Ilya Ivashka and Benjamin Bonzi will face off in the semifinal of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on CENTER 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 2 sets.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.444
Benjamin Bonzi -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Benjamin Bonzi
There is no head to head record between Ilya Ivashka and Benjamin Bonzi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ilya Ivashka
Ranked no. 129, Ivashka reached the semifinal after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-4, Cem Ilkel 6-2 6-2 and Dmitry Popko 6-4 6-0.
In the quarter, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-4 6-0). During the match Ivashka scored 72 points vs Popko’s 52. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ivashka made 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ilya Ivashka lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ivashka put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Popko 7 times after converting 47% of his break points (7/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ilya hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Ivashka has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (270-175). 10-4 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ivashka has a 162-91 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Belarussian has a 18-12 win-loss record in 2020, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Ilya didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 191, Bonzi got to the semifinal after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 4-1 ret., Maxime Janvier 6-2 7-5 and Jason Jung 7-66 6-2.
In the quarter, Bonzi had a good straight sets win against Jung (7-66 6-2). During the match Bonzi scored 77 points vs Jung’s 66. Benjamin was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Bonzi fired 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Bonzi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bonzi put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. the French player broke Jung 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
the French player hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Bonzi’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Nonthaburi,the Bengalaru Challenger and M25 Potchefstroom.
Bonzi has a 29-9 win-loss record in 2020, 21-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Bonzi didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivashka | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 41 |
| Pts | 203-137 | 148-121 |
| Total Points | 340 | 269 |
| Winners | 72 | 59 |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% |
Ivashka played 3 matches while Bonzi competed in 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Ivashka has played 2 sets more than Bonzi (6 vs 4). Therefore, Ivashka played 9 games more than Bonzi. Ilya scored 72 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, the French player recorded 59 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivashka | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 2.3 | 5.5 |
| 1st in | 96/153 | 81/127 |
| %1st in | 63% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 72/96 | 59/81 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 26/57 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 59% |
Ivashka fired 7 aces (2.3 per match). Bonzi blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Ivashka won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Bonzi won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivashka | Bonzi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 8 |
| Converted | 16/39 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 41% | 47% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 11 | 5 |
| % Saved | 69% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
The Belarussian broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. Ilya lost his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. the French player broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. the French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivashka | |||||
| R1 Kirkin | R2 Ilkel | 1/4 Popko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 16 | 50 | |
| pts | 70-50 | 61-35 | 72-52 | 203-137 | |
| Total points | 120 | 96 | 124 | 340 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | 20 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 28% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/50 | 34/51 | 29/52 | 96/153 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 67% | 56% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/34 | 20/29 | 72/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 76% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/17 | 8/17 | 9/23 | 26/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 47% | 39% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 7 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 5/8 | 7/15 | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 63% | 47% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/5 | 5/8 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 63% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Bonzi | |||||
| R1 Donskoy | R2 Janvier | 1/4 Jung | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-1 ret. | 6-2 7-5 | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 20 | 21 | 54 | |
| pts | 56-38 | 71-55 | 77-66 | 204-159 | |
| Total points | 94 | 126 | 143 | 363 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 29 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/44 | 38/52 | 43/75 | 106/171 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 73% | 57% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 30/38 | 29/43 | 82/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 79% | 67% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 11/14 | 16/32 | 34/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 79% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/9 | 5/8 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 33% | 63% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/0 | 5/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 63% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Jason JungJung (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Denys Molchanov/Sergiy StakhovskyMolchanov/Sergiy Stakhovsky – Hunter Reese/Jan ZielinskiReese/Jan Zielinski (6-4 4-6 10-4) – See score progression
- Ivan Sabanov/Matej SabanovSabanov/Matej Sabanov – Sadio Doumbia/Fabien ReboulDoumbia/Fabien Reboul (6-3 2-6 10-7) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Martin KlizanKlizan – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Ilya IvashkaIvashka (0-0) – H2H and prediction