Pavel Kotov and Julian Ocleppo will square off in the qualifications of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.23
Julian Ocleppo -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Julian Ocleppo
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Julian Ocleppo since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 275, Kotov got to the qualifications after beating Luca Vanni 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Vanni (6-4 6-1). During the match, Kotov scored 65 points vs Vanni’s 43. Kotov was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kotov made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Vanni 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Kotov has a solid record in the last 6 years having won 62% of his matches (155-97). 4-7 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kotov has an aggregate67-46 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
The Russian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 4 Challenger.
Kotov has an aggregate 14-14 win-loss record in 2021, 4-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Julian Ocleppo
Ranked no. 369, Julian reached the qualifications after beating Francesco Maestrelli 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Julian had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (7-5 6-2). During the match Ocleppo scored 74 points vs Maestrelli’s 60. The Italian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Ocleppo struck 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Julian Ocleppo lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ocleppo put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (29/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Ocleppo broke Maestrelli 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Italian has a composed 3-7 win-loss record in 2021, 3-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Ocleppo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 |
| Pts | 65-43 | 74-60 |
| Total Points | 108 | 134 |
| Winners | 27 | 29 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Kotov and Ocleppo played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kotov and Ocleppo have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kotov played 3 games less than Ocleppo. Pavel scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Julian scored 29 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Ocleppo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 40/54 | 45/73 |
| %1st in | 74% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 29/45 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 50% |
Kotov fired 3 aces . Ocleppo recorded 2 aces . Kotov won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Ocleppo won 64% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Ocleppo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 45% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 83% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Pavel broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Kotov dropped his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Ocleppo conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | |||
| Q1 Vanni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | 27/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ocleppo | |||
| Q1 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-60 | 74-60 | |
| Total points | 134 | 134 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 45/73 | 45/73 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/45 | 29/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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