Roberto Marcora and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the 2nd round of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 9:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.75
Roberto Marcora -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Marcora vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Roberto Marcora and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Roberto Marcora
Ranked no. 215, Marcora reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrea Pellegrino 7-66 7-61.
In the 1st round, Roberto had a good straight sets win against Pellegrino (7-66 7-61). During the match, Marcora scored 90 points vs Pellegrino’s 84. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Marcora managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roberto Marcora lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Marcora put 61% of his first serves in, winning 79% (41/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (16/33) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Pellegrino twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Marcora has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (387-266). 7-13 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Marcora has an overall 242-152 match record in the last years on clay.
The Italian has an aggregate 11-24 win-loss record in 2021, 7-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013 and 2014. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 276, Pavel got to the 2nd round after beating Luca Vanni 6-4 6-1 and Federico Gaio 7-62 7-63.
In the 1st round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Gaio (7-62 7-63). During the match Kotov scored 82 points vs Gaio’s 81. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pavel Kotov lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 67% (40/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Gaio twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 4 Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 15-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Marcora | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 43 |
| Pts | 90-84 | 147-124 |
| Total Points | 174 | 271 |
| Winners | 41 | 67 |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% |
Marcora played 1 match while Kotov competed in 2 matches. Kotov started his run from the qualifications while Marcora had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Marcora has played 2 set(s) less than Kotov (2 vs 4). Therefore, Marcora played 17 games less than Kotov. Roberto scored 41 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov made 67 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Marcora | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 100/140 |
| %1st in | 61% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 67/100 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 26/40 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 65% |
Marcora struck 3 aces . Kotov scored 4 aces (2 per match). Marcora won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Marcora | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 7 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 37% |
| Conceded | 8 | 15 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 75% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Roberto broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Roberto dropped his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Marcora | |||
| R1 Pellegrino |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 90-84 | 90-84 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 52/85 | 52/85 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 41/52 | 41/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/33 | 16/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kotov | |||||
| Q1 Vanni |
Q3 Ocleppo |
R1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-63 7-62 | 7-62 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 26 | 79 | |
| pts | 65-43 | – | 82-81 | 147-124 | |
| Total points | 108 | 0 | 163 | 271 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 67 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | NAN% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1st in | 40/54 | / | 60/86 | 100/140 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | – | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | / | 40/60 | 67/100 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | – | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | / | 16/26 | 26/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | – | 62% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Converted | 5/11 | / | 2/8 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | – | 25% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 15 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 7/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 78% | 161% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
Head 2 Head
LLWWLWWLWL Tennis Scores in San Marino Challenger
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- Jay ClarkeClarke – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-64 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Manuel MazzaMazza (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (7-66 7-61) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Marco De RossiDe Rossi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Julien CagninaCagnina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Gastao EliasElias (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Pavel KotovKotov – Federico GaioGaio (7-62 7-63) – See score progression
- Marius CopilCopil – Renzo OlivoOlivo (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Raul BrancaccioBrancaccio (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves – Borna GojoGojo (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Quentin HalysHalys (3-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Julien CagninaCagnina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Gastao EliasElias (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo DellienDellien – Manuel MazzaMazza (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Orlando LuzLuz – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-3 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Julian OcleppoOcleppo (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gilles SimonSimon – Marco De RossiDe Rossi (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Marius CopilCopil – Hugo DellienDellien (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Orlando LuzLuz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Pavel KotovKotov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime JanvierJanvier – Gilles SimonSimon (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – Francesco FortiForti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Felipe Meligeni Rodrigues AlvesMeligeni Rodrigues Alves (0-1) – H2H and prediction
