Prediction Of Vukic Vs Martinez H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Chengdu Open 2024?

What Time Will Aleksandar Vukic Play Against Pedro Martinez?

Vukic and Martinez are on the Day 3 Schedule at Chengdu Open 2024 on Friday 20 September 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

In the upcoming match between Aleksandar Vukic from Australia and Pedro Martinez from Spain, Martinez currently leads the head-to-head record 1-0. This previous match took place at the 2020 Roland Garros in France, where Martinez won in straight sets with a score of 7-5, 6-4, 6-0.

Aleksandar Vukic, aged 28, is currently ranked as the World No. 92 with a career-high ranking of No. 48. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 17-22, with his best result being a semifinal appearance at the Eastbourne tournament. In the 2024 Chengdu tournament, he has a record of 1-1, reaching the second round.

Vukic broke into the Top 200 in March 2020 before the ATP Tour was suspended due to COVID-19. He then reached the Top 100 in May 2023 and achieved his career-high ranking of No. 48 in August 2023 after reaching his first ATP Tour final in Atlanta.

In the 2024 Eastbourne tournament, Vukic entered as a lucky loser (LL) and advanced to the semifinals by defeating Nishioka in the quarterfinals, who he had lost to in the qualifying rounds. Vukic also qualified for the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Toronto tournament and recorded his biggest career win by defeating No. 15 Coric on his way to the third round.

Throughout his career, Vukic has won Challenger titles at the 2022 Bengaluru-2 and 2023 Busan tournaments. He also reached the finals at the 2021 and 2022 Champaign Challengers. During his time at the University of Illinois from 2015-18, Vukic was a three-time All-American. He was born in Sydney to parents who had fled Montenegro during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s.

It’s important to note that Vukic saved two match points to defeat Coric in the first round and is now aiming to reach his eighth ATP Tour quarterfinal. This would be his first on hard courts since reaching the Atlanta final in 2023. In the current season, Vukic

has a record of 6-10 against Top 50 opponents, with a 1-3 record on hard courts. His only win on this surface came against No. 42 Mannarino in the second round of the Winston-Salem tournament.

On the other hand, Pedro Martinez, aged 27, is currently ranked as the World No. 42 with a career-high ranking of No. 40. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 16-16, with his best result being a finalist at the Estoril tournament. The Chengdu tournament marks his debut.

Martinez achieved his career-high ranking of No. 40 after winning his first ATP Tour title at the 2022 Santiago tournament. He also reached the third round of the ATP Masters 1000 in Miami in the same year. In 2021, he defeated No. 16 Bautista Agut at the Kitzbuhel tournament, securing his first win against a top 20 player and reaching his first semifinal and final. In the 2024 Estoril tournament, he recorded his biggest career win by defeating No. 8 Ruud on his way to the final.

In 2020, Martinez qualified for six tour-level events, including the Australian Open, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, and Roland Garros. During that year, he also achieved his first tour-level win at the Australian Open against Koepfer, his first ATP Masters 1000 win at Rome against Querrey, and reached his first Grand Slam third round at Roland Garros.

Throughout his career, Martinez has reached seven of his 12 Challenger finals on home clay in Spain. This includes titles at the 2020 Marbella, 2021 Seville, 2023 Maspalomas, and 2024 Girona tournaments.

In the upcoming Chengdu tournament, Martinez aims to reach his fourth hard court quarterfinal of his career, with his previous ones being at the 2021 Moscow, 2022 Tokyo, and 2023 Pune tournaments. He also aims to become the fourth Spaniard to reach the Chengdu quarterfinals, with the last Spaniard to win the title being Carreno Busta in 2019.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Vukic will win.
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