Alexey Vatutin and Nino Serdarusic will square off in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nino Serdarusic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nino Serdarusic is the pick to win this match.
Nino Serdarusic -> 1.57
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Alexey Vatutin vs. Nino Serdarusic
This will be the 2nd time that Alexey Vatutin and Nino Serdarusic clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vatutin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Alexey Vatutin
Ranked no. 244, Vatutin reached the 1st round after defeating Vlad Victor Cornea 6-3 6-2.
Vatutin has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (369-233). 1-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vatutin has a 65-36 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Alexey has a 3-13 win-loss record in 2020, 1-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Alexey didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
Nino Serdarusic
Ranked no. 292, Serdarusic reached the 1st round after beating Filippo Baldi 6-4 4-6 7-5 and Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Nino had a good straight sets win against Gabashvili (6-4 6-3). During the match Serdarusic scored 65 points vs Gabashvili’s 54. The Croatian was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Serdarusic struck 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Nino Serdarusic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Serdarusic put 64% of his first serves in, winning 65% (28/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Gabashvili 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
The Croatian’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in M25 Vogau.
Serdarusic has a 15-12 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Serdarusic didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vatutin | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 51 |
| Pts | 57-35 | 176-163 |
| Total Points | 92 | 339 |
| Winners | 18 | 76 |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% |
Both Vatutin and Serdarusic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Alexey Vatutin conceded 2 sets, while Nino Serdarusic dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vatutin and Serdarusic have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Vatutin played 5 games less than Serdarusic. The Russian scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian bagged 76 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vatutin | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 28 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 14 |
| 1st in | 21/40 | 103/165 |
| %1st in | 53% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | 76/103 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 25/62 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 40% |
Vatutin didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Serdarusic made 28 aces (14 per match). Vatutin won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Serdarusic won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vatutin | Serdarusic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 9/28 |
| % Converted | 50% | 32% |
| Conceded | 1 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 12 |
| % Saved | 0% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Vatutin broke his opponents 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vatutin surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Nino broke his opponents 9 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vatutin | ||||
| Q1 Victor Cornea |
Q3 Lamasine |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 2-6 7-63 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
| pts | 57-35 | – | 57-35 | |
| Total points | 92 | 0 | 92 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | ||
| %Winners | 32% | NAN% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 21/40 | / | 21/40 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | NAN% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 18/21 | / | 18/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | NAN% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | / | 14/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | NAN% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | ||
| Converted | 4/8 | / | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | NAN% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | ||
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/ | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | ||
| Serdarusic | ||||
| Q1 Baldi |
Q3 Gabashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 111-109 | 65-54 | 176-163 | |
| Total points | 220 | 119 | 339 | |
| Winners | 48 | 28 | 76 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 12 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 60/98 | 43/67 | 103/165 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 48/60 | 28/43 | 76/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 65% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/38 | 9/24 | 25/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/17 | 6/11 | 9/28 | |
| Converted % | 18% | 55% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | 18 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 5/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 56% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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