Akira Santillan and Teimuraz Gabashvili will play each other in the quarter of the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 10:00 am on COURT 8. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Akira Santillan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Akira Santillan is the pick to win this match.
Akira Santillan -> 1.37
Teimuraz Gabashvili -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. Teimuraz Gabashvili
This will be the 4th time that Akira Santillan and Teimuraz Gabashvili square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Gabashvili (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Gabashvili won 3-6 6-4 ret. in the 2nd round in the Kobe Challenger back in 2019.
Akira Santillan
Ranked no. 266, Santillan got to the 2nd round after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 3-6 7-5 and Nicola Kuhn 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian defeated Kuhn (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Santillan scored 100 points vs Kuhn’s 95. Akira was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Santillan recorded 8 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Akira Santillan lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Santillan put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (21/45) on the 2nd serve. Akira broke Kuhn 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Akira has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Santillan has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (202-152). 2-2 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Santillan has a 142-91 record in the last 9 years on hard.
The Australian has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Potchefstroom 2 Challenger
Akira has never competed in this tournament before.
Teimuraz Gabashvili
Ranked no. 279, Gabashvili got to the 2nd round after defeating Alec Beckley 2-6 6-1 6-1 and Ulises Blanch 6-4 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Teimuraz defeated Blanch (6-4 1-6 6-3). During the match Gabashvili scored 81 points vs Blanch’s 77. Teimuraz was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Gabashvili blasted 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Teimuraz Gabashvili was very efficient on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gabashvili broke Blanch twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gabashvili has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Gabashvili has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Santillan | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 48 |
| Pts | 197-189 | 147-126 |
| Total Points | 386 | 273 |
| Winners | 75 | 48 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Santillan and Gabashvili played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Akira Santillan dropped 2 sets, while Teimuraz Gabashvili dropped 2 sets. Talking about their workload, Santillan and Gabashvili have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Santillan played 11 games more than Gabashvili. Santillan scored 75 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Teimuraz fired 48 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Santillan | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 7.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 106/185 | 61/121 |
| %1st in | 57% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 75/106 | 48/61 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 34/79 | 31/60 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 52% |
Santillan made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Gabashvili bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Santillan won 71% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Gabashvili won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Santillan | Gabashvili |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 9 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 48% | 56% |
| Conceded | 18 | 7 |
| Saved | 9 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 14% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 6 |
Akira broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Akira dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 14% of the break points that he conceded.
| Santillan | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Kuhn |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| pts | 97-94 | 100-95 | 197-189 | |
| Total points | 191 | 195 | 386 | |
| Winners | 35 | 40 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 49/83 | 57/102 | 106/185 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 40/57 | 75/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 21/45 | 34/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 47% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/9 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 2/7 | 7/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 29% | 64% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Gabashvili | ||||
| R1 Beckley |
R2 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-1 | 6-4 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 81-77 | 147-126 | |
| Total points | 115 | 158 | 273 | |
| Winners | 16 | 32 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 40% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 23/54 | 38/67 | 61/121 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 57% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/23 | 32/38 | 48/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 84% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 16/29 | 31/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 2/6 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 33% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/4 | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 33% | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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