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H2H. Rafael Nadal vs Soon-Woo Kwon | Acapulco prediction, odds, preview, pick

Acapulco. Nadal and Kwon will clash against each other in quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

28 February 2020

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Soon-Woo Kwon

Rafael Nadal and Soon-Woo Kwon will face off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 pm on ESTADIO. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.062
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 10.00

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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Soon-Woo Kwon

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Soon-Woo Kwon since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Rafael Nadal

Ranked no. 2, Nadal got to the quarter after defeating Pablo Andujar 6-3 6-2 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-2 7-5.

In the 2^nd round, Rafael had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-2 7-5). During the match Nadal scored 64 points vs Kecmanovic’s 47. Rafael was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Nadal blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Rafael Nadal lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (26/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (12/27) on the 2nd serve. Rafael broke Kecmanovic 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rafael hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Nadal has a a remarkable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 81% of his matches (1144-274). 10-3 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nadal has a 515-100 record in the last 10 years on hard.

Nadal’s best result of the season was reaching the final in in ATP Cup.

Rafael has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 10-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

Nadal didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.

Soon-Woo Kwon

Ranked no. 76 (career high), the Korean reached the quarter after beating Taro Daniel 6-2 2-6 6-3 and Dusan Lajovic 7-6² 6-0.

In the 2^nd round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (7-6² 6-0). During the match Kwon scored 72 points vs Lajovic’s 50. Soon-Woo was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kwon scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 58% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Soon-Woo broke Lajovic 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Soon-Woo has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Kwon has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 67% of his matches (604-302). 7-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kwon has a 173-97 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Kwon has a 9-5 win-loss record in 2020, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in Acapulco

Soon-Woo didn’t compete in Acapulco in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Nadal	Kwon
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	37	44
Pts	124-88	149-117
Total Points	212	266
Winners	47	62
%Winners	38%	42%

Both Nadal and Kwon played 2 matches. At the moment, Soon-Woo Kwon lost 1 set while Rafael Nadal hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nadal has played 1 sets less than Kwon (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nadal played 7 games less than Kwon. Nadal scored 47 winners (38% on total points). On the other side, Soon-Woo blasted 62 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Nadal	Kwon
Aces	7	7
Avg per match	3.5	3.5
1st in	61/108	83/145
%1st in	56%	57%
1st pts	47/61	62/83
%1st pts	77%	75%
2nd pts	23/47	29/62
%2nd pts	49%	47%

Nadal blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kwon blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Nadal won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Kwon won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Nadal	Kwon
Won	10	10
Converted	10/16	10/16
% Converted	63%	63%
Conceded	7	10
Saved	3	5
% Saved	43%	50%
Times Broken	4	5

The Spaniard broke his opponents 10 times with 63% conversion rate. Nadal conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Soon-Woo broke his opponents 10 times with 63% conversion rate. The Korean conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Andujar	R2 Kecmanovic	Total
Nadal
Score	6-3 6-2	6-2 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	17	20	37
pts	60-41	64-47	124-88
Total points	101	111	212
Winners	21	26	47
%Winners	35%	41%	38%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	7
Double Faults	2	3	5
1st in	29/49	32/59	61/108
% 1st in	59%	54%	56%
1st pts	21/29	26/32	47/61
% 1st pts	72%	81%	77%
2nd pts	11/20	12/27	23/47
% 2nd pts	55%	44%	49%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/10	5/6	10/16
Converted %	50%	83%	63%
Conceded	4	3	7
Saved	2/4	1/3	3
Saved %	50%	33%	42%
Times Broken	2	2	100

	R1 Daniel	R2 Lajovic	Total
Kwon
Score	6-2 2-6 6-3	7-6² 6-0
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	25	19	44
pts	77-67	72-50	149-117
Total points	144	122	266
Winners	32	30	62
%Winners	42%	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	6	1	7
Double Faults	3	7	10
1st in	45/79	38/66	83/145
% 1st in	57%	58%	57%
1st pts	32/45	30/38	62/83
% 1st pts	71%	79%	75%
2nd pts	17/34	12/28	29/62
% 2nd pts	50%	43%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	5	10
Converted	5/7	5/9	10/16
Converted %	71%	56%	63%
Conceded	4	6	10
Saved	1/4	4/6	5
Saved %	25%	67%	46%
Times Broken	3	2	150