Roman Safiullin and Julian Lenz will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Luedenscheid Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 2:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.2
Julian Lenz -> 4.55
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Julian Lenz
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Julian Lenz since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
Ranked no. 165, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 6-2 6-70 6-4.
In the 1st round, Safiullin defeated Menendez-Maceiras (6-2 6-70 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 103 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 93. The Russian was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Menendez-Maceiras 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 69% of his matches (293-133). 5-6 on clay in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Safiullin has a compiled63-45 record in the last 9 years on clay.
The Russian has an aggregate 14-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Luedenscheid Challenger
Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.
Julian Lenz
Ranked no. 312, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 5-7 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mochizuki, Julian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 6-2). During the match Lenz scored 119 points vs Mochizuki’s 108. Lenz was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Lenz made 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Julian Lenz lost the serve 7 times and he saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Lenz put 66% of his first serves in, winning 59% (47/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (17/41) on the 2nd serve. Julian broke Mochizuki 9 times after converting 47% of his break points (9/19).
Lenz has an aggregate 6-17 win-loss record in 2021, 3-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 32 |
| Pts | 103-93 | 119-108 |
| Total Points | 196 | 227 |
| Winners | 41 | 47 |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% |
Both Safiullin and Lenz played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Roman Safiullin dropped 1 set, while Julian Lenz surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Lenz have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Safiullin played 1 game less than Lenz. The Russian scored 41 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Lenz recorded 47 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4 |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 80/121 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 47/80 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 59% |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 17/41 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 41% |
Safiullin bagged 6 aces . Lenz fired 4 aces . Safiullin won 69% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Lenz won 59% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Lenz |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 9/19 |
| % Converted | 29% | 47% |
| Conceded | 7 | 20 |
| Saved | 6 | 13 |
| % Saved | 86% | 65% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 7 |
Safiullin broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Safiullin surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Lenz broke his opponent 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Lenz conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| R1 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-70 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 103-93 | 103-93 | |
| Total points | 196 | 196 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 59/94 | 59/94 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 41/59 | 41/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Lenz | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 119-108 | 119-108 | |
| Total points | 227 | 227 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 80/121 | 80/121 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 47/80 | 47/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/41 | 17/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 47% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 20 | 20 | |
| Saved | 13/20 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 65% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Luedenscheid Challenger
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Lukas KleinKlein (1-6 7-65 7-66) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (6-2 6-70 6-4) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Nicolas KickerKicker (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Evan FurnessFurness (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Robin HaaseHaase – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Tristan LamasineLamasine – Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Pablo AndujarAndujar (5-7 7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Constant LestienneLestienne – Jelle SelsSels (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Julien CagninaCagnina – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (5-7 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Julien CagninaCagnina – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Tristan LamasineLamasine (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Julian LenzLenz – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Nicolas JarryJarry (3-2) – H2H and prediction
- Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
