Gael Monfils and Ivo Karlovic will square off in the 2nd round of the Australian Open for the 7th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1 pm (est) on the 1573 Arena. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gael Monfils who should win in 4 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.28
Ivo Karlovic -> 3.75
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Ivo Karlovic
Head 2 Head
This will be the 7th time that Gael Monfils and Ivo Karlovic square off. The head to head is 4-2 for Monfils (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Monfils won 7-66 7-66 in the quarter in Tokyo back in 2016.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 10, Gael reached the quarter after beating Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Monfils had a good straight sets win against Lu (6-1 6-4 6-2). During the match Monfils scored 93 points vs Lu’s 63. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Monfils blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Gael Monfils was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (44/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gael broke Lu 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Monfils has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (658-296). 2-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Monfils has a 294-152 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
Monfils has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Monfils lost in the 2nd round 6-3 6-78 7-66 7-65 to Taylor Harry Fritz.
Ivo Karlovic
Ranked no. 124, Ivo got to the quarter after beating Vasek Pospisil 7-64 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Ivo had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (7-64 6-4 7-5). During the match Karlovic scored 104 points vs Pospisil’s 89. Karlovic was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about serving, Karlovic blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ivo Karlovic was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (58/65) of his 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karlovic broke Pospisil twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Karlovic has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (560-467). 1-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karlovic has a 235-199 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.
The Croatian has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year at the Australian Open
Ivo lost in the 2nd round 6-3 7-66 5-7 5-7 7-67 to Kei Nishikori.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Monfils | Karlovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 35 |
| Pts | 93-63 | 104-89 |
| Total Points | 156 | 193 |
| Winners | 44 | 58 |
| %Winners | 47% | 56% |
Both Monfils and Karlovic played 1 matche. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Monfils and Karlovic have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Monfils played 10 games less than Karlovic. Gael scored 44 winners (47% on total points). On the other side, Ivo blasted 58 winners (56%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Monfils | Karlovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 13 |
| 1st in | 56/84 | 65/94 |
| %1st in | 67% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 58/65 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 89% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 18/29 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 62% |
Monfils blasted 6 aces . Karlovic blasted 13 aces . Monfils won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Karlovic won 89% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Monfils | Karlovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 63% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The French Player broke his opponent 5 times with 63% conversion rate. Monfils was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 7 break points. The Croatian broke his opponent twice with 40% conversion rate. The Croatian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Monfils | |||
| R1 Lu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 93-63 | 93-63 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/84 | 56/84 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Karlovic | |||
| R1 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 104-89 | 104-89 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 56% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 65/94 | 65/94 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 58/65 | 58/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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