Henri Laaksonen and Blaz Rola will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 13. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.45
Blaz Rola -> 2.75

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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Blaz Rola

This will be the 2nd time that Henri Laaksonen and Blaz Rola face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Laaksonen won 6-7(0) 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in the Blois Challenger back in 2017.

Henri Laaksonen

Ranked no. 130, Laaksonen reached the qualifications after defeating Thomas Fabbiano 6-2 6-3 and Eliot Spizzirri 3-6 7-66 6-4.

In the qualifications against Spizzirri, The Swiss recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-66 6-4). During the match, Laaksonen scored 102 points vs Spizzirri’s 88. Laaksonen was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Laaksonen managed to score 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was quite efficient on serve to win 83% (35/42) of his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Henri broke Spizzirri 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.

Laaksonen has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (361-283). 5-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Laaksonen has a composed 76-70 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Henri’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Braunschweig Challenger.

Henri has an aggregate 27-18 win-loss record in 2021, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.

U.S. Open
Laaksonen's Record

Blaz Rola

Ranked no. 179, Rola reached the qualifications after defeating Dmitry Popko 6-2 7-5 and Gian Marco Moroni 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The Slovenian had a good straight sets win against Marco Moroni (6-4 6-2). During the match Rola scored 58 points vs Marco Moroni’s 45. Blaz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Rola bagged 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Blaz Rola conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Rola put 71% of his first serves in, winning 82% (32/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Rola broke Marco Moroni 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Rola started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 58% of the points he played.

His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Split 1 Challenger where he beat Blaz Kavcic in the final 2-6 6-3 6-2.

Rola has a compiled 22-20 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

U.S. Open
Rola's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

H.Laaksonen
B.Rola
3h:26
3h:26
Time on court​
2h:27
2h:27
!
2h:16
2h:16
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
2
2
Match played
2
2
49
49
Games Played​
38
38
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
166
166
Total points​
118
118
83
83
Avg point​
59
59
56
56
Winners
65
65
28
28
Avg Winners​
32.5
32.5
34%
34%
Ratio winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
17
17
Aces
13
13
8.5
8.5
Avg Aces
6.5
6.5
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
1.5
1.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
56/66
56/66
1st won total​
65/76
65/76
!
85%
85%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
40/63
40/63
2nd won total​
16/31
16/31
!
63%
63%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
7/12
7/12
BP won
6/7
6/7
3.5/6
3.5/6
Avg BP won
3/3.5
3/3.5
!
58%
58%
Won
!
86%
86%
7
7
Conceded
2
2
3.5
3.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
4
4
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
3
3
Saved
2
2
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Laaksonen Rola
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 49 38
Pts 166-128 118-87
Total Points 294 205
Winners 56 65
%Winners 34% 55%

Both Laaksonen and Rola played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Henri Laaksonen dropped 1 set while Blaz Rola hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Laaksonen has played 1 set more than Rola (5 vs 4). Therefore, Laaksonen played 11 games more than Rola. Henri scored 56 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Blaz bagged 65 winners (55%).

Serve Performance

Serve Laaksonen Rola
Aces 17 13
Avg per match 8.5 6.5
1st in 66/129 76/107
%1st in 51% 71%
1st pts 56/66 65/76
%1st pts 85% 86%
2nd pts 40/63 16/31
%2nd pts 63% 52%

Laaksonen managed to score 17 aces (8.5 per match). Rola scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Laaksonen won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Laaksonen Rola
Won 7 6
Converted 7/12 6/7
% Converted 58% 86%
Conceded 7 2
Saved 3 2
% Saved 43% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

The Swiss broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Henri lost his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded. Rola broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Rola was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Laaksonen
Q1
Fabbiano		 Q2
Spizzirri		 Total
Score 6-2 6-3 3-6 7-66 6-4
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 32 49
pts 64-40 102-88 166-128
Total points 104 190 294
Winners 21 35 56
%Winners 33% 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 6 11 17
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 24/46 42/83 66/129
% 1st in 52% 51% 51%
1st pts 21/24 35/42 56/66
% 1st pts 88% 83% 85%
2nd pts 14/22 26/41 40/63
% 2nd pts 64% 63% 63%
Breaks
Won 4 3 7
Converted 4/7 3/5 7/12
Converted % 57% 60% 58%
Conceded 2 5 7
Saved 1/2 2/5 3
Saved % 50% 40% 45%
Times Broken 1 3 4
Rola
Q1
Popko		 Q2
Marco Moroni		 Total
Score 6-2 7-5 6-4 6-2
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 20 18 38
pts 60-42 58-45 118-87
Total points 102 103 205
Winners 33 32 65
%Winners 55% 55% 55%
SERVE
Aces 5 8 13
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 37/52 39/55 76/107
% 1st in 71% 71% 71%
1st pts 33/37 32/39 65/76
% 1st pts 89% 82% 86%
2nd pts 8/15 8/16 16/31
% 2nd pts 53% 50% 52%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/3 3/4 6/7
Converted % 100% 75% 86%
Conceded 0 2 2
Saved 0/0 2/2 2
Saved % – 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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