Milos Raonic and Borna Coric will clash against each other in the semifinal of the St. Petersburg Open for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Milos Raonic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Milos Raonic is the pick to win this match.
Milos Raonic -> 1.44
Borna Coric -> 2.97
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Prediction and head to head Milos Raonic vs. Borna Coric
This will be the 2nd time that Milos Raonic and Borna Coric face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Raonic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
Milos Raonic
Ranked no. 21, Raonic reached the semifinal after defeating Jeff Wolf 7-65 6-1, Alexander Bublik 6-3 6-2 and Karen Khachanov 6-1 7-61.
In the quarter, Milos had a good straight sets win against Khachanov (6-1 7-61). During the match Raonic scored 72 points vs Khachanov’s 50. The Canadian was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Raonic managed to score 15 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Milos Raonic was very effective on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Milos broke Khachanov twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Raonic has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (367-169). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Raonic has a 67-32 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Milos’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in New York.
Raonic has a 17-7 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Raonic didn’t play in St. Petersburg in 2019.
Borna Coric
Ranked no. 27, the Croatian got to the semifinal after defeating Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-62, Roman Safiullin 6-3 7-5 and Reilly Opelka 7-63 6-3.
In the quarter, Coric had a good straight sets win against Opelka (7-63 6-3). During the match Coric scored 71 points vs Opelka’s 51. Borna was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Coric struck 6 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Borna Coric was extremely effective on serve to win 86% (36/42) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Opelka twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Croatian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Borna’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in Rio de Janeiro.
Borna has a 13-9 win-loss record in 2020, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in St. Petersburg
Borna lost in the final to Daniil Medvedev.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Raonic | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 65 |
| Pts | 213-148 | 222-174 |
| Total Points | 361 | 396 |
| Winners | 105 | 105 |
| %Winners | 49% | 47% |
Both Raonic and Coric played 3 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Raonic and Coric have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Raonic played 8 games less than Coric. Milos scored 105 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Borna recorded 105 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Raonic | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 45 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 15 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 131/184 | 132/183 |
| %1st in | 71% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 105/131 | 105/132 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 34/53 | 33/51 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 65% |
Raonic managed to score 45 aces (15 per match). Coric bagged 22 aces (7.3 per match). Raonic won 80% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Coric won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Raonic | Coric |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 8/15 |
| % Converted | 47% | 53% |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 |
| Saved | 10 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Milos broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Milos had a solid display on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 10 break points. Borna broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Raonic | |||||
| R1 Wolf |
R2 Bublik |
1/4 Khachanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-1 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-1 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 20 | 57 | |
| pts | 79-56 | 62-42 | 72-50 | 213-148 | |
| Total points | 135 | 104 | 122 | 361 | |
| Winners | 38 | 32 | 35 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 52% | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 21 | 9 | 15 | 45 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/68 | 41/59 | 41/57 | 131/184 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 69% | 72% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 32/41 | 35/41 | 105/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | 85% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 10/18 | 10/16 | 34/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 56% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/4 | 2/5 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 75% | 40% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coric | |||||
| R1 Lopez |
R2 Safiullin |
1/4 Opelka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-62 | 6-3 7-5 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 21 | 22 | 65 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 76-65 | 71-51 | 222-174 | |
| Total points | 133 | 141 | 122 | 396 | |
| Winners | 33 | 36 | 36 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 47% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 4 | 6 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/54 | 50/75 | 42/54 | 132/183 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 67% | 78% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 36/50 | 36/42 | 105/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 72% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/14 | 11/25 | 10/12 | 33/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 44% | 83% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/8 | 2/2 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 50% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 6/8 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 75% | 50% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWLWLLW Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-1 7-61) – See score progression
- Borna CoricCoric – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-1 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Borna CoricCoric – Milos RaonicRaonic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
