Johan Nikles and Simone Roncalli will face off in the quarter of the Cairo (M15) for the 1st time in their career. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johan Nikles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.35
Simone Roncalli -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Simone Roncalli
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Simone Roncalli since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
Ranked no. 487, the Swiss got to the quarter after defeating Francesco Passaro 7-62 6-2 and Gonzalo Lama 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Nikles had a good straight sets win against Lama (6-2 6-3). During the match Nikles scored 65 points vs Lama’s 45. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nikles wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Johan Nikles was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Johan broke Lama 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Nikles has won exactly 50% of his matches (20-20) in the last 8 years. 2-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nikles has a 17-15 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Swiss has a 2-0 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cairo (M15)
Nikles won the title last year in M15 Cairo after defeating Carlos Sanchez Jover .
Simone Roncalli
Ranked no. 715, Roncalli reached the quarter after defeating Omar Loutfy 6-0 6-0, Luka Petrovic 6-2 6-0, Jaime Caldes 6-1 6-0, Juan Bautista Otegui 6-3 7-64 and Fabrizio Ornago 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Roncalli had a good straight sets win against Ornago (7-5 6-3). During the match Roncalli scored 79 points vs Ornago’s 59. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Roncalli recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Simone Roncalli was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Simone broke Ornago 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simone hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Simone’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Cairo.
Simone has a 8-1 win-loss record in 2021, 8-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Cairo (M15)
The Italian didn’t compete in Cairo (M15) in 2020.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Roncalli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 82 |
| Pts | 152-115 | 149-118 |
| Total Points | 267 | 267 |
| Winners | 57 | 58 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Nikles played 2 matches while Roncalli competed in 5 matches. Roncalli started his run from the qualifications while Nikles had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Nikles has played 6 set(s) less than Roncalli (4 vs 10). Therefore, Nikles played 44 games less than Roncalli. The Swiss scored 57 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Simone managed to score 58 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Roncalli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0.4 |
| 1st in | 86/121 | 87/143 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 57/86 | 58/87 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 22/35 | 32/56 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Nikles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Roncalli blasted 2 aces (0.4 per match). Nikles won 66% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Roncalli won 67% 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 | Nikles | Roncalli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/22 | 8/13 |
| % Converted | 41% | 62% |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 11 |
| % Saved | 57% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Johan broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Johan surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Simone broke his opponents 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Simone conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nikles | ||||
| R1 Passaro |
R2 Lama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 17 | 38 | |
| pts | 87-70 | 65-45 | 152-115 | |
| Total points | 157 | 110 | 267 | |
| Winners | 34 | 23 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/76 | 31/45 | 86/121 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 69% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 34/55 | 23/31 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 74% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 10/14 | 22/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 71% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/10 | 9/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 40% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | – | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Roncalli | |||||||
| Q1 Loutfy |
Q2 Petrovic |
Q3 Caldes |
R1 Bautista |
R2 Ornago |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | 6-2 6-0 | 6-1 6-0 | 6-3 7-64 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 14 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 82 | |
| pts | – | – | – | 70-59 | 79-59 | 149-118 | |
| Total points | 0 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 138 | 267 | |
| Winners | 25 | 33 | 58 | ||||
| %Winners | NAN% | NAN% | NAN% | 36% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1st in | / | / | / | 41/71 | 46/72 | 87/143 | |
| % 1st in | NAN% | NAN% | NAN% | 58% | 64% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | / | / | / | 25/41 | 33/46 | 58/87 | |
| % 1st pts | NAN% | NAN% | NAN% | 61% | 72% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | / | / | / | 18/30 | 14/26 | 32/56 | |
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | NAN% | NAN% | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||
| Converted | / | / | / | 4/6 | 4/7 | 8/13 | |
| Converted % | NAN% | NAN% | NAN% | 67% | 57% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | ||||
| Saved | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 3/6 | 8/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | – | – | 50% | 80% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
Head 2 Head
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