Alexei Popyrin and Sebastian Ofner will square off in the 2nd round of the Ilkley Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.89
Alexei Popyrin -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 2nd time that Alexei Popyrin and Sebastian Ofner clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Ofner won 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in the Astana Challenger back in 2018.
Alexei Popyrin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-19 | 17-7 | 4-8 | 2-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-29 | 18-14 | 15-6 | 1-4 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-31 | 7-16 | 7-4 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-26 | 13-11 | 8-6 | 10-5 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-16 | 3-4 | 5-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 92, Popyrin got to the 2nd round after beating Mats Rosenkranz 7-62 7-5 and Borna Gojo 7-65 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Gojo (7-65 7-66). During the match, Popyrin and Gojo scored the same amount of points (85). However, the world no. 92 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Popyrin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Popyrin bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexei Popyrin was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Popyrin has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (199-149). 5-3 on grass in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has an aggregate12-10 match record in the last 7 years on grass.
The Australian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Bordeaux Challenger.
Alexei has an aggregate 16-18 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Popyrin has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-25 | 6-8 | 8-13 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 219, Ofner reached the 2nd round after defeating Jesper De Jong 7-68 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against De Jong (7-68 6-3). During the match Ofner scored 78 points vs De Jong’s 70. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Ofner recorded 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sebastian Ofner was very effective on serve to win 82% (40/49) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ofner broke De Jong once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Prague 1 Challenger.
The Austrian has an aggregate 11-5 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 51 | 22 |
| Pts | 162-156 | 78-70 |
| Total Points | 318 | 148 |
| Winners | 92 | 40 |
| %Winners | 57% | 51% |
Popyrin played 2 matches while Ofner competed in 1 match. Popyrin started his run from the qualifications while Ofner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Popyrin has played 2 sets more than Ofner (4 vs 2). Therefore, Popyrin played 29 games more than Ofner. Alexei scored 92 winners (57% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian struck 40 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 117/166 | 49/81 |
| %1st in | 70% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 92/117 | 40/49 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 53% |
Popyrin recorded 25 aces (12.5 per match). Ofner recorded 10 aces . Popyrin won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 82% 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 | Popyrin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 33% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 86% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponents twice with a 33% conversion rate. Popyrin lost his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Ofner broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Sebastian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Popyrin | |||||
| Q1 Rosenkranz |
Q3 Brouwer |
R1 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-65 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 18 | 26 | 69 | |
| pts | 77-71 | – | 85-85 | 162-156 | |
| Total points | 148 | 0 | 170 | 318 | |
| Winners | 45 | 47 | 92 | ||
| %Winners | 58% | 0% | 55% | 57% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 16 | 0 | 9 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 56/77 | / | 61/89 | 117/166 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 0% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 45/56 | / | 47/61 | 92/117 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 0% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/21 | / | 19/28 | 27/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 0% | 68% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Converted | 2/6 | / | 0/0 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/ | 5/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Ofner | |||||
| R1 De |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-3 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |||
| pts | 78-70 | 78-70 | |||
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |||
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |||
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 49/81 | 49/81 | |||
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |||
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 40/49 | |||
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |||
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |||
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |||
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |||
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |||
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
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