Pablo Carreno-Busta – Joao-Olavo Souza

OAO-Olavo Souza (131 ATP)

Brazilian athlete goes to this tournament after brief course in Rio de Janeiro, where it was eliminated in the first round, even by your opponent in this duel. That was 5th defeat of the season for Joao, who recorded just two wins.

In the first round of the Sao Paulo Souza was able to produce surprise and Argentine Horacio Zeballos eliminates (ATP 71) 6-2, 7-6.

Throughout his career, Souza managed to win 9 titles, all in category Challenger tournaments, eight of them on clay this area and Sao Paulo.

Pablo Carreno-Busta (ATP 23)

Iberian excellent shape for the player who won 7 of last 9 official matches. In the last tournament attended Rio de Janeiro, Pablo has reached the last act, where it was defeated by Austrian Dominic Thiem (9 ATP) by a score of 7-5, 6-4. It was the 5th defeat of the season for the Spaniard, who recorded 10 wins.

Simple in his career, Pablo managed to win no less than 19 titles (6 ITF 11 and two ATP Challenger). The two ATP titles were won favorite surface, clay, but on concrete, both last season in Winston-Salem and Moscow.

Head to Head

The two players have met 4 times so far. The Spaniard leads 3-1 in this chapter, all 4 dispute taking place on clay. The last meeting was disputed 9 days ago in Rio de Janeiro, where Pablo has managed to win 6-3, 6-2. Souza’s only victory was achieved even in this tournament, the 2015 edition when they managed to win 6-2, 7-6.