Moez Echargui and Jaime Faria will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 3:30 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 Moez Echargui who should win in 3 sets.

(image) As per the initial odds, Moez Echargui is the pick to win this match.
Moez Echargui -> 1.41
Jaime Faria -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Moez Echargui vs. Jaime Faria

There is no head to head record between Moez Echargui and Jaime Faria since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Moez Echargui

Ranked no. 299, Moez got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jeremy Jahn 6-1 6-2, Salvatore Caruso 6-1 6-3 and Joao Sousa 2-6 6-4 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Sousa, Echargui recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Echargui scored 96 points vs Sousa’s 91. Echargui was pretty aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Regarding the service games, Echargui wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Moez Echargui lost the Serve 6 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Echargui put 63% of his first serves in, winning 59% (37/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Moez broke Sousa 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).

Echargui has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (260-188). 23-21 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Echargui has an aggregate111-100 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.

The Tunisian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M25 Monastir.

The Tunisian has an overall 40-26 win-loss record in 2023, 23-21 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

The Tunisian has never competed in this tournament before.

Jaime Faria

Ranked no. 477 (career-high), the Portuguese got to the 2^nd round after beating Timofey Skatov 6-1 5-7 6-4.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese defeated Skatov (6-1 5-7 6-4). During the match Faria scored 89 points vs Skatov’s 79. Jaime was pretty aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Faria blasted 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Jaime Faria lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Faria put 45% of his first serves in, winning 67% (26/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the 2nd serve. The Portuguese broke Skatov 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).

The Portuguese’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Sintra.

The Portuguese has a compiled 37-24 win-loss record in 2023, 13-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braga Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021 and 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Echargui played 3 matches while Faria competed in 1 match. Echargui started his run from the qualifications while Faria had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Moez Echargui surrendered 1 set, while Jaime Faria dropped 1 set. Echargui has played 4 sets more than Faria (7 vs 3). Therefore, Echargui played 30 games more than Faria. Echargui scored 82 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Faria made 26 winners (29%).

Serve Performance

Echargui scored 6 aces (2 per match). Faria fired 5 aces . Echargui won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Faria won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Moez broke his opponents 17 times with a 59% conversion rate. Moez surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded. Jaime broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Portuguese conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.