Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jan-Lennard Struff will play each other in the quarter of the Sardegna Open for the 6th time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan-Lennard Struff who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jan-Lennard Struff is the pick to win this match.
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 1.85
Nikoloz Basilashvili -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 6th time that Nikoloz Basilashvili and Jan-Lennard Struff play each other. The head to head is 3-2 for Struff (see full H2H stats), but Basilashvili has a winning record of 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Struff won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Paris back in 2020.
Highlights Jan-Lennard Struff vs Nikoloz Basilashvili – Paris 02-November-2020
Nikoloz Basilashvili
Ranked no. 37, Basilashvili reached the quarter after beating Jozef Kovalik 4-6 6-4 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Kovalik, Basilashvili recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 7-5). During the match Basilashvili scored 125 points vs Kovalik’s 119. The Georgean was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Basilashvili couldn’t to score even 1 ace in the match and he committed only 7 double faults. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost the serve 8 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Basilashvili put 67% of his first serves in, winning 56% (49/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/43) on the 2nd serve. Nikoloz broke Kovalik 9 times after converting 56% of his break points (9/16).
Basilashvili has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (308-240). 1-0 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Basilashvili has a 118-80 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in in Doha where he defeated Roberto Bautista Agut in the final 7-6(5) 6-2.
The Georgean has a 8-7 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cagliari
The Georgean has never competed in this tournament before.
Jan-Lennard Struff
Ranked no. 41, Jan-Lennard reached the quarter after beating Joao Sousa 1-6 6-1 7-5 and Liam Broady 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Jan-Lennard had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-4 6-2). During the match Struff scored 63 points vs Broady’s 48. Struff was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Struff fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Jan-Lennard Struff was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (31/43) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The German was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Broady 4 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Jan-Lennard has a 7-7 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Basilashvili | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 44 |
| Pts | 125-119 | 159-142 |
| Total Points | 244 | 301 |
| Winners | 49 | 68 |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% |
Basilashvili played 1 match while Struff competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Nikoloz Basilashvili lost 1 set, while Jan-Lennard Struff lost 1 set. Basilashvili has played 2 set(s) less than Struff (3 vs 5). Therefore, Basilashvili played 12 games less than Struff. Nikoloz scored 49 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The German fired 68 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Basilashvili | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 6.5 |
| 1st in | 87/130 | 100/168 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 49/87 | 68/100 |
| %1st pts | 56% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | 31/68 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 46% |
Basilashvili didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Struff blasted 13 aces (6.5 per match). Basilashvili won 56% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Struff won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Basilashvili | Struff |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/16 | 9/17 |
| % Converted | 56% | 53% |
| Conceded | 16 | 18 |
| Saved | 8 | 13 |
| % Saved | 50% | 72% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 5 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Basilashvili surrendered his serve 8 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Struff broke his opponents 9 times with a 53% conversion rate. Struff conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded.
| Basilashvili | |||
| R2 Kovalik |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 125-119 | 125-119 | |
| Total points | 244 | 244 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 87/130 | 87/130 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 49/87 | 49/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 56% | 56% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/43 | 17/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 8/16 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 8 | 8 | |
| Struff | ||||
| R1 Sousa |
R2 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 7-5 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 44 | |
| pts | 96-94 | 63-48 | 159-142 | |
| Total points | 190 | 111 | 301 | |
| Winners | 37 | 31 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 49% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 57/102 | 43/66 | 100/168 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 65% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 37/57 | 31/43 | 68/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 72% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/45 | 12/23 | 31/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 52% | 46% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 4/4 | 9/17 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 100% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 9/13 | 4/5 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 69% | 80% | 149% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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