John Isner and Alex Bolt will face off in the quarter of the Abierto Mexicano de Tenis Mifel for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 8:30 pm on GRANDSTAND CALIENTE. 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 John Isner who should win in 2 sets.
John Isner -> 1.41
Alex Bolt -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head John Isner vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between John Isner and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
John Isner
Ranked no. 39, the American got to the quarter after beating Evgeny Donskoy 7-5 3-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The American defeated Donskoy (7-5 3-6 7-65). During the match, Isner scored 99 points vs Donskoy’s 90. John was very aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Regarding the service games, Isner buried his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, John Isner was very effective on serve to win 91% (50/55) of his 1st serve and 63% (19/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Isner broke Donskoy once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Isner has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (324-192). 5-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Isner has a composed 187-97 match record in the last years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Los Cabos
Isner has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 148, Alex reached the quarter after beating Andreas Seppi 0-6 6-2 6-3 and Emilio Gomez 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Gomez (6-3 6-1). During the match Bolt scored 58 points vs Gomez’s 38. Bolt was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Alex Bolt was quite effective on serve to win 86% (24/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Alex broke Gomez 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Alex started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Nottingham 2 Challenger.
Alex has an aggregate 15-12 win-loss record in 2021, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)
.H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Isner | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 39 |
| Pts | 99-90 | 129-103 |
| Total Points | 189 | 232 |
| Winners | 50 | 49 |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% |
Isner played 1 match while Bolt competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. John Isner lost 1 set, while Alex Bolt conceded 1 set. Isner has played 2 set(s) less than Bolt (3 vs 5). Therefore, Isner played 5 games less than Bolt. Isner scored 50 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Bolt fired 49 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Isner | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 25 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 55/85 | 69/117 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 50/55 | 49/69 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 25/48 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 52% |
Isner struck 25 aces . Bolt struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Isner won 91% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Isner | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 9 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 25% | 56% |
| Conceded | 3 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
John broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Isner surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Alex conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Isner | |||
| R2 Donskoy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 99-90 | 99-90 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 25 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 55/85 | 55/85 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 50/55 | 50/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/30 | 19/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bolt | ||||
| R1 Seppi | R2 Gomez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 16 | 39 | |
| pts | 71-65 | 58-38 | 129-103 | |
| Total points | 136 | 96 | 232 | |
| Winners | 25 | 24 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 41% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 28/44 | 69/117 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/41 | 24/28 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 86% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 10/16 | 25/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 63% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/6 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 100% | 144% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
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