Ilya Ivashka and Mikael Ymer will face off in the final of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Ilya Ivashka who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ilya Ivashka is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Ivashka -> 1.41
Mikael Ymer -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Ilya Ivashka vs. Mikael Ymer

This will be the 2nd time that Ilya Ivashka and Mikael Ymer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Ymer won 7-6(7) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Orleans Challenger back in 2019.

Ilya Ivashka

Ranked no. 63 (career-high), Ivashka got to the final after defeating Andreas Seppi 6-4 6-4, Marin Cilic 4-6 7-5 6-4, Jan-Lennard Struff 6-2 6-1, Pablo Carreno-Busta 7-62 6-3 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-1

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In the semifinal, Ivashka had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-1). During the match, Ivashka scored 61 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 35. The Belarussian was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Ivashka scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ilya Ivashka was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belarussian broke Ruusuvuori 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ilya started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.

Ivashka has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 62% of his matches (314-192). 11-5 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ivashka has a composed175-96 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Ivashka’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Munich and Salem.

The Belarussian has an overall 34-16 win-loss record in 2021, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Winston-Salem

Ilya has never competed in this tournament before.

Salem Open
Ivashka's Record

Mikael Ymer

Ranked no. 90, Ymer got to the final after defeating Stefano Travaglia 6-2 1-6 6-2, Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-1, Max Purcell 7-5 6-2, Frances Tiafoe 6-72 6-2 6-3 and Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 7-5 6-3.

In the semifinal, Ymer had a good straight sets win against Alcaraz Garfia (7-5 6-3). During the match Ymer scored 62 points vs Alcaraz Garfia’s 52. Mikael was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Ymer made 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mikael Ymer was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (24/32) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mikael was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Alcaraz Garfia 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Mikael started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Mikael’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Salem.

The Swede has a compiled 22-14 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Salem Open
Ymer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

I.Ivashka
M.Ymer
7h:59
7h:59
Time on court​
7h:50
7h:50
1h:08
1h:08
Last match​
1h:16
1h:16
5
5
Match played
5
5
104
104
Games Played​
110
110
11
11
Set played​​
12
12
368
368
Total points​
370
370
73.6
73.6
Avg point​
74
74
153
153
Winners
152
152
30.6
30.6
Avg Winners​
30.4
30.4
42%
42%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
44
44
Aces
18
18
8.8
8.8
Avg Aces
3.6
3.6
13
13
Double Faults
15
15
2.6
2.6
Avg Double Faults
3
3
153/184
153/184
1st won total​
152/223
152/223
!
83%
83%
1st won %
68%
68%
58/107
58/107
2nd won total​
66/129
66/129
54%
54%
2nd won %
51%
51%
-- Break Points --
18/40
18/40
BP won
25/42
25/42
3.6/8
3.6/8
Avg BP won
5/8.4
5/8.4
45%
45%
Won
!
60%
60%
11
11
Conceded
29
29
2.2
2.2
Avg Conceded
5.8
5.8
4
4
Broken
11
11
!
0.8
0.8
Avg Broken
2.2
2.2
7
7
Saved
18
18

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ivashka Ymer
Match played 5 5
Tot Set 11 12
Tot Games 104 110
Pts 368-278 370-307
Total Points 646 677
Winners 153 152
%Winners 42% 41%

Both Ivashka and Ymer played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Ilya Ivashka lost 1 set, while Mikael Ymer lost 2 sets. Ivashka has played 1 set(s) less than Ymer (11 vs 12). Therefore, Ivashka played 6 games less than Ymer. Ivashka scored 153 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mikael managed to score 152 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ivashka Ymer
Aces 44 18
Avg per match 8.8 3.6
1st in 184/291 223/352
%1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 153/184 152/223
%1st pts 83% 68%
2nd pts 58/107 66/129
%2nd pts 54% 51%

Ivashka fired 44 aces (8.8 per match). Ymer struck 18 aces (3.6 per match). Ivashka won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ivashka Ymer
Won 18 25
Converted 18/40 25/42
% Converted 45% 60%
Conceded 11 29
Saved 7 18
% Saved 64% 62%
Times Broken 4 11

Ilya broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. Ivashka dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Swede broke his opponents 25 times with a 60% conversion rate. Mikael conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 62% of the break points that he conceded.

Ivashka
R1
Seppi
R2
Cilic
R3
Struff
1/4
Carreno-Busta
1/2
Ruusuvuori
Total
Score 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-5 6-4 6-2 6-1 7-62 6-3 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 3 2 2 2 11
Tot Games 20 32 15 22 15 104
pts 72-56 103-101 60-32 72-54 61-35 368-278
Total points 128 204 92 126 96 646
Winners 27 47 22 37 20 153
%Winners 38% 46% 37% 51% 33% 42%
SERVE
Aces 7 16 6 11 4 44
Double Faults 2 8 0 1 2 13
1st in 30/52 62/109 25/38 43/54 24/38 184/291
% 1st in 58% 57% 66% 80% 63% 63%
1st pts 27/30 47/62 22/25 37/43 20/24 153/184
% 1st pts 90% 76% 88% 86% 83% 83%
2nd pts 14/22 17/47 10/13 8/11 9/14 58/107
% 2nd pts 64% 36% 77% 73% 64% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 5 4 2 5 18
Converted 2/8 5/8 4/11 2/4 5/9 18/40
Converted % 25% 63% 36% 50% 56% 45%
Conceded 1 10 0 0 0 11
Saved 1/1 6/10 0/0 0/0 0/0 7
Saved % 100% 60% 32%
Times Broken 0 4 0 0 0 4
Ymer
R1
Travaglia
R2
Ramos-Vinolas
R3
Purcell
1/4
Tiafoe
1/2
Alcaraz
Total
Score 6-2 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-1 7-5 6-2 6-72 6-2 6-3 7-5 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 2 3 2 12
Tot Games 23 16 20 30 21 110
pts 79-70 58-40 73-57 98-88 62-52 370-307
Total points 149 98 130 186 114 677
Winners 26 30 31 41 24 152
%Winners 33% 52% 42% 42% 39% 41%
SERVE
Aces 2 3 2 8 3 18
Double Faults 6 0 3 3 3 15
1st in 48/79 40/54 45/71 58/89 32/59 223/352
% 1st in 61% 74% 63% 65% 54% 63%
1st pts 26/48 30/40 31/45 41/58 24/32 152/223
% 1st pts 54% 75% 69% 71% 75% 68%
2nd pts 16/31 6/14 12/26 14/31 18/27 66/129
% 2nd pts 52% 43% 46% 45% 67% 51%
Breaks
Won 6 4 5 7 3 25
Converted 6/13 4/5 5/7 7/14 3/3 25/42
Converted % 46% 80% 71% 50% 100% 60%
Conceded 9 1 5 12 2 29
Saved 4/9 1/1 3/5 9/12 1/2 18
Saved % 44% 100% 60% 75% 50% 66%
Times Broken 5 0 2 3 1 11

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