Joao Sousa and Stefan Kozlov will play each other in the qualifications of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 8:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.83
Joao Sousa -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Stefan Kozlov
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 100, Joao reached the qualifications after beating Mischa Zverev 7-5 5-7 7-5.
In the qualifications, Sousa defeated Zverev (7-5 5-7 7-5). During the match Sousa scored 111 points vs Zverev’s 102. Sousa was extremely aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa bagged 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Joao Sousa was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (45/63) of his 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 4 times. The Portuguese broke Zverev 5 times after converting 33% of his break points (5/15).
Sousa has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (289-273). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sousa has a 71-88 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Portuguese has a 1-4 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Acapulco
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 and 2014. See his history.
Stefan Kozlov
Ranked no. 387, the American got to the qualifications after beating Jordi Arconada 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kozlov had a good straight sets win against Arconada (6-4 6-1). During the match Kozlov scored 65 points vs Arconada’s 49. Stefan was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Kozlov struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov broke Arconada 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Stefan has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 |
| Pts | 111-102 | 65-49 |
| Total Points | 213 | 114 |
| Winners | 45 | 25 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Both Sousa and Kozlov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Joao Sousa lost 1 set while Stefan Kozlov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Sousa has played 1 set more than Kozlov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sousa played 19 games more than Kozlov. The Portuguese scored 45 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan recorded 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 63/108 | 37/60 |
| %1st in | 58% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 25/37 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 10/23 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 43% |
Sousa scored 2 aces . Kozlov bagged 4 aces . Sousa won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 12 | 8 |
| Saved | 8 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Joao broke his opponent 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Sousa dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Zverev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 5-7 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 111-102 | 111-102 | |
| Total points | 213 | 213 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 63/108 | 63/108 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 45/63 | 45/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Kozlov | |||
| Q1 Arconada |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-49 | 65-49 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 25/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Alejandro GonzalezGonzalez – Raymond SarmientoSarmiento (2-6 7-63 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (4-6 7-61 6-0) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Danilo PetrovicPetrovic (6-3 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico GaioGaio – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
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- Denis KudlaKudla – John-Patrick SmithSmith (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Jordi ArconadaArconada (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Joao SousaSousa – Mischa ZverevZverev (7-5 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Jason JungJung (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Alessandro BegaBega (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
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