Aslan Karatsev and Botic Van De Zandschulp will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.31
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 140 (career high), the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Tomas Machac 6-4 6-4, Ernests Gulbis 6-1 6-4 and Mats Moraing 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Moraing (6-3 6-3). During the match Karatsev scored 65 points vs Moraing’s 53. Karatsev was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Karatsev managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aslan Karatsev lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Karatsev broke Moraing 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Aslan hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a solid win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (305-204). 13-1 on clay in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karatsev has a 119-78 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Aslan’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Bangkok Challenger,the Prague Challenger and the Prague II Challenger.
The Russian has a 23-6 win-loss record in 2020, 13-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Ostrava Challenger
The Russian didn’t play in the Ostrava Challenger in 2019.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ranked no. 176, Botic reached the semifinal after beating Otto Virtanen 7-5 6-4, Henri Laaksonen 6-3 6-2 and Lukas Lacko 5-7 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter against Lacko, The Dutch recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-1). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 116 points vs Lacko’s 93. Botic was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Van De Zandschulp fired 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Botic Van De Zandschulp was quite effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (24/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Dutch broke Lacko 5 times after converting 21% of his break points (5/24).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Dutch has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Botic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.
Van De Zandschulp has a 9-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Ostrava Challenger
Van De Zandschulp didn’t compete in the Ostrava Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karatsev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 67 |
| Pts | 194-149 | 249-199 |
| Total Points | 343 | 448 |
| Winners | 74 | 90 |
| %Winners | 38% | 36% |
Both Karatsev and Van De Zandschulp played 3 matches. At the moment, Botic Van De Zandschulp lost 1 set while Aslan Karatsev hasn’t lost a set so far. Karatsev has played 1 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (6 vs 7). Therefore, Karatsev played 12 games less than Van De Zandschulp. Aslan scored 74 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp scored 90 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karatsev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 87/156 | 120/211 |
| %1st in | 56% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 74/87 | 90/120 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 37/69 | 51/91 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 56% |
Karatsev managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Van De Zandschulp fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Karatsev won 85% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Karatsev | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/26 | 13/39 |
| % Converted | 42% | 33% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Aslan broke his opponents 11 times with a 42% conversion rate. Aslan surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponents 13 times with a 33% conversion rate. Van De Zandschulp conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Karatsev | |||||
| R1 Machac |
R2 Gulbis |
1/4 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 18 | 55 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 58-34 | 65-53 | 194-149 | |
| Total points | 133 | 92 | 118 | 343 | |
| Winners | 28 | 20 | 26 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 21/44 | 33/55 | 87/156 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 48% | 60% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 20/21 | 26/33 | 74/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 95% | 79% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/24 | 17/23 | 9/22 | 37/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 74% | 41% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/6 | 5/8 | 11/26 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 63% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1/1 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 60% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Van De Zandschulp | |||||
| R1 Virtanen |
R2 Laaksonen |
1/4 Lacko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 28 | 67 | |
| pts | 65-54 | 68-52 | 116-93 | 249-199 | |
| Total points | 119 | 120 | 209 | 448 | |
| Winners | 33 | 19 | 38 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 28% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 26/54 | 53/95 | 120/211 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 48% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 19/26 | 38/53 | 90/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 73% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 15/28 | 24/42 | 51/91 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 54% | 57% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/11 | 5/24 | 13/39 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 45% | 21% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 1/2 | 6/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 50% | 75% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWLLWL Tennis Scores in Ostrava Challenger
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Lukas LackoLacko (5-7 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Oscar OtteOtte – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
