Joao Sousa and Arthur Rinderknech will play each other in the qualifications of the Serbia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joao Sousa who should win in 3 sets.
Joao Sousa -> 1.86
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.94
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Arthur Rinderknech
There is no head to head record between Joao Sousa and Arthur Rinderknech since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 106, Sousa got to the qualifications after beating Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Joao had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-4 6-2). During the match Sousa scored 64 points vs Nakashima’s 44. The Portuguese was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sousa blasted 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Joao Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Sousa broke Nakashima 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Sousa has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (292-277). 2-6 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has a 142-115 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Joao has a 4-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
The Portuguese has never competed in this tournament before.
Arthur Rinderknech
Ranked no. 129, Arthur got to the qualifications after defeating Yuichi Sugita 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Sugita (6-1 6-2). During the match Rinderknech scored 54 points vs Sugita’s 27. Rinderknech was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Rinderknech made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Arthur Rinderknech was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Arthur broke Sugita 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Arthur’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
Arthur has a 21-9 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 15 |
| Pts | 64-44 | 54-27 |
| Total Points | 108 | 81 |
| Winners | 22 | 23 |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% |
Both Sousa and Rinderknech played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sousa and Rinderknech have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sousa played 3 games more than Rinderknech. The Portuguese scored 22 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 23 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 26/40 |
| %1st in | 58% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 23/26 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 9/14 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 64% |
Sousa made 3 aces . Rinderknech bagged 4 aces . Sousa won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Rinderknech |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 63% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Sousa broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sousa conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Rinderknech broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Arthur was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sousa | |||
| Q1 Nakashima | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/55 | 32/55 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Rinderknech | |||
| Q1 Sugita | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 54-27 | 54-27 | |
| Total points | 81 | 81 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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