Henri Laaksonen and Vit Kopriva will square off in the semifinal of the Braunschweig Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm on ÖFFENTLICHE CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.52
Vit Kopriva -> 2.53

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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Vit Kopriva

There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Vit Kopriva since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Henri Laaksonen

Ranked no. 137, the Swiss got to the semifinal after beating Mats Rosenkranz 6-3 6-2, Nicola Kuhn 6-4 7-5 and Jozef Kovalik 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Kovalik (6-3 6-2). During the match, Laaksonen scored 56 points vs Kovalik’s 41. Henri was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Talking about the service games, Laaksonen bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Henri Laaksonen was quite effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Laaksonen broke Kovalik 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Laaksonen has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (354-282). 14-9 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Laaksonen has a composed 161-127 win-loss record in the last years on clay.

Laaksonen’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger.

The Swiss has a composed 20-17 win-loss record in 2021, 14-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Braunschweig Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Braunschweig Challenger
Laaksonen's Record

Vit Kopriva

Ranked no. 264, Vit got to the semifinal after defeating Daniel Michalski 6-2 6-2, Benoit Paire 6-1 2-6 6-2 and Zizou Bergs 3-6 6-0 7-5.

In the quarter against Bergs, Kopriva recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-0 7-5). During the match Kopriva scored 101 points vs Bergs’s 88. Kopriva was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Kopriva managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 4 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 57% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (22/39) on the 2nd serve. Kopriva broke Bergs 7 times after converting 54% of his break points (7/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Vit’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the St. Petersburg 1 Challenger and the Rome 1 Challenger.

Kopriva has an overall 25-13 win-loss record in 2021, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS)

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Braunschweig Challenger
Kopriva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

H.Laaksonen
V.Kopriva
3h:47
3h:47
Time on court​
5h:17
5h:17
1h:05
1h:05
Last match​
!
2h:28
2h:28
3
3
Match played
3
3
56
56
Games Played​
66
66
6
6
Set played​​
8
8
198
198
Total points​
246
246
66
66
Avg point​
82
82
78
78
Winners
76
76
26
26
Avg Winners​
25.3
25.3
39%
39%
Ratio winners
31%
31%
-- Serve --
16
16
Aces
7
7
5.3
5.3
Avg Aces
2.3
2.3
8
8
Double Faults
4
4
2.7
2.7
Avg Double Faults
1.3
1.3
78/94
78/94
1st won total​
76/113
76/113
!
83%
83%
1st won %
67%
67%
49/93
49/93
2nd won total​
53/94
53/94
53%
53%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
10/15
10/15
BP won
18/32
18/32
3.3/5
3.3/5
Avg BP won
6/10.7
6/10.7
!
67%
67%
Won
!
56%
56%
11
11
Conceded
21
21
3.7
3.7
Avg Conceded
7
7
2
2
Broken
9
9
!
0.7
0.7
Avg Broken
3
3
9
9
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Laaksonen Kopriva
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 6 8
Tot Games 56 66
Pts 198-151 246-197
Total Points 349 443
Winners 78 76
%Winners 39% 31%

Both Laaksonen and Kopriva played 3 matches. At the moment, Vit Kopriva lost 2 sets while Henri Laaksonen hasn’t conceded a set so far. Laaksonen has played 2 set(s) less than Kopriva (6 vs 8). Therefore, Laaksonen played 10 games less than Kopriva. Laaksonen scored 78 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech scored 76 winners (31%).

Serve Performance

Serve Laaksonen Kopriva
Aces 16 7
Avg per match 5.3 2.3
1st in 94/187 113/207
%1st in 50% 55%
1st pts 78/94 76/113
%1st pts 83% 67%
2nd pts 49/93 53/94
%2nd pts 53% 56%

Laaksonen scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kopriva recorded 7 aces (2.3 per match). Laaksonen won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Laaksonen Kopriva
Won 10 18
Converted 10/15 18/32
% Converted 67% 56%
Conceded 11 21
Saved 9 12
% Saved 82% 57%
Times Broken 2 9

Henri broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Laaksonen surrendered his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Kopriva broke his opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.

Laaksonen
R1
Rosenkranz		 R2
Kuhn		 1/4
Kovalik		 Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-4 7-5 6-3 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 17 22 17 56
pts 62-41 80-69 56-41 198-151
Total points 103 149 97 349
Winners 24 32 22 78
%Winners 39% 40% 39% 39%
SERVE
Aces 7 5 4 16
Double Faults 2 3 3 8
1st in 30/57 39/77 25/53 94/187
% 1st in 53% 51% 47% 50%
1st pts 24/30 32/39 22/25 78/94
% 1st pts 80% 82% 88% 83%
2nd pts 14/27 19/38 16/28 49/93
% 2nd pts 52% 50% 57% 53%
Breaks
Won 4 3 3 10
Converted 4/6 3/5 3/4 10/15
Converted % 67% 60% 75% 67%
Conceded 4 6 1 11
Saved 3/4 5/6 1/1 9
Saved % 75% 83% 100% 86%
Times Broken 1 1 0 2
Kopriva
R1
Michalski		 R2
Paire		 1/4
Bergs		 Total
Score 6-2 6-2 6-1 2-6 6-2 3-6 6-0 7-5
Tot Set 2 3 3 8
Tot Games 16 23 27 66
pts 62-35 83-74 101-88 246-197
Total points 97 157 189 443
Winners 16 28 32 76
%Winners 26% 34% 32% 31%
SERVE
Aces 4 1 2 7
Double Faults 0 3 1 4
1st in 22/41 40/76 51/90 113/207
% 1st in 54% 53% 57% 55%
1st pts 16/22 28/40 32/51 76/113
% 1st pts 73% 70% 63% 67%
2nd pts 12/19 19/36 22/39 53/94
% 2nd pts 63% 53% 56% 56%
Breaks
Won 6 5 7 18
Converted 6/9 5/10 7/13 18/32
Converted % 67% 50% 54% 56%
Conceded 3 11 7 21
Saved 1/3 8/11 3/7 12
Saved % 33% 73% 43% 50%
Times Broken 2 3 4 9

Tennis Scores in Braunschweig Challenger

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