Aslan Karatsev and Gianluca Mager will face off in the quarter of the Serbia Open for the 3rd time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.39
Gianluca Mager -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Gianluca Mager
This will be the 3rd time that Aslan Karatsev and Gianluca Mager face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Karatsev won 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs Gianluca Mager – Australian Open 08-February-2021
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 28, Karatsev got to the quarter after defeating Aljaz Bedene 6-3 4-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Russian defeated Bedene (6-3 4-6 7-65). During the match Karatsev scored 99 points vs Bedene’s 96. Aslan was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Karatsev struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Aslan Karatsev lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Karatsev put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (38/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. Aslan broke Bedene 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Karatsev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (334-207). 2-1 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karatsev has a 125-77 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Dubai where he beat Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-2.
Aslan has a 18-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Belgrade
Karatsev has never competed in this tournament before.
Gianluca Mager
Ranked no. 98, Mager reached the quarter after beating Benjamin Bonzi 4-6 7-61 6-3, Taro Daniel 6-1 4-6 6-4, Laslo Djere 6-4 6-3 and Alexei Popyrin 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Popyrin (7-5 6-2). During the match Mager scored 75 points vs Popyrin’s 57. Mager was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Mager struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Gianluca Mager was quite effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Italian broke Popyrin 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Gianluca started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Mager’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Marbella Challenger.
The Italian has a 15-9 win-loss record in 2021, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karatsev | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 98 |
| Pts | 99-96 | 341-288 |
| Total Points | 195 | 629 |
| Winners | 38 | 141 |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% |
Karatsev played 1 match while Mager competed in 4 matches. Mager started his run from the qualifications while Karatsev had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aslan Karatsev lost 1 set, while Gianluca Mager lost 2 sets. Karatsev has played 7 set(s) less than Mager (3 vs 10). Therefore, Karatsev played 66 games less than Mager. Karatsev scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mager made 141 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karatsev | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4.8 |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 202/317 |
| %1st in | 58% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 141/202 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 62/115 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 54% |
Karatsev struck 9 aces . Mager blasted 19 aces (4.8 per match). Karatsev won 64% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Mager won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Karatsev | Mager |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 17 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 17/46 |
| % Converted | 44% | 37% |
| Conceded | 7 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 12 |
| % Saved | 43% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 10 |
Aslan broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Karatsev lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Mager broke his opponents 17 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Karatsev | |||
| R2 Bedene |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 99-96 | 99-96 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/59 | 38/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/7 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 43% | 43% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Mager | ||||||
| Q1 Bonzi |
Q3 Daniel |
R1 Djere |
R2 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-61 6-3 | 6-1 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 27 | 19 | 20 | 98 | |
| pts | 105-95 | 88-74 | 73-62 | 75-57 | 341-288 | |
| Total points | 200 | 162 | 135 | 132 | 629 | |
| Winners | 45 | 36 | 32 | 28 | 141 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 44% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 62/92 | 57/88 | 44/73 | 39/64 | 202/317 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 65% | 60% | 61% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 45/62 | 36/57 | 32/44 | 28/39 | 141/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 63% | 73% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 14/31 | 14/29 | 15/25 | 62/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 45% | 48% | 60% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |
| Converted | 3/14 | 7/12 | 3/9 | 4/11 | 17/46 | |
| Converted % | 21% | 58% | 33% | 36% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 22 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 1/6 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 17% | 83% | 50% | 213% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
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