Go Soeda and Mohamed Safwat will face off in the quarter of the Istanbul Challenger for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Go Soeda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Go Soeda is the pick to win this match.
Go Soeda -> 1.833
Mohamed Safwat -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Go Soeda vs. Mohamed Safwat
This will be the 3rd time that Go Soeda and Mohamed Safwat fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Soeda and Safwat (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Soeda won 6-74 6-2 7-65 in the 2nd round in the Ho Chi Minh City Challenger back in 2017.
Go Soeda
Ranked no. 134, Go reached the 2nd round after defeating Alejandro Tabilo 6-3 6-3 and Tallon Griekspoor 7-5 4-6 7-62.
In the 2nd round, Go defeated Griekspoor (7-5 4-6 7-62). During the match Soeda scored 122 points vs Griekspoor’s 109. Go was pretty aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about the service games, Soeda scored 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Go Soeda lost the serve 4 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Soeda put 49% of his first serves in, winning 77% (46/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (28/62) on the 2nd serve. Go broke Griekspoor 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Japanese has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Soeda has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (315-232). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Soeda has a 41-32 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Soeda has a 2-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Go didn’t play in the Istanbul Challenger in 2020.
Mohamed Safwat
Ranked no. 153, Mohamed reached the 2nd round after defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild 6-4 6-1 and Federico Gaio 7-64 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Mohamed had a good straight sets win against Gaio (7-64 7-5). During the match Safwat scored 99 points vs Gaio’s 86. Safwat was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Safwat scored 9 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mohamed Safwat lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Safwat put 65% of his first serves in, winning 75% (44/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. The Egyptian broke Gaio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Egyptian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Egyptian has a 3-1 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Istanbul Challenger
Safwat lost in the 1st round to Roberto Marcora.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Soeda | Safwat |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 42 |
| Pts | 189-154 | 155-123 |
| Total Points | 343 | 278 |
| Winners | 70 | 69 |
| %Winners | 37% | 45% |
Both Soeda and Safwat played 2 matches. At the moment, Go Soeda surrendered 1 set while Mohamed Safwat hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Soeda has played 1 set more than Safwat (5 vs 4). Therefore, Soeda played 11 games more than Safwat. The Japanese scored 70 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Egyptian struck 69 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Soeda | Safwat |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 93/168 | 88/132 |
| %1st in | 55% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 70/93 | 69/88 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 37/75 | 23/44 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 52% |
Soeda fired 6 aces (3 per match). Safwat fired 16 aces (8 per match). Soeda won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Safwat won 78% of the points behind 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 | Soeda | Safwat |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 56% | 44% |
| Conceded | 16 | 13 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 2 |
The Japanese broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Soeda dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Safwat broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. Mohamed conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Soeda | ||||
| R1 Tabilo |
R2 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-5 4-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 35 | 53 | |
| pts | 67-45 | 122-109 | 189-154 | |
| Total points | 112 | 231 | 343 | |
| Winners | 24 | 46 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 60/122 | 93/168 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 49% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 24/33 | 46/60 | 70/93 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 28/62 | 37/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 45% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/6 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 9/13 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 69% | 51% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Safwat | ||||
| R1 Seyboth |
R2 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| pts | 56-37 | 99-86 | 155-123 | |
| Total points | 93 | 185 | 278 | |
| Winners | 25 | 44 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 44% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/41 | 59/91 | 88/132 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 65% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 25/29 | 44/59 | 69/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 75% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 16/32 | 23/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 50% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/9 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | – | 85% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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