Dominic Thiem and Pedro Martinez Portero will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Heilbronn Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominic Thiem who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Dominic Thiem is the pick to win this match.
Dominic Thiem -> 1.43
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 2.67

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Prediction and head to head Dominic Thiem vs. Pedro Martinez Portero

There is no head to head record between Dominic Thiem and Pedro Martinez Portero since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Dominic Thiem

Ranked no. 92, Thiem got to the 2^nd round after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Dominic had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-4). During the match, Thiem scored 66 points vs Uchida’s 60. Dominic was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Thiem fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dominic Thiem lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Thiem put 64% of his first serves in, winning 82% (31/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian broke Uchida 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).

Thiem has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (356-196). 12-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Thiem has an aggregate 168-69 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Dominic’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Mauthausen Challenger.

Thiem has an aggregate 12-16 win-loss record in 2023, 12-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Heilbronn Challenger

Dominic has never competed in this tournament before.

Pedro Martinez Portero

Ranked no. 135, Martinez Portero reached the 2^nd round after defeating Henri Squire 6-4 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Martinez Portero had a good straight sets win against Squire (6-4 6-2). During the match Martinez Portero scored 66 points vs Squire’s 54. The Spaniard was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Pedro Martinez Portero conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 61% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Squire 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Pedro’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Girona Challenger.

The Spaniard has an overall 15-18 win-loss record in 2023, 12-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Thiem and Martinez Portero played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Thiem and Martinez Portero have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Thiem played 2 games more than Martinez Portero. Dominic scored 31 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Pedro blasted 29 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Thiem recorded 2 aces . Martinez Portero fired 1 ace . Thiem won 82% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Martinez Portero won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Thiem broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Austrian surrendered his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Martinez Portero broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.