Marco Cecchinato and Pavel Kotov will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Marino Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Marco Cecchinato who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marco Cecchinato is the pick to win this match.
Marco Cecchinato -> 1.23
Pavel Kotov -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Marco Cecchinato vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Marco Cecchinato and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Marco Cecchinato
Ranked no. 86, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Paolo Lorenzi 7-63 6-2 and Luca Nardi 7-64 7-66.
In the 2nd round, Cecchinato had a good straight sets win against Nardi (7-64 7-66). During the match, Cecchinato scored 91 points vs Nardi’s 86. Marco was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cecchinato managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Marco Cecchinato lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Cecchinato put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (25/37) on the 2nd serve. Cecchinato broke Nardi once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Cecchinato has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (375-254). 24-15 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cecchinato has a composed 336-178 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Cecchinato’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Parma.
Cecchinato has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2021, 24-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Marino Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2013. See his history.
Pavel Kotov
Ranked no. 276, Kotov reached the quarter after defeating Luca Vanni 6-4 6-1, Federico Gaio 7-62 7-63 and Roberto Marcora 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Pavel had a good straight sets win against Marcora (6-4 6-4). During the match Kotov scored 67 points vs Marcora’s 61. Kotov was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kotov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 60% (31/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Marcora 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pavel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Kotov’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 4 Challenger.
Kotov has an overall 16-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cecchinato | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 63 |
| Pts | 166-139 | 214-185 |
| Total Points | 305 | 399 |
| Winners | 64 | 98 |
| %Winners | 39% | 46% |
Cecchinato played 2 matches while Kotov competed in 3 matches. Kotov started his run from the qualifications while Cecchinato had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Cecchinato has played 2 set(s) less than Kotov (4 vs 6). Therefore, Cecchinato played 16 games less than Kotov. Cecchinato scored 64 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kotov struck 98 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cecchinato | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 21 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 10.5 | 1.7 |
| 1st in | 86/144 | 152/214 |
| %1st in | 60% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 64/86 | 98/152 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 40/58 | 37/62 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 60% |
Cecchinato fired 21 aces (10.5 per match). Kotov blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Cecchinato won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cecchinato | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 12 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 12/27 |
| % Converted | 36% | 44% |
| Conceded | 9 | 21 |
| Saved | 7 | 15 |
| % Saved | 78% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Cecchinato broke his opponents 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Marco lost his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponents 12 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kotov conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cecchinato | ||||
| R1 Lorenzi |
R2 Nardi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-2 | 7-64 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 26 | 47 | |
| pts | 75-53 | 91-86 | 166-139 | |
| Total points | 128 | 177 | 305 | |
| Winners | 31 | 33 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 8 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/59 | 48/85 | 86/144 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/38 | 33/48 | 64/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/21 | 25/37 | 40/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 68% | 69% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 1/4 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 25% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 3/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 75% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kotov | ||||||
| Q1 Vanni |
Q3 Ocleppo |
R1 Gaio |
R2 Marcora |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | 4-6 7-63 7-62 | 7-62 7-63 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 99 | |
| pts | 65-43 | – | 82-81 | 67-61 | 214-185 | |
| Total points | 108 | 0 | 163 | 128 | 399 | |
| Winners | 27 | 40 | 31 | 98 | ||
| %Winners | 42% | NAN% | 49% | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 40/54 | / | 60/86 | 52/74 | 152/214 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | – | 70% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 27/40 | / | 40/60 | 31/52 | 98/152 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | – | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | / | 16/26 | 11/22 | 37/62 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | – | 62% | 50% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 5/11 | / | 2/8 | 5/8 | 12/27 | |
| Converted % | 45% | – | 25% | 63% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 9 | 6 | 21 | ||
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/ | 7/9 | 3/6 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 78% | 50% | 106% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
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