Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jan-Lennard Struff will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.40
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Jan-Lennard Struff

This will be the 4th time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jan-Lennard Struff fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Basilashvili (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Basilashvili won 6-4 7-63 in the final in the Heilbronn Challenger back in 2016.

Nikoloz Basilashvili

Ranked no. 29, Basilashvili reached the final after beating Richard Berankis 5-7 7-62 6-3.

In the 1st round against Berankis, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-62 6-3). During the match Basilashvili scored 124 points vs Berankis’s 116. Basilashvili was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about serving, Basilashvili blasted 14 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 53% of his first serves in, winning 76% (48/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (24/55) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Berankis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Basilashvili has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (520-439). 3-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Basilashvili has a 210-194 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Nikoloz has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

Basilashvili didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.

Jan-Lennard Struff

Ranked no. 34, Struff reached the final after beating Roberto Bautista Agut 7-62 7-5.

In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Bautista-Agut (7-62 7-5). During the match Struff scored 83 points vs Bautista-Agut’s 71. Jan-Lennard was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Struff blasted 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jan-Lennard Struff was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 51% (22/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Jan-Lennard broke Bautista-Agut 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Struff has a negative record in the last 10 years having won 48% of his matches (369-396). 4-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Struff has a 303-250 win-loss record in the last 10 years on hard.

Struff has a 4-4 win-loss record in 2020, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Dubai

The German didn’t play in Dubai in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Basilashvili Struff
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 3 2
Tot Games 34 25
Pts 124-116 83-71
Total Points 240 154
Winners 48 26
%Winners 39% 31%

Both Basilashvili and Struff played 1 matche. At the moment, Nikoloz Basilashvili dropped 1 set while Jan-Lennard Struff hasn’t dropped a set so far. Basilashvili has played 1 sets more than Struff (3 vs 2). Therefore, Basilashvili played 9 games more than Struff. The Georgean scored 48 winners (39% on total points). On the other side, Jan-Lennard blasted 26 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Basilashvili Struff
Aces 14 13
Avg per match 14 13
1st in 63/118 32/75
%1st in 53% 43%
1st pts 48/63 26/32
%1st pts 76% 81%
2nd pts 24/55 22/43
%2nd pts 44% 51%

Basilashvili blasted 14 aces . Struff blasted 13 aces . Basilashvili won 76% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 81% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Basilashvili Struff
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/7
% Converted 50% 57%
Conceded 12 4
Saved 9 1
% Saved 75% 25%
Times Broken 3 3

The Georgean broke his opponent 4 times with 50% conversion rate. Nikoloz conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Struff broke his opponent 4 times with 57% conversion rate. Jan-Lennard conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.

Basilashvili
R1
Berankis
Total
Score 5-7 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 34 34
pts 124-116 124-116
Total points 240 240
Winners 48 48
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 14 14
Double Faults 10 10
1st in 63/118 63/118
% 1st in 53% 53%
1st pts 48/63 48/63
% 1st pts 76% 76%
2nd pts 24/55 24/55
% 2nd pts 44% 44%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/8 4/8
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 12 12
Saved 9/12 9
Saved % 75% 75%
Times Broken 3 200
Struff
R1
Bautista-Agut
Total
Score 7-62 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 25 25
pts 83-71 83-71
Total points 154 154
Winners 26 26
%Winners 31% 31%
SERVE
Aces 13 13
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 32/75 32/75
% 1st in 43% 43%
1st pts 26/32 26/32
% 1st pts 81% 81%
2nd pts 22/43 22/43
% 2nd pts 51% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 1/4 1
Saved % 25% 25%
Times Broken 3 200

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