Sebastian Ofner and Marius Copil will face off in the 2nd round of the Nottingham 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 6:30 pm on COURT 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marius Copil who should win in 3 sets.
Marius Copil -> 1.727
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Marius Copil
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Marius Copil since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 171, Sebastian reached the 2nd round after defeating Borna Gojo 6-3 6-710 7-66.
In the 1st round, The Austrian defeated Gojo (6-3 6-710 7-66). During the match, Ofner scored 126 points vs Gojo’s 119. The Austrian was very aggressive to blast 62 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ofner managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (62/84) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (19/43) on the 2nd serve. Ofner broke Gojo 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Ofner has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 56% of his matches (197-154). 1-0 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has an aggregate8-6 match record in the last 6 years on grass.
The Austrian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
Sebastian has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See his history.
Marius Copil
Ranked no. 228, the Romanian got to the 2nd round after defeating James Ward 6-3 7-69, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 6-4 and Damir Dzumhur 6-4 4-6 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Dzumhur (6-4 4-6 6-1). During the match Copil scored 86 points vs Dzumhur’s 70. The Romanian was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Copil blasted 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marius Copil was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (37/42) of his 1st serve and 59% (17/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Marius was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Dzumhur 4 times.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Copil has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 67 |
| Pts | 126-119 | 231-185 |
| Total Points | 245 | 416 |
| Winners | 62 | 84 |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% |
Ofner played 1 match while Copil competed in 3 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Ofner had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Sebastian Ofner conceded 1 set, while Marius Copil conceded 1 set. Ofner has played 4 set(s) less than Copil (3 vs 7). Therefore, Ofner played 32 games less than Copil. Sebastian scored 62 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian blasted 84 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 32 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 10.7 |
| 1st in | 84/127 | 100/177 |
| %1st in | 66% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 62/84 | 84/100 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 56/77 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 73% |
Ofner bagged 14 aces . Copil made 32 aces (10.7 per match). Ofner won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 73% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 38% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 60% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Ofner broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ofner lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | |||
| R1 Gojo | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-710 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 126-119 | 126-119 | |
| Total points | 245 | 245 | |
| Winners | 62 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 84/127 | 84/127 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 62/84 | 62/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/43 | 19/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 44% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Copil | |||||
| Q1 Ward | Q3 Ramanathan | R1 Dzumhur | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-69 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 27 | 67 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 59-43 | 86-70 | 231-185 | |
| Total points | 158 | 102 | 156 | 416 | |
| Winners | 27 | 20 | 37 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 43% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 16 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 28/47 | 42/71 | 100/177 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 59% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 20/28 | 37/42 | 84/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 71% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/29 | 17/19 | 17/29 | 56/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 89% | 59% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 100% | 100% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 75% | 175% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Nottingham 1 Challenger
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Matthew EbdenEbden (7-66 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis KudlaKudla – Liam BroadyBroady (3-6 6-3 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-63 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Antoine HoangHoang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lukas RosolRosol – Kevin AndersonAnderson (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marius CopilCopil – Sebastian OfnerOfner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel EvansEvans – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-1) – H2H and prediction