Benjamin Bonzi and Pavel Kotov will face off in the 3rd round of the Pau Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:30 am on CENTRAL. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.30
Pavel Kotov -> 3.40
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Prediction and head to head Benjamin Bonzi vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 4th time that Benjamin Bonzi and Pavel Kotov face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kotov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kotov won 6-4 6-3 in the 1st round in Portoroz Challenger back in 2018.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 252, Benjamin reached the 1st round after beating Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-2 and Elliot Benchetrit 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Bonzi had a good straight sets win against Benchetrit (7-5 6-3). During the match Bonzi scored 71 points vs Benchetrit’s 54. Bonzi was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi blasted 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Benjamin Bonzi was extremely effective on serve to win 92% (35/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French Player broke Benchetrit twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Benjamin hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Bonzi has a unfavourable record in the last 5 years having won 49% of his matches (47-46). 2-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Bonzi has a 57-51 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Benjamin’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nonthaburi and the Bengalaru Challenger.
The French Player has a 13-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Pau Challenger
Bonzi didn’t compete in the Pau Challenger in 2019.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 288, Pavel got to the 1st round after beating Tristan Lamasine 2-6 7-67 6-4 and Antoine Hoang 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Hoang (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match Kotov scored 111 points vs Hoang’s 97. Kotov was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov blasted 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Hoang 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Kotov has a negative record in the last 5 years having won 30% of his matches (10-23). 2-4 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a 15-18 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Pau Challenger
Kotov didn’t compete in the Pau Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bonzi | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 61 |
| Pts | 131-94 | 111-97 |
| Total Points | 225 | 208 |
| Winners | 64 | 48 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Both Bonzi and Kotov played 2 matches. At the moment, Pavel Kotov conceded 2 sets while Benjamin Bonzi hasn’t lost a set so far. Bonzi has played 2 sets less than Kotov (4 vs 6). Therefore, Bonzi played 23 games less than Kotov. Bonzi scored 64 winners (49% on total points). On the other side, The Russian blasted 48 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bonzi | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 28 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 2 |
| 1st in | 70/109 | 72/103 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 64/70 | 48/72 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 21/31 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 68% |
Bonzi blasted 28 aces (14 per match). Kotov blasted 4 aces (2 per match). Bonzi won 91% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bonzi | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 31% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Benjamin broke his opponents 5 times with 31% conversion rate. Bonzi was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Kotov broke his opponents 3 times with 33% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bonzi | ||||
| R1 Hsin |
R2 Benchetrit |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 60-40 | 71-54 | 131-94 | |
| Total points | 100 | 125 | 225 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 16 | 28 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 32/52 | 38/57 | 70/109 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 67% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 29/32 | 35/38 | 64/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 92% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 12/19 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/10 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | -100 | |
| Kotov | ||||
| R1 Lamasine |
R2 Hoang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-67 6-4 | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 30 | 61 | |
| pts | – | 111-97 | 111-97 | |
| Total points | 0 | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | ||
| %Winners | NAN% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1st in | / | 72/103 | 72/103 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | / | 48/72 | 48/72 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | / | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | ||
| Converted | / | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 0/ | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 86% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | -50 | ||
Head 2 Head
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- Jiri VeselyVesely – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – See H2H details
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Pavel KotovKotov (1-2) – See H2H details
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (0-0) – See H2H details
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Ernests GulbisGulbis (0-0) – See H2H details
- Harold MayotMayot – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – See H2H details
