Yuichi Sugita and Damir Dzumhur will face off in the 1st round of the Astana Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damir Dzumhur who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damir Dzumhur is the pick to win this match.
Damir Dzumhur -> 1.61
Yuichi Sugita -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Damir Dzumhur
There is no head to head record between Yuichi Sugita and Damir Dzumhur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Yuichi Sugita
Ranked no. 101, Sugita reached the 1st round after beating Mohamed Safwat 6-0 6-2 and Marc Polmans 3-6 6-2 7-65.
In the qualifications against Polmans, Sugita recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 7-65). During the match Sugita and Polmans scored the same amount of points (103). However, the world no. 101 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Yuichi was quite aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sugita scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 3 double faults. Yuichi Sugita lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sugita put 65% of his first serves in, winning 66% (45/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Polmans 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Yuichi has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Sugita has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (360-258). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sugita has a 45-33 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Sugita’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Noumea Challenger.
Yuichi has a 13-13 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Nur-Sultan
Sugita didn’t play in Nur-Sultan in 2019.
Damir Dzumhur
Ranked no. 115, Damir got to the 1st round after beating Aleksandr Nedovesov 1-6 7-5 6-2 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-4 6-4). During the match Dzumhur scored 66 points vs Hanfmann’s 53. Dzumhur was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Dzumhur was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Damir Dzumhur was quite efficent on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dzumhur broke Hanfmann twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dzumhur has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dzumhur’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Barcelona Challenger.
Dzumhur has a 18-14 win-loss record in 2020, 8-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Nur-Sultan
The Bosnian didn’t compete in Nur-Sultan in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sugita | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 47 |
| Pts | 156-134 | 149-130 |
| Total Points | 290 | 279 |
| Winners | 60 | 60 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Sugita and Dzumhur played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Yuichi Sugita conceded 1 set, while Damir Dzumhur dropper 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sugita and Dzumhur have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Sugita played 3 games less than Dzumhur. Sugita scored 60 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Dzumhur bagged 60 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sugita | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 92/146 | 78/119 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 60/92 | 60/78 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 31/54 | 24/41 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 59% |
Sugita made 3 aces (1.5 per match). Dzumhur blasted 2 aces (1 per match). Sugita won 65% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Dzumhur won 77% 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 | Sugita | Dzumhur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/17 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 53% | 58% |
| Conceded | 11 | 10 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 73% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Yuichi broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded. Dzumhur broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Damir conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sugita | ||||
| Q1 Safwat |
Q3 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 3-6 6-2 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 30 | 44 | |
| pts | 53-31 | 103-103 | 156-134 | |
| Total points | 84 | 206 | 290 | |
| Winners | 15 | 45 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 44% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/42 | 68/104 | 92/146 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 15/24 | 45/68 | 60/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 66% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/18 | 20/36 | 31/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 56% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 3/6 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 6/8 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dzumhur | ||||
| Q1 Nedovesov |
Q3 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 83-77 | 66-53 | 149-130 | |
| Total points | 160 | 119 | 279 | |
| Winners | 32 | 28 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 42% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 45/68 | 33/51 | 78/119 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 28/33 | 60/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 85% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/18 | 24/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 67% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 2/5 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 40% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | – | 30% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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