Frances Tiafoe and Evgeny Donskoy will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nottingham 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.36
Evgeny Donskoy -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Evgeny Donskoy
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Evgeny Donskoy clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Donskoy won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Washington back in 2014.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 74, the American got to the quarter after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4 and Illya Marchenko 7-5 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Tiafoe had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (7-5 7-65). During the match, Tiafoe scored 80 points vs Marchenko’s 78. Tiafoe was pretty aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Frances Tiafoe conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 9 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 66% of his first serves in, winning 85% (47/55) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Marchenko once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 52% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (237-172). 2-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has an overall11-11 record in the last 8 years on grass.
The American has a compiled 13-12 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 1 Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Evgeny Donskoy
Ranked no. 136, Evgeny reached the quarter after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 7-5 and Brandon Nakashima 7-63 7-62.
In the 2nd round, Evgeny had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (7-63 7-62). During the match Donskoy scored 91 points vs Nakashima’s 82. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Donskoy managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (38/46) of his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Donskoy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Donskoy’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 2 Challenger.
Evgeny has a compiled 7-13 win-loss record in 2021, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 47 |
| Pts | 146-137 | 159-143 |
| Total Points | 283 | 302 |
| Winners | 79 | 71 |
| %Winners | 54% | 45% |
Both Tiafoe and Donskoy played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tiafoe and Donskoy have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Tiafoe played 3 games less than Donskoy. The American scored 79 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Evgeny struck 71 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 96/151 | 87/162 |
| %1st in | 64% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 79/96 | 71/87 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 23/55 | 41/75 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 55% |
Tiafoe scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Donskoy managed to score 14 aces (7 per match). Tiafoe won 82% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 38% | 30% |
| Conceded | 15 | 9 |
| Saved | 14 | 8 |
| % Saved | 93% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Francis broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 93% of the break points that he conceded. Donskoy broke his opponents 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Evgeny conceded his serve once and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | ||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Marchenko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 44 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 80-78 | 146-137 | |
| Total points | 125 | 158 | 283 | |
| Winners | 32 | 47 | 79 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 59% | 54% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 55/83 | 96/151 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 47/55 | 79/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 85% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 12/28 | 23/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/5 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 9/9 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Donskoy | ||||
| R1 Mcdonald |
R2 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | 7-63 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | 68-61 | 91-82 | 159-143 | |
| Total points | 129 | 173 | 302 | |
| Winners | 33 | 38 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 46/87 | 87/162 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 33/41 | 38/46 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/34 | 26/41 | 41/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 63% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 0/3 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 0% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4/4 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 100% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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