Danilo Petrovic and James Ward will play each other in the semifinal of the the Rennes Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on LE LIBERTE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Danilo Petrovic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Danilo Petrovic is the pick to win this match.
Danilo Petrovic -> 1.44
James Ward -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Danilo Petrovic vs. James Ward

This will be the 2nd time that Danilo Petrovic and James Ward square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ward (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

Danilo Petrovic

Ranked no. 166 (career high), the Serbian got to the semifinal after beating Valentin Royer 6-1 3-6 6-3, Teimuraz Gabashvili 7-5 6-2 and Constant Lestienne 6-2 7-66.

In the quarter, Danilo had a good straight sets win against Lestienne (6-2 7-66). During the match Petrovic scored 78 points vs Lestienne’s 69. Danilo was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.

Talking about serving, Petrovic blasted 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Danilo Petrovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Petrovic put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (37/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Danilo broke Lestienne 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Serbian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Petrovic has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 35% of his matches (40-22). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Petrovic has a 82-81 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

Danilo has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Rennes Challenger

Petrovic didn’t compete in the Rennes Challenger in 2019.

James Ward

Ranked no. 313, the Brit got to the semifinal after beating Benjamin Bonzi 3-6 7-66 7-5, Pavel Kotov 6-3 6-75 6-3, Corentin Denolly 6-4 6-3 and Kyrian Jacquet 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the quarter, Ward defeated Jacquet (7-5 3-6 6-3). During the match Ward and Jacquet scored the same amount of points (87). However, the world no. 166 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about serving, Ward blasted 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. James Ward lost the serve 3 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Ward put 66% of his first serves in, winning 66% (43/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the 2nd serve. James broke Jacquet 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ward has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Ward has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (137-114). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ward has a 194-195 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

James has a 4-1 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)

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Last year in the Rennes Challenger

James didn’t play in the Rennes Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Petrovic Ward
Match played 3 4
Tot Set 7 11
Tot Games 66 114
Pts 218-175 365-345
Total Points 393 710
Winners 99 170
%Winners 45% 47%

Petrovic played 3 matches while Ward competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Danilo Petrovic conceded 1 set, while James Ward dropper 3 sets. Petrovic has played 4 sets less than Ward (7 vs 11). Therefore, Petrovic played 48 games less than Ward. Petrovic scored 99 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Ward blasted 170 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Petrovic Ward
Aces 41 28
Avg per match 13.7 7
1st in 120/187 239/372
%1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 99/120 170/239
%1st pts 83% 71%
2nd pts 34/67 73/133
%2nd pts 51% 55%

Petrovic blasted 41 aces (13.7 per match). Ward blasted 28 aces (7 per match). Petrovic won 83% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Ward won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Petrovic Ward
Won 10 12
Converted 10/16 12/25
% Converted 63% 48%
Conceded 8 30
Saved 5 22
% Saved 63% 73%
Times Broken 3 8

Petrovic broke his opponents 10 times with 63% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponents 12 times with 48% conversion rate. Ward conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Petrovic
R2
Royer
R3
Gabashvili
1/4
Lestienne
Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-3 7-5 6-2 6-2 7-66
Tot Set 3 2 2 7
Tot Games 25 20 21 66
pts 77-58 63-48 78-69 218-175
Total points 135 111 147 393
Winners 33 29 37 99
%Winners 43% 46% 47% 45%
SERVE
Aces 14 11 16 41
Double Faults 2 4 4 10
1st in 41/67 34/51 45/69 120/187
% 1st in 61% 67% 65% 64%
1st pts 33/41 29/34 37/45 99/120
% 1st pts 80% 85% 82% 83%
2nd pts 18/26 8/17 8/24 34/67
% 2nd pts 69% 47% 33% 51%
Breaks
Won 3 4 3 10
Converted 3/3 4/8 3/5 10/16
Converted % 100% 50% 60% 63%
Conceded 4 1 3 8
Saved 3 0 2 5
Saved % 25% 100% 33% 53%
Times Broken 1 1 1 3
Ward
R1
Bonzi
R2
Kotov
R3
Denolly
1/4
Jacquet
Total
Score 3-6 7-66 7-5 6-3 6-75 6-3 6-4 6-3 7-5 3-6 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 2 3 11
Tot Games 34 31 19 30 114
pts 119-118 94-87 65-53 87-87 365-345
Total points 237 181 118 174 710
Winners 49 50 28 43 170
%Winners 41% 53% 43% 49% 47%
SERVE
Aces 8 6 4 10 28
Double Faults 6 4 2 5 17
1st in 79/126 60/92 35/56 65/98 239/372
% 1st in 63% 65% 63% 66% 64%
1st pts 49/79 50/60 28/35 43/65 170/239
% 1st pts 62% 83% 80% 66% 71%
2nd pts 24/47 18/32 13/21 18/33 73/133
% 2nd pts 51% 56% 62% 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 2 2 4 12
Converted 4/8 2/5 2/5 4/7 12/25
Converted % 50% 40% 40% 57% 48%
Conceded 16 0 0 14 30
Saved 11 0 0 11 22
Saved % 31% 0% 0% 21% 17%
Times Broken 5 0 0 3 8

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