Lukas Klein and Mirza Basic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.33
Mirza Basic -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Lukas Klein vs. Mirza Basic

There is no head to head record between Lukas Klein and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Lukas Klein

Ranked no. 276, the Slovakian got to the qualifications after defeating Jerko Brkic 6-1 6-2.

In the qualifications, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Brkic (6-1 6-2). During the match Klein scored 54 points vs Brkic’s 27. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Klein blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Lukas Klein was very efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lukas broke Brkic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Klein has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (195-111). 9-5 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Klein has a 80-45 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.

Klein’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Zadar Challenger.

Klein has a 11-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Split 1 Challenger

Lukas has never competed in this tournament before.

Split 1 Challenger
Klein's Record

Mirza Basic

Ranked no. 300, the Bosnian reached the qualifications after beating Sadio Doumbia 7-62 6-3.

In the qualifications, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Doumbia (7-62 6-3). During the match Basic scored 83 points vs Doumbia’s 63. Basic was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Basic bagged 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mirza Basic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mirza broke Doumbia once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

The Bosnian has a 12-5 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Split 1 Challenger
Basic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Klein Basic
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 22
Pts 54-27 83-63
Total Points 81 146
Winners 22 41
%Winners 41% 49%

Both Klein and Basic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Klein and Basic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Klein played 7 games less than Basic. Klein scored 22 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Mirza managed to score 41 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Klein Basic
Aces 3 3
Avg per match 3 3
1st in 26/39 53/63
%1st in 67% 84%
1st pts 22/26 41/53
%1st pts 85% 77%
2nd pts 10/13 7/10
%2nd pts 77% 70%

Klein fired 3 aces . Basic made 3 aces . Klein won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 70% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Klein Basic
Won 4 1
Converted 4/6 1/7
% Converted 67% 14%
Conceded 0 3
Saved 0 3
% Saved NAN% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Lukas broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Lukas quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Bosnian broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Basic was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Klein
Q1
Brkic
Total
Score 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 54-27 54-27
Total points 81 81
Winners 22 22
%Winners 41% 41%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 26/39 26/39
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 22/26 22/26
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 10/13 10/13
% 2nd pts 77% 77%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/6 4/6
Converted % 67% 67%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Basic
Q1
Doumbia
Total
Score 7-62 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 83-63 83-63
Total points 146 146
Winners 41 41
%Winners 49% 49%
SERVE
Aces 3 3
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 53/63 53/63
% 1st in 84% 84%
1st pts 41/53 41/53
% 1st pts 77% 77%
2nd pts 7/10 7/10
% 2nd pts 70% 70%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/7 1/7
Converted % 14% 14%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

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