Frances Tiafoe and Marius Copil will face off in the semifinal of the Nottingham 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.45
Marius Copil -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Marius Copil
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Marius Copil square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Tiafoe (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Tiafoe won 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in Atlanta back in 2018.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 74, the American got to the semifinal after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3 6-4, Illya Marchenko 7-5 7-65 and Evgeny Donskoy 7-64 2-6 6-3.
In the quarter, Tiafoe defeated Donskoy (7-64 2-6 6-3).-83) than Donskoy. In fact, the world no. 74 won 83 points vs Donskoy’s. That means that Tiafoe was more focused during the important points. Francis was quite aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tiafoe scored 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Frances Tiafoe was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (44/57) of his 1st serve and 54% (20/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Francis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Donskoy once.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francis started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (238-172). 3-0 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tiafoe has a composed12-11 match record in the last 8 years on grass.
The American has a composed 14-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 1 Challenger
Francis has never competed in this tournament before.
Marius Copil
Ranked no. 228, the Romanian got to the semifinal after defeating James Ward 6-3 7-69, Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-2 6-4, Damir Dzumhur 6-4 4-6 6-1, Sebastian Ofner 6-4 6-4 and Kevin Anderson 7-64 7-69.
In the quarter, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Anderson (7-64 7-69). During the match Copil scored 89 points vs Anderson’s 87. Copil was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Copil bagged 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marius Copil lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Copil put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (46/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (18/38) on the 2nd serve. Copil broke Anderson once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marius started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Copil’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 2 Challenger.
Copil has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2021, 5-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 74 | 113 |
| Pts | 229-224 | 379-323 |
| Total Points | 453 | 702 |
| Winners | 123 | 163 |
| %Winners | 54% | 43% |
Tiafoe played 3 matches while Copil competed in 5 matches. Copil started his run from the qualifications while Tiafoe had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe lost 1 set, while Marius Copil conceded 1 set. Tiafoe has played 4 set(s) less than Copil (7 vs 11). Therefore, Tiafoe played 39 games less than Copil. The American scored 123 winners (54% of the total points). On the other side, Copil fired 163 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 55 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 11 |
| 1st in | 153/245 | 193/327 |
| %1st in | 62% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 123/153 | 163/193 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 43/92 | 82/134 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 61% |
Tiafoe blasted 19 aces (6.3 per match). Copil made 55 aces (11 per match). Tiafoe won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Copil won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Copil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 12 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 12/26 |
| % Converted | 43% | 46% |
| Conceded | 20 | 15 |
| Saved | 17 | 13 |
| % Saved | 85% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Francis surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded. The Romanian broke his opponents 12 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Romanian conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | |||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Marchenko |
1/4 Donskoy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-5 7-65 | 7-64 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 25 | 30 | 74 | |
| pts | 66-59 | 80-78 | 83-87 | 229-224 | |
| Total points | 125 | 158 | 170 | 453 | |
| Winners | 32 | 47 | 44 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 59% | 53% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 10 | 8 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 41/68 | 55/83 | 57/94 | 153/245 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 66% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 47/55 | 44/57 | 123/153 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 85% | 77% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/27 | 12/28 | 20/37 | 43/92 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 43% | 54% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 1/5 | 1/1 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 20% | 100% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 5 | 20 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 9/9 | 3/5 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 60% | 81% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Copil | |||||||
| Q1 Ward |
Q3 Ramanathan |
R1 Dzumhur |
R2 Ofner |
1/4 Anderson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-69 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-64 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 27 | 20 | 26 | 113 | |
| pts | 86-72 | 59-43 | 86-70 | 59-51 | 89-87 | 379-323 | |
| Total points | 158 | 102 | 156 | 110 | 176 | 702 | |
| Winners | 27 | 20 | 37 | 33 | 46 | 163 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% | 43% | 56% | 52% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 55 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 28/47 | 42/71 | 36/55 | 57/95 | 193/327 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 60% | 59% | 65% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 20/28 | 37/42 | 33/36 | 46/57 | 163/193 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 71% | 88% | 92% | 81% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/29 | 17/19 | 17/29 | 8/19 | 18/38 | 82/134 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 89% | 59% | 42% | 47% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 3/3 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 1/2 | 12/26 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 50% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 7/8 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 75% | – | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLLLW Tennis Scores in Nottingham 1 Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Kevin AndersonAnderson (7-64 7-69) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-64 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
