Zizou Bergs and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Almaty 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 3:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zizou Bergs who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zizou Bergs is the pick to win this match.
Zizou Bergs -> 1.36
Pavel Kotov -> 3.15
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Prediction and head to head Zizou Bergs vs. Pavel Kotov
This will be the 2nd time that Zizou Bergs and Pavel Kotov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Bergs (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Bergs won 6-0 7-5 in the 2nd round in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger back in March 2021.
Zizou Bergs
Ranked no. 220 (career-high), Bergs got to the 2nd round after defeating Ergi Kirkin 6-4 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Bergs defeated Kirkin (6-4 5-7 6-2). During the match, Bergs scored 109 points vs Kirkin’s 93. Bergs was extremely aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Bergs wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 3 double faults. Zizou Bergs lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Bergs put 65% of his first serves in, winning 68% (42/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the 2nd serve. The Belgian broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 26% of his break points (5/19).
Bergs has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (164-80). 10-4 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bergs has a composed71-41 win-loss record in the last 6 years on clay.
Zizou’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger,the Lille Challenger and the Almaty 1 Challenger.
Zizou has an aggregate 29-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Almaty 2 Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2021. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 270, Kotov reached the 2nd round after beating Lorenzo Giustino 7-63 6-4.
In the 1st round, Pavel had a good straight sets win against Giustino (7-63 6-4). During the match Kotov scored 85 points vs Giustino’s 77. Pavel was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 62% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Giustino 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Pavel has an overall 9-9 win-loss record in 2021, 2-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bergs | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 23 |
| Pts | 109-93 | 85-77 |
| Total Points | 202 | 162 |
| Winners | 42 | 31 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Bergs and Kotov played 1 match. At the moment, Zizou Bergs conceded 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Bergs has played 1 set more than Kotov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Bergs played 7 games more than Kotov. The Belgian scored 42 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Pavel struck 31 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bergs | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 1 |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 49/79 |
| %1st in | 65% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 31/49 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 17/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Bergs didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kotov made 1 ace . Bergs won 68% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bergs | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/19 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 26% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
The Belgian broke his opponent 5 times with a 26% conversion rate. Zizou conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bergs | |||
| R1 Kirkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 109-93 | 109-93 | |
| Total points | 202 | 202 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 62/96 | 62/96 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 42/62 | 42/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/34 | 19/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/19 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kotov | |||
| R1 Giustino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-77 | 85-77 | |
| Total points | 162 | 162 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/79 | 49/79 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Almaty 2 Challenger
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Vladyslav OrlovOrlov (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Andrej MartinMartin – Vitaliy SachkoSachko (6-4 7-611) – See score progression
- Dmitry PopkoPopko – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-5 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Timofey SkatovSkatov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (6-710 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Dostanbek TashbulatovTashbulatov (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Mohamed SafwatSafwat – Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Pedja KrstinKrstin (3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Denis IstominIstomin (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (4-6 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Teimuraz GabashviliGabashvili – Jesper De JongDe Jong (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrej MartinMartin – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Riccardo BonadioBonadio – Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Mirza BasicBasic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Mohamed SafwatSafwat (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera – Dmitry PopkoPopko (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pavel KotovKotov – Zizou BergsBergs (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Gimeno ValeroGimeno Valero – Brayden SchnurSchnur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
