Tomas Machac and Sebastian Ofner will square off in the final of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
Tomas Machac -> 1.33
Sebastian Ofner -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 166 (career high), Tomas got to the final after defeating Henri Laaksonen 7-5 6-2, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-1
, Soon-Woo Kwon 6-2 6-1 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-3 1-6 6-2.In the semifinal, Machac defeated Gunneswaran (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match Machac scored 74 points vs Gunneswaran’s 66. Machac was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Machac made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Tomas Machac lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 63% of his first serves in, winning 72% (31/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (12/25) on the 2nd serve. Machac broke Gunneswaran 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (104-48). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has a 39-15 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Machac’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
Tomas has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 171, Sebastian got to the final after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 6-4, Timofey Skatov 6-3 7-64, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-62 4-6 7-5 and Taro Daniel 6-3 6-4.
In the semifinal, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Daniel (6-3 6-4). During the match Ofner scored 63 points vs Daniel’s 53. Sebastian was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner made 9 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (21/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Ofner broke Daniel 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Ofner’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Austrian has a 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 76 | 94 |
| Pts | 281-214 | 315-277 |
| Total Points | 495 | 592 |
| Winners | 99 | 133 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Both Machac and Ofner played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Tomas Machac conceded 1 set, while Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Machac and Ofner have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Machac played 18 games less than Ofner. Machac scored 99 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian scored 133 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 8.8 |
| 1st in | 133/223 | 180/296 |
| %1st in | 60% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 99/133 | 133/180 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 49/90 | 62/116 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Machac made 18 aces (4.5 per match). Ofner struck 35 aces (8.8 per match). Machac won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 14 |
| Converted | 19/45 | 14/31 |
| % Converted | 42% | 45% |
| Conceded | 22 | 25 |
| Saved | 15 | 18 |
| % Saved | 68% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 |
Machac broke his opponents 19 times with a 42% conversion rate. Machac surrendered his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponents 14 times with a 45% conversion rate. Sebastian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | ||||||
| R1 Laaksonen | R2 Mcdonald | 1/4 Kwon | 1/2 Gunneswaran | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 76 | |
| pts | 86-69 | 63-49 | 58-30 | 74-66 | 281-214 | |
| Total points | 155 | 112 | 88 | 140 | 495 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 22 | 31 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 38% | 42% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 33/60 | 27/37 | 43/68 | 133/223 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 55% | 73% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/33 | 22/27 | 31/43 | 99/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 81% | 72% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 13/27 | 7/10 | 12/25 | 49/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 70% | 48% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 5/10 | 5/7 | 5/12 | 19/45 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 71% | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 22 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 4/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | – | 50% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| Ofner | ||||||
| R1 Donskoy | R2 Skatov | 1/4 Ferreira Silva | 1/2 Daniel | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | 7-62 4-6 7-5 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 35 | 19 | 94 | |
| pts | 62-49 | 81-70 | 109-105 | 63-53 | 315-277 | |
| Total points | 111 | 151 | 214 | 116 | 592 | |
| Winners | 24 | 35 | 53 | 21 | 133 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 49% | 33% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 49/73 | 71/113 | 30/51 | 180/296 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 67% | 63% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 35/49 | 53/71 | 21/30 | 133/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 71% | 75% | 70% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 10/24 | 20/42 | 14/21 | 62/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 42% | 48% | 67% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 4/11 | 3/7 | 4/9 | 14/31 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 36% | 43% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 25 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 2/5 | 8/11 | 1/2 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 40% | 73% | 50% | 66% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
Tennis Scores in Sultan 2 Challenger
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Nathan Pasha/Max Jacob SchnurPasha/Max Jacob Schnur (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Tomas MachacMachac – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction