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H2H, PREDICTION Aslan Karatsev vs Lloyd Harris | Dubai odds, preview, pick

PREVIEW. Dubai. Karatsev and Lloyd will clash against each other in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match

Mark Hall

20 March 2021

Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Lloyd Harris

Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris will face off in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 7:00 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 Aslan Karatsev who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.54
Lloyd Harris -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Lloyd Harris

There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Lloyd Harris since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Aslan Karatsev

Ranked no. 42 (career high), Aslan reached the final after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-4, Daniel Evans 6-4 4-6 6-4, Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-3 6-4, Jannik Sinner 6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2 and Andrey Rublev 6-2 4-6 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Russian defeated Rublev (6-2 4-6 6-4). During the match Karatsev scored 101 points vs Rublev’s 90. Aslan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Regarding the service games, Karatsev made 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Karatsev broke Rublev 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aslan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Karatsev has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (330-205). 14-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Karatsev has a 125-59 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal at the Australian Open and Dubai.

The Russian has a 14-2 win-loss record in 2021, 14-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Karatsev has never competed in this tournament before.

Dubai

Karatsev's Record

Lloyd Harris

Ranked no. 81, Harris got to the final after beating Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-1 6-2, Blaz Rola 6-2 6-4, Christopher O Connell 6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1, Dominic Thiem 6-3 6-4, Filip Krajinovic 7-6⁵ 6-4, Kei Nishikori 6-1 3-6 6-3 and Denis Shapovalov 6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁶.

In the semifinal against Shapovalov, Harris recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁶). During the match Lloyd scored 112 points vs Shapovalov’s 101. Lloyd was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.

Talking about serving, Lloyd blasted 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lloyd Harris was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (57/71) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Lloyd broke Shapovalov twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The South African started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The South African’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Dubai.

Lloyd has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2021, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Dubai

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2020. See his history.

Dubai

Lloyd's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Karatsev	Lloyd
Match played	5	7
Tot Set	14	17
Tot Games	136	166
Pts	476-427	529-424
Total Points	903	953
Winners	186	267
%Winners	39%	50%

Karatsev played 5 matches while Lloyd competed in 7 matches. Lloyd started his run from the qualifications while Karatsev had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aslan Karatsev surrendered 4 sets, while Lloyd Harris conceded 3 sets. Karatsev has played 3 set(s) less than Lloyd (14 vs 17). Therefore, Karatsev played 30 games less than Lloyd. Karatsev scored 186 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The South African struck 267 winners (50%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Karatsev	Lloyd
Aces	32	71
Avg per match	6.4	10.1
1st in	246/420	325/470
%1st in	59%	69%
1st pts	186/246	267/325
%1st pts	76%	82%
2nd pts	93/174	81/145
%2nd pts	53%	56%

Karatsev managed to score 32 aces (6.4 per match). Lloyd managed to score 71 aces (10.1 per match). Karatsev won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lloyd won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Karatsev	Lloyd
Won	20	22
Converted	20/57	22/41
% Converted	35%	54%
Conceded	34	16
Saved	23	10
% Saved	68%	63%
Times Broken	11	6

The Russian broke his opponents 20 times with a 35% conversion rate. Karatsev conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. The South African broke his opponents 22 times with a 54% conversion rate. Lloyd conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Gerasimov	R2 Evans	R3 Sonego	1/4 Sinner	1/2 Rublev	Total
Karatsev
Score	6-4 6-4	6-4 4-6 6-4	3-6 6-3 6-4	6-7⁵ 6-3 6-2	6-2 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	3	3	3	14
Tot Games	20	30	28	30	28	136
pts	81-73	89-88	96-84	109-92	101-90	476-427
Total points	154	177	180	201	191	903
Winners	29	32	41	49	35	186
%Winners	36%	36%	43%	45%	35%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	12	3	6	7	32
Double Faults	6	6	5	4	6	27
1st in	38/72	45/87	56/89	62/92	45/80	246/420
% 1st in	53%	52%	63%	67%	56%	59%
1st pts	29/38	32/45	41/56	49/62	35/45	186/246
% 1st pts	76%	71%	73%	79%	78%	76%
2nd pts	15/34	22/42	22/33	15/30	19/35	93/174
% 2nd pts	44%	52%	67%	50%	54%	53%
Breaks
Won	4	5	2	5	4	20
Converted	4/10	5/9	2/8	5/14	4/16	20/57
Converted %	40%	56%	25%	36%	25%	35%
Conceded	7	10	7	6	4	34
Saved	5/7	6/10	6/7	4/6	2/4	23
Saved %	71%	60%	86%	67%	50%	67%
Times Broken	2	4	1	2	2	11

	Q1 Gabashvili	Q3 Rola	R1 O	R2 Thiem	R3 Krajinovic	1/4 Nishikori	1/2 Shapovalov	Total
Lloyd
Score	6-1 6-2	6-2 6-4	6-7⁵ 6-4 6-1	6-3 6-4	7-6⁵ 6-4	6-1 3-6 6-3	6-7⁵ 6-4 7-6⁶
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	17
Tot Games	15	18	30	19	23	25	36	166
pts	54-27	60-39	97-78	56-46	72-63	78-70	112-101	529-424
Total points	81	99	175	102	135	148	213	953
Winners	26	30	47	29	36	42	57	267
%Winners	48%	50%	48%	52%	50%	54%	51%	50%
SERVE
Aces	9	7	7	9	13	14	12	71
Double Faults	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	9
1st in	29/40	36/45	58/82	30/51	41/62	60/85	71/105	325/470
% 1st in	73%	80%	71%	59%	66%	71%	68%	69%
1st pts	26/29	30/36	47/58	29/30	36/41	42/60	57/71	267/325
% 1st pts	90%	83%	81%	97%	88%	70%	80%	82%
2nd pts	7/11	5/9	16/24	11/21	11/21	13/25	18/34	81/145
% 2nd pts	64%	56%	67%	52%	52%	52%	53%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	4	4	2	2	4	2	22
Converted	4/6	4/8	4/6	2/4	2/9	4/5	2/3	22/41
Converted %	67%	50%	67%	50%	22%	80%	67%	54%
Conceded	0	2	2	0	3	5	4	16
Saved	0/0	1/2	1/2	0/0	2/3	3/5	3/4	10
Saved %	–	50%	50%	–	67%	60%	75%	60%
Times Broken	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	6