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H2H, PREDICTION Tomas Machac vs Lukas Klein | Bratislava Challenger odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Bratislava Challenger. Machac and Klein will face off in the semifinal of the Bratislava Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match

Mark Hall

14 November 2020

Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Lukas Klein

Tomas Machac and Lukas Klein will square off in the semifinal of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.53
Lukas Klein -> 2.37

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Lukas Klein

There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Lukas Klein since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 215, the Czech reached the semifinal after beating Michal Novansky 6-0 6-1, Mats Rosenkranz 6-3 7-6⁶, Brayden Schnur 6-4 6-4, Kamil Majchrzak 7-5 6-7⁵ 6-1 and Matteo Viola 6-2 6-4.

In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Viola (6-2 6-4). During the match Machac scored 63 points vs Viola’s 45. Machac was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Regarding the service games, Machac scored 4 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults. Tomas Machac was pretty efficent on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tomas broke Viola 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Machac has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Machac has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 67% of his matches (91-44). 12-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has a 30-12 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Tomas’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.

Machac has a 24-10 win-loss record in 2020, 12-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bratislava Challenger

Tomas didn’t compete in the Bratislava Challenger in 2019.

Lukas Klein

Ranked no. 316, the Slovakian reached the semifinal after defeating Filip Horansky 6-4 6-4, Lorenzo Giustino 6-4 6-3 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4 7-5.

In the quarter, Klein had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-4 7-5). During the match Klein scored 75 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 71. Klein was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Klein bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Lukas Klein lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Klein put 59% of his first serves in, winning 68% (32/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the 2nd serve. Klein broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Klein hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Lukas’s best result of the current year was reaching the semi-finals in M15 Trnava and M25 Pardubice.

The Slovakian has a 14-13 win-loss record in 2020, 8-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Bratislava Challenger

Klein lost in the 3^rd round to Mikhail Kukushkin.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Machac	Klein
Match played	5	3
Tot Set	11	6
Tot Games	105	61
Pts	364-286	213-175
Total Points	650	388
Winners	171	92
%Winners	47%	43%

Machac played 5 matches while Klein competed in 3 matches. Machac started his run from the qualifications while Klein had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Tomas Machac surrendered 1 set while Lukas Klein hasn’t dropped a set so far. Machac has played 5 sets more than Klein (11 vs 6). Therefore, Machac played 44 games more than Klein. The Czech scored 171 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Lukas bagged 92 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Machac	Klein
Aces	40	16
Avg per match	8	5.3
1st in	219/308	117/186
%1st in	71%	63%
1st pts	171/219	92/117
%1st pts	78%	79%
2nd pts	48/89	41/69
%2nd pts	54%	59%

Machac fired 40 aces (8 per match). Klein blasted 16 aces (5.3 per match). Machac won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Klein won 79% 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	Machac	Klein
Won	19	7
Converted	19/45	7/20
% Converted	42%	35%
Conceded	12	8
Saved	8	7
% Saved	67%	88%
Times Broken	4	1

Machac broke his opponents 19 times with a 42% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovakian broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Lukas conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.

	Q1 Novansky	Q3 Rosenkranz	R1 Schnur	R2 Majchrzak	1/4 Viola	Total
Machac
Score	6-0 6-1	6-3 7-6⁶	6-4 6-4	7-5 6-7⁵ 6-1	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	3	2	11
Tot Games	13	22	20	32	18	105
pts	53-19	76-64	62-56	110-102	63-45	364-286
Total points	72	140	118	212	108	650
Winners	19	39	32	51	30	171
%Winners	36%	51%	52%	46%	48%	47%
SERVE
Aces	2	7	11	16	4	40
Double Faults	1	1	1	3	0	6
1st in	22/27	48/69	43/55	68/104	38/53	219/308
% 1st in	81%	70%	78%	65%	72%	71%
1st pts	19/22	39/48	32/43	51/68	30/38	171/219
% 1st pts	86%	81%	74%	75%	79%	78%
2nd pts	2/5	13/21	9/12	15/36	9/15	48/89
% 2nd pts	40%	62%	75%	42%	60%	54%
Breaks
Won	7	1	2	6	3	19
Converted	7/12	1/6	2/6	6/14	3/7	19/45
Converted %	58%	17%	33%	43%	43%	42%
Conceded	1	2	0	7	2	12
Saved	0/1	2/2	0/0	4/7	2/2	8
Saved %	0%	100%	–	57%	100%	51%
Times Broken	1	0	0	3	0	4

	R1 Horansky	R2 Giustino	1/4 Ruusuvuori	Total
Klein
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 6-3	6-4 7-5
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	19	22	61
pts	72-57	66-47	75-71	213-175
Total points	129	113	146	388
Winners	32	28	32	92
%Winners	44%	42%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	2	10	4	16
Double Faults	1	1	3	5
1st in	39/55	31/52	47/79	117/186
% 1st in	71%	60%	59%	63%
1st pts	32/39	28/31	32/47	92/117
% 1st pts	82%	90%	68%	79%
2nd pts	10/16	13/21	18/32	41/69
% 2nd pts	63%	62%	56%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	2	3	7
Converted	2/6	2/3	3/11	7/20
Converted %	33%	67%	27%	35%
Conceded	0	0	8	8
Saved	0/0	0/0	7/8	7
Saved %	–	–	88%	18%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1