Roberto Marcora and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the final of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:20 pm on CHANTEREYNE. 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.83
Roberto Marcora -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Marcora vs. Roman Safiullin
There is no head to head record between Roberto Marcora and Roman Safiullin since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Marcora
Ranked no. 166 (career high), Marcora reached the final after defeating Arthur De Greef 6-3 6-4, Jules Marie 7-63 7-5, Zdenek Kolar 6-2 6-2 and Mischa Zverev 6-4 4-6 7-69.
In the semifinal, The Italian defeated Zverev (6-4 4-6 7-69). During the match Marcora scored 111 points vs Zverev’s 108. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 55 winners.
Talking about serving, Marcora blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Roberto Marcora was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (55/74) of his 1st serve and 64% (18/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marcora broke Zverev once after converting 13% of his break points (1/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marcora has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Marcora has a losing record in the last 9 years having won 41% of his matches (209-143). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Marcora has a 164-137 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semi-finals in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Roberto has a 12-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cherbourg Challenger
The Italian didn’t play in the Cherbourg Challenger in 2019.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 231, the Russian got to the final after defeating Dustin Brown 6-1 6-2, Mathias Bourgue 6-2 1-6 7-5, Maxime Janvier 3-6 6-4 7-5, Quentin Halys 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Antoine Hoang 6-2 3-6 6-1.
In the semifinal, Roman defeated Hoang (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Safiullin scored 87 points vs Hoang’s 68. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Safiullin blasted 14 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 68% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Hoang 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Roman has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (63-35). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has a 62-47 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Bangkok Challenger and the Cherbourg Challenger.
Safiullin has a 11-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cherbourg Challenger
Roman had to surrender in the 1st round 7-5 6-2 to Gian Marco Moroni.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marcora | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 14 |
| Tot Games | 93 | 123 |
| Pts | 313-263 | 426-349 |
| Total Points | 576 | 775 |
| Winners | 148 | 189 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Marcora played 4 matches while Safiullin competed in 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Marcora conceded 1 set, while Roman Safiullin dropper 4 sets. Marcora has played 5 sets less than Safiullin (9 vs 14). Therefore, Marcora played 30 games less than Safiullin. The Italian scored 148 winners (47% on total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 189 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marcora | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 26 | 37 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| 1st in | 193/276 | 244/361 |
| %1st in | 70% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 148/193 | 189/244 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 52/83 | 61/117 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 52% |
Marcora blasted 26 aces (6.5 per match). Safiullin blasted 37 aces (7.4 per match). Marcora won 77% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 77% 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 | Marcora | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 21 |
| Converted | 10/29 | 21/50 |
| % Converted | 34% | 42% |
| Conceded | 12 | 28 |
| Saved | 9 | 18 |
| % Saved | 75% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 10 |
The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with 34% conversion rate. Marcora conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 21 times with 42% conversion rate. Roman conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marcora | ||||||
| R2 De Greef |
R3 Marie |
1/4 Kolar |
1/2 Zverev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 7-5 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 4-6 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 16 | 33 | 93 | |
| pts | 59-49 | 84-72 | 59-34 | 111-108 | 313-263 | |
| Total points | 108 | 156 | 93 | 219 | 576 | |
| Winners | 29 | 40 | 24 | 55 | 148 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 48% | 41% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/61 | 52/75 | 28/38 | 74/102 | 193/276 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 69% | 74% | 73% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 40/52 | 24/28 | 55/74 | 148/193 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 77% | 86% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 14/23 | 8/10 | 18/28 | 52/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 61% | 80% | 64% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/10 | 4/6 | 1/8 | 10/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 20% | 67% | 13% | 34% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | – | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -25 | |
| Safiullin | |||||||
| R1 Brown |
R2 Bourgue |
R3 Janvier |
1/4 Halys |
1/2 Hoang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-2 1-6 7-5 | 3-6 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 27 | 31 | 26 | 24 | 123 | |
| pts | 56-27 | 100-92 | 104-101 | 79-61 | 87-68 | 426-349 | |
| Total points | 83 | 192 | 205 | 140 | 155 | 775 | |
| Winners | 22 | 41 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 189 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 41% | 54% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 37 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | |
| 1st in | 24/37 | 56/75 | 61/99 | 51/73 | 52/77 | 244/361 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 75% | 62% | 70% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 22/24 | 41/56 | 43/61 | 43/51 | 40/52 | 189/244 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 73% | 70% | 84% | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 9/19 | 20/38 | 10/22 | 12/25 | 61/117 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 47% | 53% | 45% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/16 | 4/10 | 4/5 | 5/14 | 21/50 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 25% | 40% | 80% | 36% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 28 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/4 | 5/8 | 2/4 | 10/12 | 18 | |
| Saved % | – | 25% | 63% | 50% | 83% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 100 | |
Head 2 Head
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