Blaz Rola and Benjamin Bonzi will play each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 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 Benjamin Bonzi who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Benjamin Bonzi is the pick to win this match.
Benjamin Bonzi -> 1.79
Blaz Rola -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Rola vs. Benjamin Bonzi
This will be the 3rd time that Blaz Rola and Benjamin Bonzi face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rola (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Rola won 6-3 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Blois Challenger back in 2017.
Blaz Rola
Ranked no. 154, the Slovenian will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Doha where he lost 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3 to Bourgue in the qualifications on the 12th of January.
The Slovenian has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Rola has an overall 390-254 record. He has a flat 23-23 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Blaz didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Benjamin Bonzi
Ranked no. 164 (career high), Benjamin will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Doha where he lost 6-0 6-2 to Halys in the qualifications on the 11th of January.
Benjamin has a 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
In terms of his career, Bonzi has an overall 198-122 record. He has a positive 42-37 record on indoor hard courts.
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Benjamin had to surrender in the semifinal to Ilya Ivashka.
Head 2 Head
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- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (7-5 2-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Alessandro GiannessiGiannessi (7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Lukas RosolRosol – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Benjamin BonziBonzi (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Joao MenezesMenezes (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Federico GaioGaio (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos TabernerTaberner – Jozef KovalikKovalik (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Cem IlkelIlkel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
