Kevin Anderson and Sebastian Ofner will face off in the 2nd round of the Hall of Fame Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kevin Anderson who should win in 3 sets.
Kevin Anderson -> 1.61
Sebastian Ofner -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Kevin Anderson vs. Sebastian Ofner
There is no head to head record between Kevin Anderson and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Kevin Anderson
Ranked no. 113, Anderson got to the 2nd round after beating Illya Marchenko 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Anderson had a good straight sets win against Marchenko (7-5 6-3). During the match, Anderson scored 69 points vs Marchenko’s 55. Kevin was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Anderson managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Kevin Anderson was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The South African was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Marchenko twice.
Anderson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (285-183). 4-4 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Anderson has an aggregate 38-21 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The South African has an overall 8-9 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Newport
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2008. See his history.
Sebastian Ofner
Ranked no. 167, Ofner got to the 2nd round after beating Roberto Quiroz 4-6 6-3 6-1, Ruben Bemelmans 6-4 3-6 6-3 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Ofner had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-4 6-4). During the match Ofner scored 56 points vs Uchiyama’s 40. Ofner was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner scored 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Ofner was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 86% (18/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sebastian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Uchiyama twice.
The Austrian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Sultan 2 Challenger.
Ofner has an overall 18-17 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Anderson | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 74 |
| Pts | 69-55 | 226-187 |
| Total Points | 124 | 413 |
| Winners | 34 | 96 |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% |
Anderson played 1 match while Ofner competed in 3 matches. Ofner started his run from the qualifications while Anderson had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sebastian Ofner dropped 2 sets while Kevin Anderson hasn’t lost a set so far. Anderson has played 6 set(s) less than Ofner (2 vs 8). Therefore, Anderson played 53 games less than Ofner. The South African scored 34 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Sebastian scored 96 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Anderson | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 123/210 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 96/123 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 53/87 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Anderson bagged 16 aces . Ofner fired 17 aces (5.7 per match). Anderson won 81% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 78% 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 | Anderson | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/2 | 10/18 |
| % Converted | 100% | 56% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 5 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Anderson broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Kevin was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 5 break points. The Austrian broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Austrian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Anderson | |||
| R1 Marchenko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ofner | |||||
| Q1 Quiroz | Q3 Bemelmans | R1 Uchiyama | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 28 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 83-68 | 87-79 | 56-40 | 226-187 | |
| Total points | 151 | 166 | 96 | 413 | |
| Winners | 40 | 34 | 22 | 96 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% | 39% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 49/84 | 49/80 | 25/46 | 123/210 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 61% | 54% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 34/49 | 22/25 | 96/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 69% | 88% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 20/31 | 18/21 | 53/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 65% | 86% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/9 | 2/2 | 10/18 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 33% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | – | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Newport
- Maxime CressyCressy – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Brayden SchnurSchnur (7-5 6-71 7-64) – See score progression
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (6-75 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Alex BoltBolt (3-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (5-4 ret.) – See score progression
- Yuichi SugitaSugita – Jurij RodionovRodionov (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Steve JohnsonJohnson (7-63 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Yuichi SugitaSugita (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jack SockSock (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Kevin AndersonAnderson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction