Alexei Popyrin and Gianluca Mager will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Serbia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gianluca Mager who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gianluca Mager is the pick to win this match.
Gianluca Mager -> 1.82
Alexei Popyrin -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Alexei Popyrin vs. Gianluca Mager
There is no head to head record between Alexei Popyrin and Gianluca Mager since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Alexei Popyrin
Ranked no. 79 (career high), the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Francisco Cerundolo 4-6 7-65 7-66.
In the 1st round against Cerundolo, Alexei recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-65 7-66).-122) than Cerundolo. In fact, the world no. 79 won 122 points vs Cerundolo’s. That means that Popyrin was more focused during the important points. Popyrin was quite aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Regarding the service games, Popyrin recorded 6 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Alexei Popyrin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Popyrin put 68% of his first serves in, winning 67% (59/88) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (19/42) on the 2nd serve. Popyrin broke Cerundolo 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Popyrin has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (176-115). 4-1 on clay in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Popyrin has a 53-34 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Singapore where he overcame Alexander Bublik in the final 4-6 6-0 6-2.
The Australian has a 15-5 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianluca Mager
Ranked no. 98, Mager reached the 2nd round after defeating Benjamin Bonzi 4-6 7-61 6-3, Taro Daniel 6-1 4-6 6-4 and Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Gianluca had a good straight sets win against Djere (6-4 6-3). During the match Mager scored 73 points vs Djere’s 62. Gianluca was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gianluca Mager lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Mager put 60% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Djere 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Mager’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Marbella Challenger.
Gianluca has a 14-9 win-loss record in 2021, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Popyrin | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 78 |
| Pts | 122-126 | 266-231 |
| Total Points | 248 | 497 |
| Winners | 59 | 113 |
| %Winners | 48% | 42% |
Popyrin played 1 match while Mager competed in 3 matches. Mager started his run from the qualifications while Popyrin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexei Popyrin conceded 1 set, while Gianluca Mager dropped 2 sets. Popyrin has played 5 set(s) less than Mager (3 vs 8). Therefore, Popyrin played 42 games less than Mager. Popyrin scored 59 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian struck 113 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Popyrin | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 88/130 | 163/253 |
| %1st in | 68% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 59/88 | 113/163 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 47/90 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 52% |
Popyrin recorded 6 aces . Mager scored 15 aces (5 per match). Popyrin won 67% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Popyrin | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/11 | 13/35 |
| % Converted | 27% | 37% |
| Conceded | 12 | 20 |
| Saved | 8 | 11 |
| % Saved | 67% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 9 |
Alexei broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 13 times with a 37% conversion rate. Gianluca conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Popyrin | |||
| R1 Cerundolo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-65 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 122-126 | 122-126 | |
| Total points | 248 | 248 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 88/130 | 88/130 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 59/88 | 59/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/42 | 19/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 8/12 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Mager | |||||
| Q1 Bonzi |
Q3 Daniel |
R1 Djere |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-61 6-3 | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 | 19 | 78 | |
| pts | 105-95 | 88-74 | 73-62 | 266-231 | |
| Total points | 200 | 162 | 135 | 497 | |
| Winners | 45 | 36 | 32 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 44% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 57/88 | 44/73 | 163/253 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 36/57 | 32/44 | 113/163 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 73% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 14/31 | 14/29 | 47/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 45% | 48% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 7/12 | 3/9 | 13/35 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 58% | 33% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 6 | 20 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/6 | 5/6 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 17% | 83% | 163% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
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