Pavel Kotov and Zizou Bergs will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.78
Zizou Bergs -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Zizou Bergs
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Zizou Bergs since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 265, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Gabashvili (6-4 6-2). During the match Kotov scored 54 points vs Gabashvili’s 41. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kotov blasted 5 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Pavel Kotov was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Gabashvili 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kotov has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (147-85). 4-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a 53-27 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Russian has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 435, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after beating Nerman Fatic 6-4 6-2, Ivan Nedelko 6-2 6-1 and Harry Bourchier 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Bourchier (6-4 6-2). During the match Bergs scored 62 points vs Bourchier’s 40. Zizou was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Bergs scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Zizou Bergs was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (25/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (9/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Bourchier 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Zizou’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15+H Bressuire.
The Belgian has a 7-4 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 51 |
| Pts | 54-41 | 187-125 |
| Total Points | 95 | 312 |
| Winners | 24 | 75 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Kotov played 1 match while Bergs competed in 3 matches. Bergs started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Kotov has played 4 set(s) less than Bergs (2 vs 6). Therefore, Kotov played 33 games less than Bergs. Kotov scored 24 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian scored 75 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 99/140 |
| %1st in | 66% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 75/99 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 22/41 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 54% |
Kotov scored 5 aces . Bergs scored 6 aces (2 per match). Kotov won 77% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bergs won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Bergs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 14 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 14/30 |
| % Converted | 40% | 47% |
| Conceded | 2 | 9 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Pavel broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zizou broke his opponents 14 times with a 47% conversion rate. Bergs conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Gabashvili |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 54-41 | 54-41 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/47 | 31/47 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bergs | |||||
| Q1 Fatic |
Q3 Nedelko |
R1 Bourchier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 | 18 | 51 | |
| pts | 67-51 | 58-34 | 62-40 | 187-125 | |
| Total points | 118 | 92 | 102 | 312 | |
| Winners | 26 | 24 | 25 | 75 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/52 | 29/43 | 32/45 | 99/140 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 67% | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 26/38 | 24/29 | 25/32 | 75/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 83% | 78% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 6/14 | 9/13 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 43% | 69% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/10 | 4/7 | 14/30 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 57% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 0% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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