Facundo Bagnis and Marc-Andrea Huesler will square off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc-Andrea Huesler who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Marc-Andrea Huesler is the pick to win this match.
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 1.31
Facundo Bagnis -> 3.32

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Prediction and head to head Facundo Bagnis vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler

This will be the 2nd time that Facundo Bagnis and Marc-Andrea Huesler clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bagnis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.

Facundo Bagnis

Ranked no. 125, the Argentine reached the 2nd round after defeating Zhizhen Zhang 6-4 6-1.

In the 1st round, Bagnis had a good straight sets win against Zhang (6-4 6-1). During the match Bagnis scored 74 points vs Zhang’s 55. Bagnis was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about the service games, Bagnis made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Facundo Bagnis lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Bagnis put 64% of his first serves in, winning 62% (29/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the 2nd serve. Facundo broke Zhang 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).

Bagnis has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (332-227). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bagnis has a 1-0 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

Facundo has a 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Istanbul Challenger

Facundo didn’t compete in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.

Marc-Andrea Huesler

Ranked no. 148, Marc-Andrea reached the 2nd round after defeating Denis Istomin 2-6 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round against Istomin, Huesler recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 80 points vs Istomin’s 75. Marc-Andrea was very aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Huesler scored 11 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Marc-Andrea Huesler was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Huesler broke Istomin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Huesler has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bagnis Huesler
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 17 26
Pts 74-55 80-75
Total Points 129 155
Winners 29 36
%Winners 39% 45%

Both Bagnis and Huesler played 1 match. At the moment, Marc-Andrea Huesler surrendered 1 set while Facundo Bagnis hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bagnis has played 1 set(s) less than Huesler (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bagnis played 9 games less than Huesler. Bagnis scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss bagged 36 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bagnis Huesler
Aces 3 11
Avg per match 3 11
1st in 47/74 46/77
%1st in 64% 60%
1st pts 29/47 36/46
%1st pts 62% 78%
2nd pts 15/27 16/31
%2nd pts 56% 52%

Bagnis blasted 3 aces . Huesler blasted 11 aces . Bagnis won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bagnis Huesler
Won 5 3
Converted 5/7 3/6
% Converted 71% 50%
Conceded 9 3
Saved 7 1
% Saved 78% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

The Argentine broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.

Bagnis
R1
Zhang		 Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 74-55 74-55
Total points 129 129
Winners 29 29
%Winners 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 47/74 47/74
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 29/47 29/47
% 1st pts 62% 62%
2nd pts 15/27 15/27
% 2nd pts 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/7 5/7
Converted % 71% 71%
Conceded 9 9
Saved 7/9 7
Saved % 78% 78%
Times Broken 2 2
Huesler
R1
Istomin		 Total
Score 2-6 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 80-75 80-75
Total points 155 155
Winners 36 36
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 11 11
Double Faults 6 6
1st in 46/77 46/77
% 1st in 60% 60%
1st pts 36/46 36/46
% 1st pts 78% 78%
2nd pts 16/31 16/31
% 2nd pts 52% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/6 3/6
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 33%
Times Broken 2 2

Tennis Scores in Istanbul Challenger

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