Valentin Vacherot and Alexander Weis will square off in the 2^nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.5
Alexander Weis -> 2.46

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Alexander Weis

There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Alexander Weis since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 261, the French player reached the 2^nd round after beating Carlo Alberto Caniato 6-2 6-4, Lorenzo Rottoli 6-3 6-4 and Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-3.

In the 1^st round, Vacherot had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-2 6-3). During the match, Vacherot scored 67 points vs Kolar’s 46. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Talking about the service games, Vacherot recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vacherot broke Kolar 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Vacherot has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (173-89). 30-11 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vacherot has an aggregate84-43 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

Valentin’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Montauban and Bresse.

The French player has an overall 32-16 win-loss record in 2023, 30-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Alexander Weis

Ranked no. 305, Alexander reached the 2^nd round after beating Andrea Picchione 2-6 6-4 6-2, Fausto Tabacco 7-6¹ 6-4 and Gianluca Mager 7-5 1-1 ret..

In the 1^st round against Mager, the Italian had a free pass after Mager retired on a 7-5 1-1 . scoreline.

Alexander’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Antalya and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.

Alexander has an overall 32-26 win-loss record in 2023, 32-22 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the San Marino Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Both Vacherot and Weis played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexander Weis dropped 1 set while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Vacherot has played 2 set(s) less than Weis (6 vs 8). Therefore, Vacherot played 9 games less than Weis. The French player scored 89 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian bagged 76 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Vacherot managed to score 9 aces (3 per match). Weis made 12 aces (4 per match). Vacherot won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Weis won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

The French player broke his opponents 10 times with a 31% conversion rate. Valentin lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Alexander broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.