Elias Ymer and Blaz Kavcic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Split 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elias Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elias Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Elias Ymer -> 1.83
Blaz Kavcic -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Elias Ymer vs. Blaz Kavcic
There is no head to head record between Elias Ymer and Blaz Kavcic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elias Ymer
Ranked no. 208, the Swede reached the 2nd round after defeating Alexandre Muller 6-0 6-4.
In the 1st round, Elias had a good straight sets win against Muller (6-0 6-4). During the match Ymer scored 59 points vs Muller’s 37. Elias was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ymer scored just 1 ace during the match and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Elias Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ymer broke Muller 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Ymer has a favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (267-209). 2-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ymer has a 157-98 match record in the last years on clay.
Ymer has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Blaz Kavcic
Ranked no. 238, Kavcic got to the 2nd round after beating Bozo Barun 6-4 6-3, Matteo Martineau 3-6 6-3 6-1 and Mohamed Safwat 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Blaz had a good straight sets win against Safwat (6-3 6-3). During the match Kavcic scored 59 points vs Safwat’s 45. Kavcic was quite aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Kavcic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Blaz Kavcic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kavcic put 76% of his first serves in, winning 59% (23/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the 2nd serve. The Slovenian broke Safwat 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
The Slovenian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger.
The Slovenian has a 15-7 win-loss record in 2021, 12-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ymer | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 62 |
| Pts | 59-37 | 219-176 |
| Total Points | 96 | 395 |
| Winners | 19 | 99 |
| %Winners | 32% | 45% |
Ymer played 1 match while Kavcic competed in 3 matches. Kavcic started his run from the qualifications while Ymer had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Blaz Kavcic surrendered 1 set while Elias Ymer hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ymer has played 5 set(s) less than Kavcic (2 vs 7). Therefore, Ymer played 46 games less than Kavcic. Ymer scored 19 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Kavcic bagged 99 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ymer | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 159/196 |
| %1st in | 50% | 81% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 99/159 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 62% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 18/37 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 49% |
Ymer bagged 1 ace . Kavcic also made 3 aces (1 per match). Ymer won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kavcic won 62% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ymer | Kavcic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 17 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 17/30 |
| % Converted | 63% | 57% |
| Conceded | 2 | 22 |
| Saved | 1 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 59% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
Ymer broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Ymer lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kavcic broke his opponents 17 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kavcic conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ymer | |||
| R1 Muller |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 59-37 | |
| Total points | 96 | 96 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kavcic | |||||
| Q1 Barun |
Q3 Martineau |
R1 Safwat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 3-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 18 | 62 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 95-80 | 59-45 | 219-176 | |
| Total points | 116 | 175 | 104 | 395 | |
| Winners | 36 | 40 | 23 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% | 39% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 55/66 | 65/79 | 39/51 | 159/196 | |
| % 1st in | 83% | 82% | 76% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 40/65 | 23/39 | 99/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 62% | 59% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/11 | 9/14 | 7/12 | 18/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 18% | 64% | 58% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 6 | 17 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 6/14 | 6/10 | 17/30 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 43% | 60% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 5/8 | 2/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 63% | 40% | 170% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Split 1 Challenger
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Dustin BrownBrown (2-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Pedro SousaSousa (1-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-3 4-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-2 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Cem IlkelIlkel (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Alex BoltBolt (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Blaz KavcicKavcic – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Filip HoranskyHoransky (3-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic – Jay ClarkeClarke (7-61 6-0) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Lukas RosolRosol (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Elias YmerYmer – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-0 6-4) – See score progression
- Andrea CollariniCollarini – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Bernard TomicTomic (6-2 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Joao DominguesDomingues (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Pedro SousaSousa (1-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-2 5-0 ret.) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Blaz KavcicKavcic – Elias YmerYmer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mirza BasicBasic – Robin HaaseHaase (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Uladzimir IgnatikIgnatik – Andrea CollariniCollarini (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Danilo PetrovicPetrovic – Maximilian MartererMarterer (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kacper ZukZuk – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
