Philipp Kohlschreiber and Michael Vrbensky will square off in the 3rd round of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10.30 am on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Philipp Kohlschreiber who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Philipp Kohlschreiber is the pick to win this match.
Philipp Kohlschreiber -> 1.30
Michael Vrbensky -> 3.40
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Prediction and head to head Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Philipp Kohlschreiber and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Ranked no. 74, Philipp reached the 3rd round after defeating Mats Moraing 6-1 7-63.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Moraing (6-1 7-63). During the match Kohlschreiber scored 69 points vs Moraing’s 54. Philipp was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kohlschreiber scored 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Philipp Kohlschreiber was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (19/26) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German broke Moraing 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kohlschreiber has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (588-387). 1-0 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kohlschreiber has a 309-220 record in the last 10 years on clay.
Kohlschreiber’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Canberra Challenger.
The German has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
The German didn’t compete in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
Michael Vrbensky
Ranked no. 405, the Czech got to the 3rd round after defeating Daniel Masur 7-5 7-5 and Steven Diez 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Vrbensky had a good straight sets win against Diez (7-5 6-3). During the match Vrbensky scored 69 points vs Diez’s 55. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 46% of his first serves in, winning 65% (17/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (20/30) on the 2nd serve. Vrbensky broke Diez 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vrbensky hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Vrbensky has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (186-87). 8-3 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vrbensky has a 118-71 win-loss record in the last 4 years on clay.
Michael’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Antalya.
Michael has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
Michael didn’t compete in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kohlschreiber | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 45 |
| Pts | 69-54 | 163-141 |
| Total Points | 123 | 304 |
| Winners | 19 | 46 |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% |
Kohlschreiber played 1 match while Vrbensky competed in 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kohlschreiber has played 2 set(s) less than Vrbensky (2 vs 4). Therefore, Kohlschreiber played 25 games less than Vrbensky. The German scored 19 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Michael struck 46 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kohlschreiber | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 26/55 | 69/145 |
| %1st in | 47% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 46/69 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 57% |
Kohlschreiber scored 3 aces . Vrbensky fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kohlschreiber won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kohlschreiber | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 10 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 50% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Philipp broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Philipp lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kohlschreiber | |||
| R2 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 69-54 | 69-54 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/55 | 26/55 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 19/26 | 19/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 100 | |
| Vrbensky | ||||
| R1 Masur |
R2 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 45 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 69-55 | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 180 | 124 | 304 | |
| Winners | 29 | 17 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 25% | 28% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 43/89 | 26/56 | 69/145 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 46% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 17/26 | 46/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 20/30 | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/11 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 120% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 150 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLLWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Jan SatralSatral (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (7-5 5-7 6-4) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Martin KlizanKlizan (6-2 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Steven DiezDiez (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Yannick MadenMaden – Arthur De GreefDe Greef (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (2-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (4-6 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Blaz RolaRola (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (6-1 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Sebastian OfnerOfner (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-3 5-7 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (0-0) – See H2H details
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – See H2H details
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – See H2H details
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – See H2H details
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – See H2H details
