Jeff Wolf and Alen Avidzba will play each other in the qualifications of the St. Petersburg Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 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 Jeff Wolf who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.174
Alen Avidzba -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Alen Avidzba
There is no head to head record between Jeff Wolf and Alen Avidzba since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jeff Wolf
Ranked no. 120 (career high), Wolf reached the qualifications after beating Alexey Vatutin 4-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Vatutin, Jeff recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Wolf scored 97 points vs Vatutin’s 81. Jeff was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Wolf scored 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Jeff Wolf was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Jeff broke Vatutin 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Wolf has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (75-46). 9-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wolf has a 34-13 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Wolf’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger and the Columbus Challenger.
Jeff has a 20-6 win-loss record in 2020, 9-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
The American didn’t compete in St. Petersburg in 2019.
Alen Avidzba
Ranked no. 470, Avidzba reached the qualifications after beating Ernests Gulbis 4-6 6-3 7-62.
In the qualifications against Gulbis, Avidzba recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-62). During the match Avidzba scored 106 points vs Gulbis’s 99. Alen was pretty aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Avidzba bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alen Avidzba lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Avidzba put 71% of his first serves in, winning 74% (54/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Alen broke Gulbis twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Alen has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
The Russian didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Wolf | Avidzba |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 26 | 32 |
Pts | 97-81 | 106-99 |
Total Points | 178 | 205 |
Winners | 37 | 54 |
%Winners | 38% | 51% |
Both Wolf and Avidzba played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Jeff Wolf conceded 1 set, while Alen Avidzba dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Wolf and Avidzba have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Wolf played 6 games less than Avidzba. Jeff scored 37 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian struck 54 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Wolf | Avidzba |
---|---|---|
Aces | 15 | 3 |
Avg per match | 15 | 3 |
1st in | 49/75 | 73/103 |
%1st in | 65% | 71% |
1st pts | 37/49 | 54/73 |
%1st pts | 76% | 74% |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 15/30 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 50% |
Wolf recorded 15 aces . Avidzba managed to score 3 aces . Wolf won 76% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Avidzba won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Wolf | Avidzba |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 2 |
Converted | 5/16 | 2/7 |
% Converted | 31% | 29% |
Conceded | 6 | 8 |
Saved | 4 | 6 |
% Saved | 67% | 75% |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Jeff broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. Jeff lost his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alen broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Avidzba conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
Wolf | |||
Q1 Vatutin |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
pts | 97-81 | 97-81 | |
Total points | 178 | 178 | |
Winners | 37 | 37 | |
%Winners | 38% | 38% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 15 | 15 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 49/75 | 49/75 | |
% 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
% 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
Avidzba | |||
Q1 Gulbis |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 6-3 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
pts | 106-99 | 106-99 | |
Total points | 205 | 205 | |
Winners | 54 | 54 | |
%Winners | 51% | 51% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 73/103 | 73/103 | |
% 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
1st pts | 54/73 | 54/73 | |
% 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 15/30 | 15/30 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
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