Benjamin Lock and Stefan Kozlov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on CENTER. 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 Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.44
Benjamin Lock -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Lock vs. Stefan Kozlov
There is no head to head record between Benjamin Lock and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53-30 | 19-12 | 33-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 362, Lock got to the 2nd round after beating Gabriele Pennaforti 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round, The had a good straight sets win against Pennaforti (6-3 7-65). During the match, Lock scored 71 points vs Pennaforti’s 57. Benjamin was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Lock blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Lock was pretty effective on serve to win 86% (31/36) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lock broke Pennaforti twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Lock has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (263-204). 1-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lock has an overall 60-43 record in the last years on clay.
Lock has an overall 2-5 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-19 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 706, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Christopher Bulus 6-2 7-5, Ivan Denisov 2-6 6-3 6-1 and Noah Schachter 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kozlov had a good straight sets win against Schachter (6-3 6-4). During the match Kozlov scored 71 points vs Schachter’s 58. The American was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Kozlov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 71% of his first serves in, winning 67% (28/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Schachter 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Stefan’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.
Stefan has an aggregate 13-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Lock | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 63 |
| Pts | 71-57 | 234-193 |
| Total Points | 128 | 427 |
| Winners | 31 | 97 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Lock played 1 match while Kozlov competed in 3 matches. Kozlov started his run from the qualifications while Lock had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov conceded 1 set while Benjamin Lock hasn’t dropped a set so far. Lock has played 5 set(s) less than Kozlov (2 vs 7). Therefore, Lock played 41 games less than Kozlov. The scored 31 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan managed to score 97 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Lock | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2.7 |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 126/194 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 97/126 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 35/68 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 51% |
Lock fired 6 aces . Kozlov fired 8 aces (2.7 per match). Lock won 86% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 77% 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 | Lock | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 11 |
| Converted | 2/4 | 11/29 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 9 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Lock broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Stefan broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kozlov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Lock | |||
| R1 Pennaforti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 71-57 | 71-57 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 36/57 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 31/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/21 | 14/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kozlov | |||||
| Q1 Bulus |
Q3 Denisov |
R1 Schachter |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 2-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 19 | 63 | |
| pts | 74-57 | 89-78 | 71-58 | 234-193 | |
| Total points | 131 | 167 | 129 | 427 | |
| Winners | 30 | 39 | 28 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 9 | 3 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 51/81 | 42/59 | 126/194 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 63% | 71% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 39/51 | 28/42 | 97/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 76% | 67% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 12/30 | 10/17 | 35/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 40% | 59% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/12 | 4/9 | 11/29 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 44% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 67% | 242% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
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