Patrick Zahraj and Blaz Rola will face off in the qualifications of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 9. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Rola who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Rola is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Rola -> 1.51
Patrick Zahraj -> 2.42
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Blaz Rola
This will be the 2nd time that Patrick Zahraj and Blaz Rola play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Rola (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Rola won 6-3 6-1 in the qualifications in the Salzburg Challenger back in July 2024.
Patrick Zahraj
35 - 27win/loss
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LLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 9-5 | 17-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 28-16 | 4-3 | 15-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 600, Zahraj reached the qualifications after beating Omni Kumar 6-7(7) 7-6(4) 7-6(3).
In the qualifications against Kumar, Patrick recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-64 7-63).During the match, Zahraj scored less points (2) than Kumar. In fact, the world no. 600 won 133 points vs Kumar’s. That means that Zahraj was more focused during the important points. Zahraj was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Zahraj bagged 8 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve 5 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (48/79) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (30/56) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Kumar 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Zahraj has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (100-75). 6-5 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Zahraj has a composed16-10 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The German’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Klosters.
The German has an aggregate 34-27 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Patrick has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaz Rola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-11 | 9-1 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 15-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 821, Rola reached the qualifications after defeating Aidan Mayo 7-6(5) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Blaz had a good straight sets win against Mayo (7-65 6-2). During the match Rola scored 81 points vs Mayo’s 67. The Slovenian was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Rola bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Blaz Rola was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (38/51) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Rola broke Mayo 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Blaz’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Celje.
Rola has a compiled 14-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zahraj | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 21 |
| Pts | 133-135 | 81-67 |
| Total Points | 268 | 148 |
| Winners | 48 | 38 |
| %Winners | 36% | 47% |
Both Zahraj and Rola played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Patrick Zahraj surrendered 1 set while Blaz Rola hasn’t lost a set so far. Zahraj has played 1 set more than Rola (3 vs 2). Therefore, Zahraj played 18 games more than Rola. The German scored 48 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Blaz made 38 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zahraj | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 9 |
| 1st in | 79/135 | 51/75 |
| %1st in | 59% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 48/79 | 38/51 |
| %1st pts | 61% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 30/56 | 13/24 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 54% |
Zahraj bagged 8 aces . Rola blasted 9 aces . Zahraj won 61% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zahraj | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/19 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 26% | 27% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 44% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 |
Zahraj broke his opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Patrick dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. The Slovenian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zahraj | |||
| Q1 Kumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-77 7-64 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 133-135 | 133-135 | |
| Total points | 268 | 268 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 79/135 | 79/135 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 48/79 | 48/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
| 2nd pts | 30/56 | 30/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Rola | |||
| Q1 Mayo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 81-67 | 81-67 | |
| Total points | 148 | 148 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 51/75 | 51/75 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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