Ilya Ivashka and Viktor Troicki will fight against each other in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 6:00 pm 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 Ilya Ivashka who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.77
Viktor Troicki -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Viktor Troicki
This will be the 2nd time that Ilya Ivashka and Viktor Troicki face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Ivashka (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Ilya Ivashka
Ranked no. 136, the Belarussian got to the qualifications after beating Max Purcell 7-5 6-4.
In the qualifications, Ilya had a good straight sets win against Purcell (7-5 6-4). During the match Ivashka scored 73 points vs Purcell’s 60. Ivashka was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ivashka recorded 3 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Ilya Ivashka was very efficent on serve to win 78% (40/51) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ivashka broke Purcell twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Ivashka has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (265-174). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ivashka has a 67-45 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Ilya has a 13-11 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Ivashka had to surrender in the 1st round to Andrey Rublev.
Viktor Troicki
Ranked no. 192, the Serbian got to the qualifications after beating Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 6-75 6-4.
In the qualifications, Troicki defeated Kuznetsov (6-3 6-75 6-4). During the match Troicki scored 98 points vs Kuznetsov’s 87. Troicki was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Troicki struck 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Viktor Troicki lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Troicki put 58% of his first serves in, winning 80% (41/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Troicki broke Kuznetsov 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Troicki has a 7-6 win-loss record in 2020, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
The Serbian didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivashka | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 32 |
| Pts | 73-60 | 98-87 |
| Total Points | 133 | 185 |
| Winners | 40 | 41 |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% |
Both Ivashka and Troicki played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Viktor Troicki surrendered 1 set while Ilya Ivashka hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ivashka has played 1 set(s) less than Troicki (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ivashka played 10 games less than Troicki. The Belarussian scored 40 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Viktor recorded 41 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivashka | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 51/65 | 51/88 |
| %1st in | 78% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 41/51 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 18/37 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 49% |
Ivashka fired 3 aces . Troicki recorded 6 aces . Ivashka won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Troicki won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivashka | Troicki |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 33% | 42% |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 |
| Saved | 4 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Belarussian broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Ivashka was rock solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. Troicki broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Viktor conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivashka | |||
| Q1 Purcell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 73-60 | 73-60 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/65 | 51/65 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 40/51 | 40/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/14 | 8/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Troicki | |||
| Q1 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-75 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 98-87 | 98-87 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 51/88 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 41/51 | 41/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/37 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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