Alex Bolt and Liam Caruana will fight against each other in the quarter of the Launceston Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.33
Liam Caruana -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Liam Caruana
This will be the 2nd time that Alex Bolt and Liam Caruana square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bolt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Bolt won 7-5 7-5 in the 2nd round in the Burnie Challenger back in January 2020.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 151, Alex reached the 2nd round after defeating Dayne Kelly 7-68 6-4 and Benjamin Lock 6-1 6-1.
In the 3rd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-1 6-1). During the match Bolt scored 56 points vs Lock’s 31. Alex was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Bolt blasted 4 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alex Bolt was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bolt was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lock 5 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bolt hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Bolt has a weak record in the last 8 years having won 41% of his matches (514-354). 9-4 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has a 152-121 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Alex has a 9-4 win-loss record in 2020, 9-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Launceston Challenger
Bolt didn’t play in the Launceston Challenger in 2019.
Liam Caruana
Ranked no. 502, the Italian reached the 2nd round after beating Jeremy Beale 6-0 6-1, Yannick Hanfmann 6-1 6-2 and Tung-Lin Wu 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Wu, Liam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4).-97) than Wu. In fact, the world no. 151 won 97 points vs Wu’s. That means that Caruana was more focused during the important points. Liam was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Caruana blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Caruana lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Caruana put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (18/42) on the 2nd serve. Caruana broke Wu 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Caruana has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 65% of his matches (55-30). 5-2 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Caruana has a 28-28 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
Caruana has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Launceston Challenger
The Italian didn’t compete in the Launceston Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bolt | Caruana |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 60 |
| Pts | 132-95 | 222-172 |
| Total Points | 227 | 394 |
| Winners | 60 | 93 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Bolt played 2 matches while Caruana competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Liam Caruana lost 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t lost a set so far. Bolt has played 3 sets less than Caruana (4 vs 7). Therefore, Bolt played 23 games less than Caruana. Bolt scored 60 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, Caruana blasted 93 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bolt | Caruana |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 73/109 | 126/202 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 60/73 | 93/126 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/36 | 38/76 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 50% |
Bolt blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Caruana blasted 11 aces (3.7 per match). Bolt won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Caruana won 74% 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 | Bolt | Caruana |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 14 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 14/26 |
| % Converted | 50% | 54% |
| Conceded | 3 | 19 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 100% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with 50% conversion rate. Bolt was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Italian broke his opponents 14 times with 54% conversion rate. Caruana conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bolt | ||||
| R2 Kelly |
R3 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-68 6-4 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 | 37 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 56-31 | 132-95 | |
| Total points | 140 | 87 | 227 | |
| Winners | 36 | 24 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 43% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/64 | 30/45 | 73/109 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 24/30 | 60/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 80% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 8/15 | 23/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 53% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 5/5 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 100% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | -100 | |
| Caruana | |||||
| R1 Beale |
R2 Hanfmann |
R3 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | 6-1 6-2 | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 15 | 32 | 60 | |
| pts | 68-38 | 57-32 | 97-102 | 222-172 | |
| Total points | 106 | 89 | 199 | 394 | |
| Winners | 28 | 24 | 41 | 93 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 27/41 | 59/101 | 126/202 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 66% | 58% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 24/27 | 41/59 | 93/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 89% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 8/14 | 18/42 | 38/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 57% | 43% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/7 | 5/10 | 14/26 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 9 | 19 | |
| Saved | 10/10 | 0/0 | 5/9 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 56% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 4 | 33 | |
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Tennis Scores in Launceston Challenger
- Liam BroadyBroady – Blake MottMott (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Liam CaruanaCaruana – Tung-Lin WuWu (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Duckhee LeeLee (6-74 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Benjamin LockLock (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Michail PervolarakisPervolarakis (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Dane SweenySweeny (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Harry BourchierBourchier (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Benjamin LockLock (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (2-2) – See H2H details
- Liam BroadyBroady – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (0-2) – See H2H details
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – See H2H details
- Liam CaruanaCaruana – Alex BoltBolt (0-1) – See H2H details
