Darian King and Oliver Crawford will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Lexington Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Crawford who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oliver Crawford is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Crawford -> 1.37
Darian King -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Darian King vs. Oliver Crawford
This will be the 2nd time that Darian King and Oliver Crawford face off. The head to head is 1-0 for King (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, King won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Little Rock Challenger back in 2019.
Darian King
Ranked no. 346, the Barbadian got to the qualifications after defeating Gabriel Diallo 6-2 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Barbadian defeated Diallo (6-2 3-6 6-3). During the match, King scored 89 points vs Diallo’s 74. The Barbadian was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, King scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Darian King lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, King put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. King broke Diallo 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
King has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (332-191). 2-3 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, King has an overall 237-118 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Darian has an aggregate 6-8 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lexington Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2011. See his history.
Oliver Crawford
Ranked no. 420, Crawford reached the qualifications after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-67 7-5.
In the qualifications, Oliver had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-67 7-5). During the match Crawford scored 82 points vs Kovacevic’s 70. Oliver was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Crawford managed to score 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Oliver Crawford was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (39/46) of his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Oliver broke Kovacevic once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Pune,M15 New Delhi and M15 Cairo.
Oliver has an overall 35-13 win-loss record in 2021, 23-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | King | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 25 |
| Pts | 89-74 | 82-70 |
| Total Points | 163 | 152 |
| Winners | 34 | 39 |
| %Winners | 38% | 48% |
Both King and Crawford played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Darian King surrendered 1 set while Oliver Crawford hasn’t dropped a set so far. King has played 1 set more than Crawford (3 vs 2). Therefore, King played 1 game more than Crawford. King scored 34 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Oliver bagged 39 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | King | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 9 |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 46/74 |
| %1st in | 67% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 39/46 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 68% |
King blasted 1 ace . Crawford also fired 9 aces . King won 65% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Crawford won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | King | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 63% | 17% |
| Conceded | 7 | 2 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
The Barbadian broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Darian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Oliver broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Oliver was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| King | |||
| Q1 Diallo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 89-74 | 89-74 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/78 | 52/78 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 34/52 | 34/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 16/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Crawford | |||
| Q1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-70 | 82-70 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/74 | 46/74 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 39/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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