Evgeny Donskoy and Ramkumar Ramanathan will clash against each other in the quarter of the Eckental Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am 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 Evgeny Donskoy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evgeny Donskoy is the pick to win this match.
Evgeny Donskoy -> 1.65
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Evgeny Donskoy vs. Ramkumar Ramanathan
This will be the 2nd time that Evgeny Donskoy and Ramkumar Ramanathan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on carpet.
Evgeny Donskoy
Ranked no. 120, Donskoy got to the quarter after beating Alexey Vatutin 6-1 6-3 and Max Hans Rehberg 3-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Hans Rehberg, Evgeny recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-65). During the match Donskoy scored 108 points vs Hans Rehberg’s 105. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Donskoy bagged 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 51% of his first serves in, winning 76% (37/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (17/47) on the 2nd serve. Donskoy broke Hans Rehberg 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Evgeny has conceded 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Donskoy has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (357-287). 2-0 on carpet in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Donskoy has a 9-5 win-loss record in the last years on carpet.
Donskoy’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Canberra Challenger.
Donskoy has a 10-14 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Eckental Challenger
The Russian had to surrender in the 2nd round to Zdenek Kolar.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 206, Ramkumar got to the quarter after beating Duje Ajdukovic 6-4 6-2 and Hiroki Moriya 7-61 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Ramkumar had a good straight sets win against Moriya (7-61 6-4). During the match Ramanathan scored 77 points vs Moriya’s 62. Ramkumar was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Ramanathan made 14 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ramkumar Ramanathan was very effective on serve to win 84% (32/38) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ramkumar broke Moriya twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ramkumar hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Ramanathan has a 6-15 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Eckental Challenger
Ramanathan didn’t play in the Eckental Challenger in 2019.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Donskoy | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 41 |
| Pts | 174-150 | 141-110 |
| Total Points | 324 | 251 |
| Winners | 58 | 59 |
| %Winners | 33% | 42% |
Both Donskoy and Ramanathan played 2 matches. At the moment, Evgeny Donskoy conceded 1 set while Ramkumar Ramanathan hasn’t conceded a set so far. Donskoy has played 1 set more than Ramanathan (5 vs 4). Therefore, Donskoy played 6 games more than Ramanathan. Evgeny scored 58 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian recorded 59 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Donskoy | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 11.5 |
| 1st in | 74/142 | 68/114 |
| %1st in | 52% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 58/74 | 59/68 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 87% |
| 2nd pts | 27/68 | 27/46 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 59% |
Donskoy scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Ramanathan scored 23 aces (11.5 per match). Donskoy won 78% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Ramanathan won 87% 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 | Donskoy | Ramanathan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 5 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 46% | 63% |
| Conceded | 15 | 7 |
| Saved | 8 | 6 |
| % Saved | 53% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 1 |
Donskoy broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Donskoy lost his serve 7 times and he saved 53% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ramkumar conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Donskoy | ||||
| R1 Vatutin |
R2 Hans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 31 | 47 | |
| pts | 66-45 | 108-105 | 174-150 | |
| Total points | 111 | 213 | 324 | |
| Winners | 21 | 37 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 49/96 | 74/142 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 51% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/25 | 37/49 | 58/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 17/47 | 27/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 36% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/15 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 40% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 14 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 8/14 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 57% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Ramanathan | ||||
| R1 Ajdukovic |
R2 Moriya |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-61 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 23 | 41 | |
| pts | 64-48 | 77-62 | 141-110 | |
| Total points | 112 | 139 | 251 | |
| Winners | 27 | 32 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 38/62 | 68/114 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 32/38 | 59/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 84% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 15/24 | 27/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 63% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/3 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 67% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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