Blaz Kavcic and Dimitar Kuzmanov will square off in the quarter of the Zadar Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Blaz Kavcic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Kavcic is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Kavcic -> 1.444
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Blaz Kavcic vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
This will be the 2nd time that Blaz Kavcic and Dimitar Kuzmanov face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kavcic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kavcic won 7-6(4) 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Batman Challenger back in 2015.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 245, the Slovenian reached the quarter after beating Andrea Pellegrino 6-3 6-1 and Alex Molcan 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kavcic had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 6-1). During the match Kavcic scored 56 points vs Molcan’s 35. Kavcic was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kavcic scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Blaz Kavcic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kavcic put 77% of his first serves in, winning 77% (23/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 33% (3/9) on the 2nd serve. Blaz broke Molcan 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Slovenian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Kavcic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (283-188). 9-3 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kavcic has a 87-64 record in the last years on clay.
Kavcic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger.
Kavcic has a 12-6 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Zadar Challenger
Blaz has never competed in this tournament before.
Dimitar Kuzmanov
Ranked no. 274, Dimitar reached the quarter after defeating Gian Marco Moroni 6-4 6-4 and Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Kuzmanov had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-3). During the match Kuzmanov scored 76 points vs Kolar’s 61. Kuzmanov was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuzmanov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 72% of his first serves in, winning 59% (29/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Kolar 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dimitar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kavcic | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 39 |
| Pts | 127-88 | 139-112 |
| Total Points | 215 | 251 |
| Winners | 56 | 57 |
| %Winners | 44% | 41% |
Both Kavcic and Kuzmanov played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kavcic and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kavcic played 8 games less than Kuzmanov. Kavcic scored 56 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Dimitar recorded 57 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kavcic | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 0 |
| 1st in | 77/96 | 92/123 |
| %1st in | 80% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 56/77 | 57/92 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 7/19 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 37% | 58% |
Kavcic bagged 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kuzmanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kavcic won 73% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 37% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kavcic | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/24 | 10/19 |
| % Converted | 46% | 53% |
| Conceded | 7 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
The Slovenian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. Kavcic lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Bulgarian broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kavcic | ||||
| R1 Pellegrino |
R2 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 | 31 | |
| pts | 71-53 | 56-35 | 127-88 | |
| Total points | 124 | 91 | 215 | |
| Winners | 33 | 23 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 41% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/57 | 30/39 | 77/96 | |
| % 1st in | 82% | 77% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 23/30 | 56/77 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 77% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 3/9 | 7/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 33% | 37% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 6/11 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kuzmanov | ||||
| R1 Marco Moroni |
R2 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 63-51 | 76-61 | 139-112 | |
| Total points | 114 | 137 | 251 | |
| Winners | 28 | 29 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/55 | 49/68 | 92/123 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 72% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 28/43 | 29/49 | 57/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 59% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/12 | 12/19 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 63% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/11 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 45% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 | 12 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 4/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 57% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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