Kevin Anderson and Marius Copil will play each other in the quarter of the Nottingham 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kevin Anderson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kevin Anderson is the pick to win this match.
Kevin Anderson -> 1.285
Marius Copil -> 3.64
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Prediction and head to head Kevin Anderson vs. Marius Copil
There is no head to head record between Kevin Anderson and Marius Copil since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kevin Anderson
Ranked no. 100, the South African reached the quarter after defeating Jay Clarke 6-3 7-60 and Lukas Rosol 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Kevin had a good straight sets win against Rosol (6-3 6-4). During the match, Anderson scored 66 points vs Rosol’s 51. Kevin was very aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Anderson made 19 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kevin Anderson conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Anderson put 68% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (8/21) on the 2nd serve. Anderson was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Rosol twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Anderson started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Anderson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (283-181). 2-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Anderson has an aggregate 36-17 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
Anderson has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 1 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2010. See his history.
Marius Copil
Ranked no. 228, the Romanian reached the quarter after defeating James Ward 6-3 7-69, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 6-4, Damir Dzumhur 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Ofner (6-4 6-4). During the match Copil scored 59 points vs Ofner’s 51. Copil was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Copil struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marius Copil conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 65% of his first serves in, win 92% (33/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Ofner twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Copil started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Copil’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Marius has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Anderson | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 87 |
| Pts | 141-108 | 290-236 |
| Total Points | 249 | 526 |
| Winners | 74 | 117 |
| %Winners | 52% | 40% |
Anderson played 2 matches while Copil competed in 4 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Anderson had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Marius Copil lost 1 set while Kevin Anderson hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Anderson has played 5 set(s) less than Copil (4 vs 9). Therefore, Anderson played 46 games less than Copil. Anderson scored 74 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian managed to score 117 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Anderson | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 41 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 87/131 | 136/232 |
| %1st in | 66% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 74/87 | 117/136 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 64/96 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 67% |
Anderson struck 32 aces (16 per match). Copil bagged 41 aces (10.3 per match). Anderson won 85% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Anderson | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 75% | 46% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Kevin broke his opponents 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Anderson extremely effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Romanian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Anderson | ||||
| R1 Clarke |
R2 Rosol |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 19 | 41 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 66-51 | 141-108 | |
| Total points | 132 | 117 | 249 | |
| Winners | 36 | 38 | 74 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 58% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 19 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 42/65 | 45/66 | 87/131 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 36/42 | 38/45 | 74/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 8/21 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 2/2 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Copil | ||||||
| Q1 Ward |
Q3 Ramanathan |
R1 Dzumhur |
R2 Ofner |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-69 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 87 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 59-43 | 86-70 | 59-51 | 290-236 | |
| Total points | 158 | 102 | 156 | 110 | 526 | |
| Winners | 27 | 20 | 37 | 33 | 117 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 43% | 56% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 41 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 28/47 | 42/71 | 36/55 | 136/232 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 59% | 65% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 20/28 | 37/42 | 33/36 | 117/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 71% | 88% | 92% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/29 | 17/19 | 17/29 | 8/19 | 64/96 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 89% | 59% | 42% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 6 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 75% | – | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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