Denis Istomin and Thai Kwiatkowski will fight against each other in the quarter of the the Newport Beach Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Istomin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Istomin is the pick to win this match.
Denis Istomin -> 1.66
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Denis Istomin vs. Thai Kwiatkowski
There is no head to head record between Denis Istomin and Thai Kwiatkowski since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Denis Istomin
Ranked no. 170, Denis reached the quarter after defeating Sekou Bangoura 7-66 6-4 and Frances Tiafoe 6-3 6-2.
In the 3rd round, Istomin had a good straight sets win against Tiafoe (6-3 6-2). During the match Istomin scored 67 points vs Tiafoe’s 46. Istomin was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Istomin blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Denis Istomin was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Uzbek broke Tiafoe 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Istomin hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Istomin has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (581-446). 4-2 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Istomin has a 249-246 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Denis has a 4-2 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
Istomin didn’t compete in the Newport Beach Challenger in 2019.
Thai Kwiatkowski
Ranked no. 271, Kwiatkowski reached the quarter after beating Collin Altamirano 6-1 6-3, Emilio Gomez 7-5 6-3 and Brayden Schnur 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 3rd round against Schnur, Thai recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Kwiatkowski scored 87 points vs Schnur’s 79. Thai was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kwiatkowski blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 43% of his first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (22/47) on the 2nd serve. Thai broke Schnur 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Thai has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Kwiatkowski has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (217-167). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kwiatkowski has a 47-45 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Kwiatkowski has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Newport Beach Challenger
The American lost in the 1st round 6-3 6-4 to Victor Estrella.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Istomin | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 63 |
| Pts | 155-126 | 217-180 |
| Total Points | 281 | 397 |
| Winners | 69 | 85 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Istomin played 2 matches while Kwiatkowski competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Thai Kwiatkowski dropped 1 set while Denis Istomin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Istomin has played 3 sets less than Kwiatkowski (4 vs 7). Therefore, Istomin played 23 games less than Kwiatkowski. The Uzbek scored 69 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Kwiatkowski blasted 85 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Istomin | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 92/132 | 103/193 |
| %1st in | 70% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 69/92 | 85/103 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 45/90 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Istomin blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Kwiatkowski blasted 22 aces (7.3 per match). Istomin won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Kwiatkowski won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Istomin | Kwiatkowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 12 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 12/38 |
| % Converted | 31% | 32% |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 83% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Denis broke his opponents 5 times with 31% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Kwiatkowski broke his opponents 12 times with 32% conversion rate. Thai conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Istomin | ||||
| R2 Bangoura |
R3 Tiafoe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 88-80 | 67-46 | 155-126 | |
| Total points | 168 | 113 | 281 | |
| Winners | 41 | 28 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/75 | 35/57 | 92/132 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 61% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 28/35 | 69/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 13/22 | 23/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 59% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 3/7 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 43% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | -50 | |
| Kwiatkowski | |||||
| R1 Altamirano |
R2 Gomez |
R3 Schnur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 | 26 | 63 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-58 | 87-79 | 217-180 | |
| Total points | 108 | 123 | 166 | 397 | |
| Winners | 23 | 32 | 30 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 49% | 34% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 41/69 | 36/83 | 103/193 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 59% | 43% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 32/41 | 30/36 | 85/103 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 78% | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 14/28 | 22/47 | 45/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 50% | 47% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/17 | 3/4 | 5/17 | 12/38 | |
| Converted % | 24% | 75% | 29% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/5 | 1/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 80% | 25% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 33 | |
Head 2 Head
LWLLLLWLWW Tennis Scores in Newport Beach Challenger
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Sebastian KordaKorda (5-7 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 6-76 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (3-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Brayden SchnurSchnur (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-66 6-74 7-64) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Bradley KlahnKlahn – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-1) – See H2H details
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (0-0) – See H2H details
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – See H2H details
