Sebastian Ofner and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the quarter of the Hamburg Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.55
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Roman Safiullin
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Ofner and Roman Safiullin play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 171, Ofner reached the quarter after beating Dustin Brown 7-66 6-2 and Hugo Gaston 7-65 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Gaston (7-65 6-2). During the match Ofner scored 72 points vs Gaston’s 61. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ofner scored 3 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 67% of his first serves in, winning 80% (33/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (7/20) on the 2nd serve. Ofner broke Gaston 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sebastian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 57% of his matches (184-136). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has a 23-26 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Austrian has a 13-13 win-loss record in 2020, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Hamburg Challenger
Ofner didn’t play in the Hamburg Challenger in 2019.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 184, Safiullin reached the quarter after beating Stefano Napolitano 6-2 6-2 and Jeff Wolf 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Wolf (7-61 6-4). During the match Safiullin scored 73 points vs Wolf’s 53. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Safiullin scored 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Roman Safiullin was extremely efficent on serve to win 74% (37/50) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Wolf 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Safiullin hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Roman’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.
Roman has a 21-9 win-loss record in 2020, 11-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Hamburg Challenger
Roman didn’t play in the Hamburg Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 39 |
| Pts | 139-116 | 137-94 |
| Total Points | 255 | 231 |
| Winners | 58 | 65 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Both Ofner and Safiullin played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ofner and Safiullin have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Ofner played 3 games more than Safiullin. The Austrian scored 58 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Safiullin struck 65 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 77/125 | 86/116 |
| %1st in | 62% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 58/77 | 65/86 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 26/48 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 57% |
Ofner struck 6 aces (3 per match). Safiullin managed to score 9 aces (4.5 per match). Ofner won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Safiullin won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 8 |
| Converted | 7/12 | 8/12 |
| % Converted | 58% | 67% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Ofner broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Sebastian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Roman broke his opponents 8 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Brown |
R2 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-2 | 7-65 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | 42 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 72-61 | 139-116 | |
| Total points | 122 | 133 | 255 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/64 | 41/61 | 77/125 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 67% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 33/41 | 58/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 80% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 7/20 | 26/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 35% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/9 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 44% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Safiullin | ||||
| R1 Napolitano |
R2 Wolf |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 39 | |
| pts | 64-41 | 73-53 | 137-94 | |
| Total points | 105 | 126 | 231 | |
| Winners | 28 | 37 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 51% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/52 | 50/64 | 86/116 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 78% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 37/50 | 65/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/16 | 10/14 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 71% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/4 | 8/12 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 75% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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