Ramkumar Ramanathan and Stefan Kozlov will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Cary Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.74
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 2.09

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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Stefan Kozlov

This will be the 3rd time that Ramkumar Ramanathan and Stefan Kozlov fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Ramanathan won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Delray Beach back in 2018.

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Ranked no. 227, the Indian got to the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 5-7 6-4, Alexis Galarneau 7-64 4-6 6-4 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran 3-6 7-65 6-4.

In the quarter against Gunneswaran, Ramanathan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-65 6-4).-102) than Gunneswaran. In fact, the world no. 227 won 102 points vs Gunneswaran’s. That means that Ramanathan was more focused during the important points. Ramkumar was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ramanathan managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ramanathan put 66% of his first serves in, winning 78% (54/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (15/36) on the 2nd serve. Ramkumar broke Gunneswaran twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ramkumar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in this competition to conquer 50% of the points he played.

Ramanathan has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (331-252). 7-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ramanathan has a composed209-136 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Ramkumar has a compiled 22-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.

Cary Challenger
Ramanathan's Record

Stefan Kozlov

Ranked no. 344, Kozlov reached the semifinal after defeating Donald Young 4-6 6-4 6-4, Maxime Cressy 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks 5-7 6-1 6-3.

In the quarter against Eubanks, Stefan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-3). During the match Kozlov scored 105 points vs Eubanks’s 83. Kozlov was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.

About the serving games, Kozlov struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Stefan Kozlov was very efficient on serve to win 77% (43/56) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Stefan broke Eubanks 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kozlov started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Kozlov’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Weston.

Stefan has an aggregate 16-6 win-loss record in 2021, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2016. See his history.

Cary Challenger
Kozlov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Ramanathan
S.Kozlov
6h:45
6h:45
Time on court​
7h:07
7h:07
!
2h:08
2h:08
Last match​
!
2h:18
2h:18
3
3
Match played
3
3
97
97
Games Played​
86
86
9
9
Set played​​
9
9
309
309
Total points​
283
283
103
103
Avg point​
94.3
94.3
149
149
Winners
124
124
49.7
49.7
Avg Winners​
41.3
41.3
48%
48%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
46
46
Aces
16
16
!
15.3
15.3
Avg Aces
5.3
5.3
16
16
Double Faults
7
7
!
5.3
5.3
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
149/198
149/198
1st won total​
124/169
124/169
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
73%
73%
62/122
62/122
2nd won total​
43/77
43/77
51%
51%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
7/18
7/18
BP won
13/31
13/31
2.3/6
2.3/6
Avg BP won
4.3/10.3
4.3/10.3
39%
39%
Won
42%
42%
19
19
Conceded
14
14
6.3
6.3
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
6
6
Broken
8
8
2
2
Avg Broken
2.7
2.7
13
13
Saved
6
6
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ramanathan Kozlov
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 9 9
Tot Games 97 86
Pts 309-310 283-250
Total Points 619 533
Winners 149 124
%Winners 48% 44%

Both Ramanathan and Kozlov played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ramkumar Ramanathan surrendered 3 sets, while Stefan Kozlov lost 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Ramanathan and Kozlov have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Ramanathan played 11 games more than Kozlov. The Indian scored 149 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan recorded 124 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ramanathan Kozlov
Aces 46 16
Avg per match 15.3 5.3
1st in 198/320 169/246
%1st in 62% 69%
1st pts 149/198 124/169
%1st pts 75% 73%
2nd pts 62/122 43/77
%2nd pts 51% 56%

Ramanathan bagged 46 aces (15.3 per match). Kozlov scored 16 aces (5.3 per match). Ramanathan won 75% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 73% 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 Ramanathan Kozlov
Won 7 13
Converted 7/18 13/31
% Converted 39% 42%
Conceded 19 14
Saved 13 6
% Saved 68% 43%
Times Broken 6 8

Ramkumar broke his opponents 7 times with a 39% conversion rate. The Indian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponents 13 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.

Ramanathan
R1
Kovacevic		 R2
Galarneau		 1/4
Gunneswaran		 Total
Score 6-4 5-7 6-4 7-64 4-6 6-4 3-6 7-65 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 32 33 32 97
pts 102-95 105-106 102-109 309-310
Total points 197 211 211 619
Winners 45 50 54 149
%Winners 44% 48% 53% 48%
SERVE
Aces 25 16 5 46
Double Faults 2 7 7 16
1st in 56/94 73/121 69/105 198/320
% 1st in 60% 60% 66% 62%
1st pts 45/56 50/73 54/69 149/198
% 1st pts 80% 68% 78% 75%
2nd pts 23/38 24/48 15/36 62/122
% 2nd pts 61% 50% 42% 51%
Breaks
Won 2 3 2 7
Converted 2/8 3/4 2/6 7/18
Converted % 25% 75% 33% 39%
Conceded 5 6 8 19
Saved 4/5 3/6 6/8 13
Saved % 80% 50% 75% 68%
Times Broken 1 3 2 6
Kozlov
R1
Young		 R2
Cressy		 1/4
Eubanks		 Total
Score 4-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 5-7 6-1 6-3
Tot Set 3 3 3 9
Tot Games 30 28 28 86
pts 97-89 81-78 105-83 283-250
Total points 186 159 188 533
Winners 41 40 43 124
%Winners 42% 49% 41% 44%
SERVE
Aces 7 1 8 16
Double Faults 1 3 3 7
1st in 56/83 57/81 56/82 169/246
% 1st in 67% 70% 68% 69%
1st pts 41/56 40/57 43/56 124/169
% 1st pts 73% 70% 77% 73%
2nd pts 14/27 12/24 17/26 43/77
% 2nd pts 52% 50% 65% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 4 4 13
Converted 5/11 4/8 4/12 13/31
Converted % 45% 50% 33% 42%
Conceded 7 3 4 14
Saved 3/7 0/3 3/4 6
Saved % 43% 0% 75% 39%
Times Broken 4 3 1 8

Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger

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