Mert Naci Turker and Michael Vrbensky will play each other in the qualifications of the Antalya Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Vrbensky who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Vrbensky is the pick to win this match.
Michael Vrbensky -> 1.181
Mert Naci Turker -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Mert Naci Turker vs. Michael Vrbensky
There is no head to head record between Mert Naci Turker and Michael Vrbensky since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Mert Naci Turker
Ranked no. (career high), the Turk reached the qualifications after defeating Pedja Krstin 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, Naci Turker had a good straight sets win against Krstin (6-2 6-1). During the match Naci Turker scored 59 points vs Krstin’s 30. Naci Turker was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Naci Turker managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Mert Naci Turker was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mert broke Krstin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Naci Turker has a negative win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 42% of his matches (53-72). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Naci Turker has a 12-16 match record in the last 5 years on hard.
Naci Turker has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Antalya
Mert capitulated in the 1st round to Ivan Nedelko.
Michael Vrbensky
Ranked no. 311, the Czech got to the qualifications after defeating Vitaliy Sachko 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Sachko (7-5 6-2). During the match Vrbensky scored 72 points vs Sachko’s 55. Vrbensky was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Vrbensky bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 59% of his first serves in, winning 64% (25/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Sachko 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Vrbensky has a 1-0 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Antalya
Michael lost in the semifinal to Patrick Kypson.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Naci Turker | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 |
| Pts | 59-30 | 72-55 |
| Total Points | 89 | 127 |
| Winners | 19 | 25 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Naci Turker and Vrbensky played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Naci Turker and Vrbensky have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Naci Turker played 5 games less than Vrbensky. Mert scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech bagged 25 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Naci Turker | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 2 |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 39/66 |
| %1st in | 53% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 25/39 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 59% |
Naci Turker blasted 7 aces . Vrbensky fired 2 aces . Naci Turker won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Vrbensky won 64% 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 | Naci Turker | Vrbensky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 63% | 45% |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 83% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Mert broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Turk surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Vrbensky conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Naci Turker | |||
| Q1 Krstin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 59-30 | 59-30 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 19/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 72-55 | 72-55 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/66 | 39/66 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/39 | 25/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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