Pavel Kotov and Jack Sock will face off in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Sock who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Sock is the pick to win this match.
Jack Sock -> 1.73
Pavel Kotov -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Jack Sock
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Jack Sock since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 265, Kotov reached the 2nd round after beating Tim Van Rijthoven 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (6-2 6-4). During the match Kotov scored 65 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 51. Pavel was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kotov struck 2 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Pavel Kotov was very efficient on serve to win 73% (30/41) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kotov broke Van Rijthoven 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kotov has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 63% of his matches (148-86). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has a 54-28 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
Pavel has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Jack Sock
Ranked no. 273, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Cem Ilkel 5-7 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Ilkel, Jack recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-4). During the match Sock scored 99 points vs Ilkel’s 89. Jack was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Sock scored 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jack Sock was pretty efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sock broke Ilkel 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
The American has a 1-0 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 | Kotov | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 32 |
| Pts | 65-51 | 99-89 |
| Total Points | 116 | 188 |
| Winners | 30 | 39 |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% |
Both Kotov and Sock played 1 match. At the moment, Jack Sock dropped 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kotov has played 1 set(s) less than Sock (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kotov played 14 games less than Sock. Pavel scored 30 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Jack struck 39 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 12 |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 52/84 |
| %1st in | 68% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 39/52 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 20/32 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 63% |
Kotov blasted 2 aces . Sock made 12 aces . Kotov won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Sock won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 43% | 27% |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Pavel pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Sock broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Jack conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 41/60 | 41/60 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 30/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Sock | |||
| R1 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-89 | 99-89 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/32 | 20/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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