Yuichi Sugita and Ivo Karlovic will fight against each other in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on Court 10. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ivo Karlovic who should win in 5 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ivo Karlovic is the pick to win this match.
Ivo Karlovic -> 1.89
Yuichi Sugita -> 1.909

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Prediction and head to head Yuichi Sugita vs. Ivo Karlovic

This will be the 3rd time that Yuichi Sugita and Ivo Karlovic play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Karlovic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Karlovic won 7-6(2) 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Surbiton Challenger back in 2019.

Yuichi Sugita

Ranked no. 131, Sugita reached the qualifications after defeating Mario Vilella Martinez 3-6 6-3 6-2 and Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-64 4-6 7-64.

In the qualifications, Yuichi defeated Kokkinakis (7-64 4-6 7-64).-115) than Kokkinakis. In fact, the world no. 131 won 115 points vs Kokkinakis’s. That means that Sugita was more focused during the important points. Sugita was very aggressive to blast 54 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sugita made 4 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Yuichi Sugita was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (54/75) of his 1st serve and 51% (26/51) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Yuichi broke Kokkinakis twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Sugita started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 2 set in this tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

Sugita has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (338-247). 3-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sugita has a composed 213-141 record in the last years on hard.

Sugita’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Lugano Challenger.

Sugita has a composed 7-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2017. See his history.

U.S. Open
Sugita's Record

Ivo Karlovic

Ranked no. 223, the Croatian reached the qualifications after beating Nikola Milojevic 6-4 7-61 and Hugo Dellien 7-5 6-71 6-2.

In the qualifications, Ivo defeated Dellien (7-5 6-71 6-2). During the match Karlovic scored 96 points vs Dellien’s 82. Karlovic was very aggressive to blast 52 winners.

Talking about serving, Karlovic submerged his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ivo Karlovic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Karlovic put 72% of his first serves in, winning 90% (52/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. The Croatian broke Dellien 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ivo started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Karlovic has a compiled 5-7 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the 4th round in 2016. See his history.

U.S. Open
Karlovic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Y.Sugita
I.Karlovic
4h:57
4h:57
Time on court​
3h:26
3h:26
!
3h:06
3h:06
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
2
2
Match played
2
2
62
62
Games Played​
56
56
6
6
Set played​​
5
5
199
199
Total points​
163
163
99.5
99.5
Avg point​
81.5
81.5
90
90
Winners
87
87
45
45
Avg Winners​
43.5
43.5
45%
45%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
41
41
5
5
Avg Aces
!
20.5
20.5
11
11
Double Faults
5
5
!
5.5
5.5
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
90/126
90/126
1st won total​
87/97
87/97
!
71%
71%
1st won %
!
90%
90%
44/85
44/85
2nd won total​
24/38
24/38
52%
52%
2nd won %
!
63%
63%
-- Break Points --
6/8
6/8
BP won
5/12
5/12
3/4
3/4
Avg BP won
2.5/6
2.5/6
!
75%
75%
Won
42%
42%
13
13
Conceded
2
2
6.5
6.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
5
5
Broken
1
1
2.5
2.5
Avg Broken
!
0.5
0.5
8
8
Saved
1
1
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sugita Karlovic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 5
Tot Games 62 56
Pts 199-193 163-131
Total Points 392 294
Winners 90 87
%Winners 45% 53%

Both Sugita and Karlovic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Yuichi Sugita conceded 2 sets, while Ivo Karlovic conceded 1 set. Sugita has played 1 set more than Karlovic (6 vs 5). Therefore, Sugita played 6 games more than Karlovic. Yuichi scored 90 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian struck 87 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sugita Karlovic
Aces 10 41
Avg per match 5 20.5
1st in 126/211 97/135
%1st in 60% 72%
1st pts 90/126 87/97
%1st pts 71% 90%
2nd pts 44/85 24/38
%2nd pts 52% 63%

Sugita struck 10 aces (5 per match). Karlovic scored 41 aces (20.5 per match). Sugita won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Karlovic won 90% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sugita Karlovic
Won 6 5
Converted 6/8 5/12
% Converted 75% 42%
Conceded 13 2
Saved 8 1
% Saved 62% 50%
Times Broken 5 1

Sugita broke his opponents 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Yuichi dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded. Ivo broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Sugita
Q1
Vilella Martinez		 Q2
Kokkinakis		 Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-64 4-6 7-64
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 26 36 62
pts 84-77 115-116 199-193
Total points 161 231 392
Winners 36 54 90
%Winners 43% 47% 45%
SERVE
Aces 6 4 10
Double Faults 3 8 11
1st in 51/85 75/126 126/211
% 1st in 60% 60% 60%
1st pts 36/51 54/75 90/126
% 1st pts 71% 72% 71%
2nd pts 18/34 26/51 44/85
% 2nd pts 53% 51% 52%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/5 2/3 6/8
Converted % 80% 67% 75%
Conceded 6 7 13
Saved 4/6 4/7 8
Saved % 67% 57% 62%
Times Broken 2 3 5
Karlovic
Q1
Milojevic		 Q2
Dellien		 Total
Score 6-4 7-61 7-5 6-71 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 23 33 56
pts 67-49 96-82 163-131
Total points 116 178 294
Winners 35 52 87
%Winners 52% 54% 53%
SERVE
Aces 18 23 41
Double Faults 1 4 5
1st in 39/54 58/81 97/135
% 1st in 72% 72% 72%
1st pts 35/39 52/58 87/97
% 1st pts 90% 90% 90%
2nd pts 13/15 11/23 24/38
% 2nd pts 87% 48% 63%
Breaks
Won 1 4 5
Converted 1/2 4/10 5/12
Converted % 50% 40% 42%
Conceded 0 2 2
Saved 0/0 1/2 1
Saved % – 50% 25%
Times Broken 0 1 1

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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