Matija Pecotic and Darian King will face off in the qualifications of the Winnipeg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matija Pecotic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matija Pecotic is the pick to win this match.
Matija Pecotic -> 1.42
Darian King -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Matija Pecotic vs. Darian King
There is no head to head record between Matija Pecotic and Darian King since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Matija Pecotic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-11 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-12 | 0-0 | 8-9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-4 | 14-2 | 2-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 437, Matija reached the qualifications after beating Alex Rybakov 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Matija had a good straight sets win against Rybakov (6-2 6-2). During the match, Pecotic scored 57 points vs Rybakov’s 28. Pecotic was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pecotic scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults. Matija Pecotic was pretty effective on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pecotic broke Rybakov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Pecotic has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 70% of his matches (201-85). 12-4 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pecotic has a composed153-46 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Matija’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Orange Park and the Salinas Challenger.
The Croatian has a composed 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Winnipeg Challenger
Matija has never competed in this tournament before.
Darian King
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-10 | 17-7 | 10-0 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-9 | 11-5 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-14 | 6-7 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 570, the Barbadian reached the qualifications after defeating Joshua Sheehy 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Sheehy, Darian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match King scored 91 points vs Sheehy’s 76. The Barbadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, King struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Darian King lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, King put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (34/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. Darian broke Sheehy 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
King’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Ithaca,M15 Rochester and M15 Pittsburgh.
The Barbadian has an aggregate 25-4 win-loss record in 2023, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pecotic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 25 |
| Pts | 57-28 | 91-76 |
| Total Points | 85 | 167 |
| Winners | 23 | 34 |
| %Winners | 40% | 37% |
Both Pecotic and King played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Darian King lost 1 set while Matija Pecotic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pecotic has played 1 set(s) less than King (2 vs 3). Therefore, Pecotic played 9 games less than King. Pecotic scored 23 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Barbadian made 34 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pecotic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 50/85 |
| %1st in | 69% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 34/50 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 18/35 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 51% |
Pecotic made 1 ace . King also made 2 aces . Pecotic won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, King won 68% 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 | Pecotic | King |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 57% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Pecotic broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Croatian pretty effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Barbadian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Darian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pecotic | |||
| Q1 Rybakov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-28 | 57-28 | |
| Total points | 85 | 85 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/39 | 27/39 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| King | |||
| Q1 Sheehy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-76 | 91-76 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/85 | 50/85 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 18/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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