 6). Therefore, Sun played 24 games more than Pereira. Fajing scored 112 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Tiago scored 75 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Sun	Pereira
Aces	17	6
Avg per match	5.7	2
1st in	159/243	99/155
%1st in	65%	64%
1st pts	112/159	75/99
%1st pts	70%	76%
2nd pts	50/84	33/56
%2nd pts	60%	59%

Sun scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Pereira fired 6 aces (2 per match). Sun won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Pereira won 76% 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	Sun	Pereira
Won	12	13
Converted	12/25	13/28
% Converted	48%	46%
Conceded	15	13
Saved	10	11
% Saved	67%	85%
Times Broken	5	2

Fajing broke his opponents 12 times with a 48% conversion rate. Fajing surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Pereira broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.

Sun
	R1 Escoffier	R2 Blanch	1/4 Shah	Total
Score	7-5 7-5	6-2 6-76 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	24	30	20	74
pts	79-75	105-91	65-50	249-216
Total points	154	196	115	465
Winners	33	44	35	112
%Winners	42%	42%	54%	45%
SERVE
Aces	6	3	8	17
Double Faults	0	4	1	5
1st in	54/83	60/98	45/62	159/243
% 1st in	65%	61%	73%	65%
1st pts	33/54	44/60	35/45	112/159
% 1st pts	61%	73%	78%	70%
2nd pts	18/29	20/38	12/17	50/84
% 2nd pts	62%	53%	71%	60%
Breaks
Won	4	6	2	12
Converted	4/10	6/13	2/2	12/25
Converted %	40%	46%	100%	48%
Conceded	7	4	4	15
Saved	5/7	1/4	4/4	10
Saved %	71%	25%	100%	65%
Times Broken	2	3	0	5

Pereira
	R1 Lopez	R2 Sultanov	1/4 Butvilas	Total
Score	6-3 6-3	6-1 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	18	14	18	50
pts	69-51	62-34	61-44	192-129
Total points	120	96	105	321
Winners	28	22	25	75
%Winners	41%	35%	41%	39%
SERVE
Aces	0	5	1	6
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	41/62	28/40	30/53	99/155
% 1st in	66%	70%	57%	64%
1st pts	28/41	22/28	25/30	75/99
% 1st pts	68%	79%	83%	76%
2nd pts	13/21	8/12	12/23	33/56
% 2nd pts	62%	67%	52%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	5	4	13
Converted	4/7	5/16	4/5	13/28
Converted %	57%	31%	80%	46%
Conceded	9	1	3	13
Saved	8/9	1/1	2/3	11
Saved %	89%	100%	67%	85%
Times Broken	1	0	1	2

Tennis Scores in Pozoblanco Challenger

• Tiago PereiraPereira – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Aryan ShahShah (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Daniel Merida AguilarMerida Aguilar – Johannus MondayMonday (6-3 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
• Matteo Martineau/Luca SanchezMartineau/Luca Sanchez – Dan Added/Arthur ReymondAdded/Arthur Reymond (6-7⁵ 6-3 10-7) – See score progression
• Tiago PereiraPereira – Edas ButvilasButvilas (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Fajing SunSun – Aryan ShahShah (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

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