Mirza Basic and Andrey Kuznetsov will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 4th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Kuznetsov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Kuznetsov is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.52
Mirza Basic -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Mirza Basic vs. Andrey Kuznetsov
This will be the 4th time that Mirza Basic and Andrey Kuznetsov play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Kuznetsov (see full H2H stats), but Basic leads 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kuznetsov won 6-7(2) 6-3 7-5 in the quarter in the Istanbul Challenger back in 2015.
Mirza Basic
Ranked no. 314, Basic got to the 2nd round after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Basic had a good straight sets win against Karlovskiy (6-0 6-4). During the match Basic scored 63 points vs Karlovskiy’s 44. Basic was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basic recorded 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mirza Basic was quite effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Bosnian broke Karlovskiy 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Basic has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (304-224). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basic has a 88-64 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Bosnian has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Mirza has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Ranked no. 508, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Jonas Forejtek 6-1 6-75 7-5, Jiri Lehecka 6-3 6-1 and Matija Pecotic 7-60 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kuznetsov had a good straight sets win against Pecotic (7-60 6-2). During the match Kuznetsov scored 75 points vs Pecotic’s 59. Kuznetsov was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuznetsov scored 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Andrey Kuznetsov lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kuznetsov put 65% of his first serves in, winning 82% (36/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Pecotic 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 St. Petersburg.
Kuznetsov has a 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basic | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 69 |
| Pts | 63-44 | 247-190 |
| Total Points | 107 | 437 |
| Winners | 21 | 98 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Basic played 1 match while Kuznetsov competed in 3 matches. Kuznetsov started his run from the qualifications while Basic had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Andrey Kuznetsov dropped 1 set while Mirza Basic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Basic has played 5 set(s) less than Kuznetsov (2 vs 7). Therefore, Basic played 53 games less than Kuznetsov. Mirza scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Andrey bagged 98 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basic | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.3 |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 127/212 |
| %1st in | 53% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 98/127 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 42/85 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Basic fired 5 aces . Kuznetsov bagged 10 aces (3.3 per match). Basic won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsov won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basic | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 15 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 15/32 |
| % Converted | 42% | 47% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 80% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
The Bosnian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Mirza lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponents 15 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basic | |||
| R1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 63-44 | 63-44 | |
| Total points | 107 | 107 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 29/55 | 29/55 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 21/29 | 21/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kuznetsov | |||||
| Q1 Forejtek |
Q3 Lehecka |
R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-75 7-5 | 6-3 6-1 | 7-60 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 16 | 21 | 69 | |
| pts | 115-93 | 57-38 | 75-59 | 247-190 | |
| Total points | 208 | 95 | 134 | 437 | |
| Winners | 40 | 22 | 36 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 39% | 48% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 25/46 | 44/68 | 127/212 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 54% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 40/58 | 22/25 | 36/44 | 98/127 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 88% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 12/21 | 9/24 | 42/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 57% | 38% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 | |
| Converted | 8/20 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 15/32 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 57% | 60% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 50% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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LL Tennis Scores in St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Duckhee LeeLee (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Vit KoprivaKopriva – Ivan GakhovGakhov (7-5 1-6 7-67) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik (6-4 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy – Igor SijslingSijsling (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Matija PecoticPecotic (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Shuichi SekiguchiSekiguchi (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Khumoun SultanovSultanov (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (5-7 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Matthew EbdenEbden – Pedja KrstinKrstin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Vit KoprivaKopriva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Mirza BasicBasic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Alexey VatutinVatutin (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktor DurasovicDurasovic – Artem DubrivnyyDubrivnyy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas CatarinaCatarina – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Harry BourchierBourchier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
