Attila Balazs and Aslan Karatsev will fight against each other in the final of the Bangkok Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction and head to head
There is no head to head record between Attila Balazs and Aslan Karatsev since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 3 sets.
Aslan Karatsev -> 0
Attila Balazs -> 0
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Attila Balazs
Ranked no. 128 (career high), Balazs reached the final after defeating Denis Yevseyev 6-3 7-5, Jc Aragone 6-3 3-6 6-4, Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-1 7-5 and Roman Safiullin 6-1 6-74 7-65.
In the semifinal, The Hungarian defeated Safiullin (6-1 6-74 7-65). During the match Balazs scored 102 points vs Safiullin’s 92. Balazs was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about serving, Balazs blasted 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Attila Balazs was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (45/53) of his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Hungarian broke Safiullin twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Attila has conceded 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Balazs has a a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 85% of his matches (40-7). 4-0 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Balazs has a 68-67 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Attila’s best result of the current season was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
The Hungarian has a 4-0 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bangkok Challenger
The Hungarian didn’t play in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 293, Aslan got to the final after beating Congsup Congcar 6-0 6-0, Jiri Vesely 6-4 6-70 6-2, Mirza Basic 6-4 3-6 6-4, Di Wu 6-2 6-2 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-2 6-2.
In the semifinal, Karatsev had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-2 6-2). During the match Karatsev scored 56 points vs Marco Moroni’s 40. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Karatsev scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karatsev was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Marco Moroni 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karatsev has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (248-214). 5-0 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Karatsev has a 123-117 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Karatsev’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger.
Karatsev has a 5-0 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Bangkok Challenger
Karatsev didn’t compete in the Bangkok Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Balazs | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 10 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 101 | 104 |
| Pts | 323-284 | 367-278 |
| Total Points | 607 | 645 |
| Winners | 130 | 124 |
| %Winners | 40% | 34% |
Balazs played 4 matches while Karatsev competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Attila Balazs conceded 2 sets, while Aslan Karatsev dropper 2 sets. Balazs has played 2 sets less than Karatsev (10 vs 12). Therefore, Balazs played 3 games less than Karatsev. Balazs scored 130 winners (40% on total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 124 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Balazs | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 175/327 | 153/308 |
| %1st in | 54% | 50% |
| 1st pts | 130/175 | 124/153 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 79/152 | 80/155 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 52% |
Balazs blasted 25 aces (6.3 per match). Karatsev blasted 30 aces (6 per match). Balazs won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Balazs | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 25 |
| Converted | 16/25 | 25/44 |
| % Converted | 64% | 57% |
| Conceded | 26 | 21 |
| Saved | 18 | 14 |
| % Saved | 69% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 7 |
The Hungarian broke his opponents 16 times with 64% conversion rate. Attila conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 25 times with 57% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Balazs | ||||||
| R2 Yevseyev | R3 Aragone | 1/4 Karlovskiy | 1/2 Safiullin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 6-3 3-6 6-4 | 6-1 7-5 | 6-1 6-74 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 28 | 19 | 33 | 101 | |
| pts | 65-55 | 88-86 | 68-51 | 102-92 | 323-284 | |
| Total points | 120 | 174 | 119 | 194 | 607 | |
| Winners | 22 | 34 | 29 | 45 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% | 43% | 44% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 21 | |
| 1st in | 33/65 | 48/96 | 41/66 | 53/100 | 175/327 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 50% | 62% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 22/33 | 34/48 | 29/41 | 45/53 | 130/175 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 71% | 71% | 85% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 21/48 | 13/25 | 26/47 | 79/152 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 44% | 52% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 5/5 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 16/25 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 100% | 63% | 40% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 26 | |
| Saved | 3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 27% | 33% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Karatsev | |||||||
| R1 Congcar | R2 Vesely | R3 Basic | 1/4 Wu | 1/2 Marco Moroni | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-4 6-70 6-2 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 31 | 29 | 16 | 16 | 104 | |
| pts | 52-21 | 102-95 | 91-79 | 66-43 | 56-40 | 367-278 | |
| Total points | 73 | 197 | 170 | 109 | 96 | 645 | |
| Winners | 16 | 39 | 34 | 16 | 19 | 124 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 38% | 37% | 24% | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 26 | |
| 1st in | 19/33 | 50/91 | 41/85 | 18/52 | 25/47 | 153/308 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 55% | 48% | 35% | 53% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 16/19 | 39/50 | 34/41 | 16/18 | 19/25 | 124/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 78% | 83% | 89% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 21/41 | 22/44 | 16/34 | 12/22 | 80/155 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 51% | 50% | 47% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 25 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 4/13 | 4/6 | 6/9 | 5/5 | 25/44 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 31% | 67% | 67% | 100% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 21 | |
| Saved | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 25% | 38% | 40% | 100% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Upcoming matches
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