Stefan Kozlov and Keegan Smith will square off in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.194
Keegan Smith -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Stefan Kozlov and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Stefan Kozlov
Ranked no. 187, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Jc Aragone 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Aragone, Stefan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match, Kozlov scored 113 points vs Aragone’s 106. Kozlov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kozlov scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 66% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Aragone 3 times after converting 19% of his break points (3/16).
Kozlov has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (273-192). 12-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kozlov has an overall 59-32 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Columbus Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4 and in the Charlottesville Challenger where he overcame Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-2 6-3.
The American has an aggregate 37-15 win-loss record in 2021, 12-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2019. See his history.
Keegan Smith
Ranked no. 759, Smith reached the 2nd round after defeating Michael Redlicki 6-3 6-75 6-3, Tristan Boyer 7-64 6-3 and Michael Mmoh 5-3 ret..
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mmoh (5-3 ret.). During the match Smith scored 30 points vs Mmoh’s 25. Smith was extremely aggressive to blast 12 winners.
About the serving games, Smith blasted 3 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Keegan Smith was extremely efficient on serve to win 80% (12/15) of his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Smith broke Mmoh once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Smith’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Lubbock.
The American has a compiled 13-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kozlov | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 61 |
| Pts | 113-106 | 221-188 |
| Total Points | 219 | 409 |
| Winners | 44 | 106 |
| %Winners | 39% | 48% |
Kozlov played 1 match while Smith competed in 3 matches. Smith started his run from the qualifications while Kozlov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefan Kozlov conceded 1 set, while Keegan Smith dropped 1 set. Kozlov has played 4 set(s) less than Smith (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kozlov played 33 games less than Smith. Stefan scored 44 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 106 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kozlov | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 6 |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 138/213 |
| %1st in | 66% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 106/138 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 40/75 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 53% |
Kozlov fired 2 aces . Smith made 18 aces (6 per match). Kozlov won 75% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kozlov | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/16 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 19% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 7 |
| % Saved | 71% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 19% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Smith conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kozlov | |||
| R1 Aragone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 113-106 | 113-106 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 59/90 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/16 | 3/16 | |
| Converted % | 19% | 19% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Smith | |||||
| Q1 Redlicki |
Q3 Boyer |
R1 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-3 | 7-64 6-3 | 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 8 | 61 | |
| pts | 115-97 | 76-66 | 30-25 | 221-188 | |
| Total points | 212 | 142 | 55 | 409 | |
| Winners | 59 | 35 | 12 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 46% | 40% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 3 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 78/114 | 45/71 | 15/28 | 138/213 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 63% | 54% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 59/78 | 35/45 | 12/15 | 106/138 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 78% | 80% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/36 | 16/26 | 7/13 | 40/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 62% | 54% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/3 | 1/4 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 25% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 100% | 280% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWWLWWWW Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
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- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Blaz RolaRola (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-4 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Arjun KadheKadhe (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-2 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Keegan SmithSmith – Michael MmohMmoh (5-3 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Jc AragoneAragone (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Vasil KirkovKirkov – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Emilio NavaNava (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Ezekiel ClarkClark (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – Arjun KadheKadhe (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-5 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Go SoedaSoeda – Jason JungJung (6-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pedja KrstinKrstin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Keegan SmithSmith (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Vasil KirkovKirkov – Nick ChappellChappell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
