Pavel Kotov and Michael Geerts will play each other in the qualifications of the Ortisei Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday 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 Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.41
Michael Geerts -> 2.73
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Michael Geerts play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 270, Pavel reached the qualifications after defeating Alessandro Bega 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Bega (6-3 6-3). During the match Kotov scored 64 points vs Bega’s 51. Kotov was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov struck 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov was quite efficent on serve to win 75% (30/40) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Bega 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kotov has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (139-83). 10-7 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kotov has a 47-25 record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian has a 10-8 win-loss record in 2020, 10-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Ortisei Challenger
The Russian didn’t play in the Ortisei Challenger in 2019.
Michael Geerts
Ranked no. 393, Michael got to the qualifications after beating Michael Vrbensky 6-72 7-65 7-5.
In the qualifications against Vrbensky, Geerts recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 7-65 7-5). During the match Geerts scored 126 points vs Vrbensky’s 118. The Belgian was pretty aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts bagged 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Michael Geerts was very efficent on serve to win 79% (56/71) of his 1st serve and 60% (29/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Vrbensky twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Geerts’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Forbach and M15 Quinta Do Lago.
Michael has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2020, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kotov | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 18 | 38 |
Pts | 64-51 | 126-118 |
Total Points | 115 | 244 |
Winners | 30 | 56 |
%Winners | 47% | 44% |
Both Kotov and Geerts played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Michael Geerts dropped 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set(s) less than Geerts (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kotov played 20 games less than Geerts. Kotov scored 30 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian bagged 56 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kotov | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Aces | 16 | 13 |
Avg per match | 16 | 13 |
1st in | 40/60 | 71/119 |
%1st in | 67% | 60% |
1st pts | 30/40 | 56/71 |
%1st pts | 75% | 79% |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 29/48 |
%2nd pts | 55% | 60% |
Kotov recorded 16 aces . Geerts blasted 13 aces . Kotov won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kotov | Geerts |
---|---|---|
Won | 3 | 2 |
Converted | 3/4 | 2/9 |
% Converted | 75% | 22% |
Conceded | 2 | 7 |
Saved | 2 | 6 |
% Saved | 100% | 86% |
Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Pavel broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kotov pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Michael broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
Kotov | |||
Q1 Bega |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
pts | 64-51 | 64-51 | |
Total points | 115 | 115 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 47% | 47% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 16 | 16 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 40/60 | 40/60 | |
% 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
1st pts | 30/40 | 30/40 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Geerts | |||
Q1 Vrbensky |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-72 7-65 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 38 | 38 | |
pts | 126-118 | 126-118 | |
Total points | 244 | 244 | |
Winners | 56 | 56 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 13 | 13 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 71/119 | 71/119 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 56/71 | 56/71 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
2nd pts | 29/48 | 29/48 | |
% 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
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