Gael Monfils and Dominik Koepfer will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 7 pm on Campo Pietrangeli. 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 Gael Monfils who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gael Monfils is the pick to win this match.
Gael Monfils -> 1.39
Dominik Koepfer -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Gael Monfils vs. Dominik Koepfer
There is no head to head record between Gael Monfils and Dominik Koepfer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Gael Monfils
Ranked no. 9, the French player will start his run in Rome after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 2-6 7-6(8) 6-1 to Djokovic in the semifinal the 28th of February.
Monfils has a 16-3 win-loss record in 2020, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Montpellier where he beat Vasek Pospisil in the final 7-5 6-3 and in Rotterdam where he defeated Felix Auger Aliassime in the final 6-2 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, the French player has an overall 591-305 record. He has positive 185-98 record on clay.
Last year in Rome
the French player lost in the 1st round to Albert Ramos-Vinolas.
Dominik Koepfer
Ranked no. 97, Dominik got to the 2nd round after beating Flavio Cobolli 7-62 3-6 6-0, Gilles Simon 7-5 2-6 6-3, Mikhail Kukushkin 2-6 6-4 6-2 and Alex De Minaur 3-6 6-3 7-66.
In the 1st round against De Minaur, Dominik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-66). During the match Koepfer scored 110 points vs De Minaur’s 109. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Koepfer recorded 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Dominik Koepfer lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Koepfer put 67% of his first serves in, winning 60% (42/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (15/35) on the 2nd serve. Koepfer broke De Minaur 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Koepfer’s best result of the year was reaching the semi-finals in the Dallas Challenger.
Dominik has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2020, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Koepfer didn’t compete in Rome in 2019.
Head 2 Head
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LLWLWLLWWL Tennis Scores in Rome
- Marin CilicCilic – David GoffinGoffin (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Federico CoriaCoria (7-5 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-79 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefano TravagliaTravaglia – Borna CoricCoric (7-62 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-1 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
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