Mirza Basic and Jesper De Jong will square off in the semifinal of the Almaty 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mirza Basic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mirza Basic is the pick to win this match.
Mirza Basic -> 1.76
Jesper De Jong -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Mirza Basic vs. Jesper De Jong
There is no head to head record between Mirza Basic and Jesper De Jong since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mirza Basic
Ranked no. 294, the Bosnian got to the semifinal after beating Timofey Skatov 6-3 6-1, Joao Menezes 4-6 6-2 7-5 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, Mirza had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-3 7-5). During the match, Basic scored 84 points vs Marco Moroni’s 70. Basic was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basic fired 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Mirza Basic lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Basic put 51% of his first serves in, winning 65% (24/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (16/36) on the 2nd serve. Mirza broke Marco Moroni 7 times after converting 58% of his break points (7/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Mirza started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Basic has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (319-230). 11-4 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Basic has an aggregate 63-58 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
The Bosnian has a composed 22-9 win-loss record in 2021, 11-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Jesper De Jong
Ranked no. 319, Jesper got to the semifinal after beating Daniel Michalski 6-2 6-1, Khumoun Sultanov 6-1 6-3, Kimmer Coppejans 6-4 6-2, Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-3 6-2 and Riccardo Bonadio 7-66 6-2.
In the quarter, De had a good straight sets win against Bonadio (7-66 6-2). During the match De scored 70 points vs Bonadio’s 54. Jesper was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, De fired 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jesper De Jong was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Dutch broke Bonadio 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
De started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.
The Dutch has a composed 11-13 win-loss record in 2021, 7-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basic | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 87 |
| Pts | 244-204 | 324-230 |
| Total Points | 448 | 554 |
| Winners | 67 | 130 |
| %Winners | 27% | 40% |
Basic played 3 matches while De competed in 5 matches. De started his run from the qualifications while Basic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mirza Basic dropped 1 set while Jesper De Jong hasn’t conceded a set so far. Basic has played 3 set(s) less than De (7 vs 10). Therefore, Basic played 20 games less than De. The Bosnian scored 67 winners (27% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch scored 130 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basic | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3.4 |
| 1st in | 105/217 | 173/293 |
| %1st in | 48% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 67/105 | 130/173 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 56/112 | 61/120 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 51% |
Basic struck 6 aces (2 per match). De fired 17 aces (3.4 per match). Basic won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, De won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basic | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 20 | 23 |
| Converted | 20/39 | 23/41 |
| % Converted | 51% | 56% |
| Conceded | 28 | 22 |
| Saved | 17 | 15 |
| % Saved | 61% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 11 | 7 |
Mirza broke his opponents 20 times with a 51% conversion rate. Mirza conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Jesper broke his opponents 23 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basic | |||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
1/4 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 4-6 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 21 | 67 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 96-88 | 84-70 | 244-204 | |
| Total points | 110 | 184 | 154 | 448 | |
| Winners | 15 | 28 | 24 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 23% | 29% | 29% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 6 | 1 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 46/98 | 37/73 | 105/217 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 47% | 51% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 15/22 | 28/46 | 24/37 | 67/105 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 61% | 65% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 27/52 | 16/36 | 56/112 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 44% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 7/12 | 7/12 | 20/39 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 58% | 58% | 51% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 | 12 | 28 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 8/13 | 8/12 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 62% | 67% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | |
| De | |||||||
| Q1 Michalski |
Q3 Sultanov |
R1 Coppejans |
R2 Gabashvili |
1/4 Bonadio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 87 | |
| pts | 57-31 | 68-45 | 69-56 | 60-44 | 70-54 | 324-230 | |
| Total points | 88 | 113 | 125 | 104 | 124 | 554 | |
| Winners | 21 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 42% | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 32/59 | 39/65 | 34/62 | 38/59 | 173/293 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 54% | 60% | 55% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/30 | 27/32 | 29/39 | 23/34 | 30/38 | 130/173 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 84% | 74% | 68% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 11/27 | 9/26 | 17/28 | 12/21 | 61/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 41% | 35% | 61% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/10 | 5/9 | 4/5 | 4/10 | 23/41 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 56% | 80% | 40% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/7 | 4/6 | 3/4 | 0/2 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 86% | 67% | 75% | 0% | 98% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Almaty 2 Challenger
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Riccardo BonadioBonadio (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Brayden SchnurSchnur (7-67 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andrej MartinMartin – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
