Elias Ymer and Michael Vrbensky will fight against each other in the quarter of the Prague Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12 pm on Court 1. 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 Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
Elias Ymer -> 1.40
Michael Vrbensky -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
Ranked no. 201, Elias reached the quarter after beating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-3 6-4, Martin Klizan 6-2 2-6 6-2 and Tomas Machac 4-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 3rd round against Machac, Elias recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Ymer scored 96 points vs Machac’s 80. Ymer was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ymer struck 8 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Elias Ymer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Ymer put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The Swede broke Machac 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ymer has lost 2 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Ymer has a losing record in the last 9 years having won 40% of his matches (743-487). 3-0 on clay in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ymer has a 256-196 record in the last 9 years on clay.
Elias has a 4-3 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
Ymer didn’t play in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
Michael Vrbensky
Ranked no. 405, Michael reached the quarter after beating Daniel Masur 7-5 7-5, Steven Diez 7-5 6-3 and Philipp Kohlschreiber w/o.
In the 3rd round, The Czech defeated Kohlschreiber (w/o). During the match Vrbensky and Kohlschreiber scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 201 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Vrbensky conceded no breaks for the entire match to put NAN% of his first serves in, win NAN% (/) of the points behind his 1st serve and NAN% (/) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Vrbensky has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 68% of his matches (186-87). 8-3 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vrbensky has a 118-71 record in the last 4 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Czech has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Prague Challenger
The Czech didn’t play in the Prague Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 45 |
| Pts | 251-207 | 163-141 |
| Total Points | 458 | 304 |
| Winners | 81 | 46 |
| %Winners | 32% | 28% |
Ymer played 3 matches while Vrbensky competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Elias Ymer lost 2 sets while Michael Vrbensky hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ymer has played 4 sets more than Vrbensky (8 vs 4). Therefore, Ymer played 23 games more than Vrbensky. Ymer scored 81 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Michael recorded 46 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 125/221 | 69/145 |
| %1st in | 57% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 81/125 | 46/69 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 54/96 | 43/76 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Ymer blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Vrbensky recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ymer won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 67% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 10 |
| Converted | 16/31 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 52% | 50% |
| Conceded | 17 | 14 |
| Saved | 8 | 9 |
| % Saved | 47% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 5 |
Ymer broke his opponents 16 times with a 52% conversion rate. Ymer conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Vrbensky broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Vrbensky conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | |||||
| R1 Karlovskiy | R2 Klizan | R3 Machac | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 6-2 | 4-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 24 | 25 | 68 | |
| pts | 76-60 | 79-67 | 96-80 | 251-207 | |
| Total points | 136 | 146 | 176 | 458 | |
| Winners | 28 | 25 | 28 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% | 29% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 41/79 | 40/68 | 44/74 | 125/221 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 59% | 59% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 25/40 | 28/44 | 81/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 63% | 64% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 19/28 | 18/30 | 54/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 68% | 60% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/6 | 6/12 | 16/31 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 83% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3/6 | 2/5 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 40% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 3 | 200 | |
| Vrbensky | |||||
| R1 Masur | R2 Diez | R3 Kohlschreiber | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-5 | 7-5 6-3 | w/o | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 21 | 0 | 45 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 69-55 | – | 163-141 | |
| Total points | 180 | 124 | 0 | 304 | |
| Winners | 29 | 17 | 46 | ||
| %Winners | 31% | 25% | NAN% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1st in | 43/89 | 26/56 | / | 69/145 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 46% | NAN% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 17/26 | / | 46/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 65% | NAN% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 20/30 | / | 43/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 67% | NAN% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/11 | / | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 45% | NAN% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 0/ | 9 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | – | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 67 | ||
Tennis Scores in Prague Challenger
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Zdenek KolarKolar (7-63 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (5-7 7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Ernests GulbisGulbis (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Jozef KovalikKovalik (6-1 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Yannick MadenMaden (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Oscar OtteOtte (3-6 7-5 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – See H2H details
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (0-0) – See H2H details
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – See H2H details