Michael Geerts and Viktor Durasovic will play each other in the qualifications of the Mallorca Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Geerts who should win in 3 sets.
Michael Geerts -> 1.64
Viktor Durasovic -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Michael Geerts vs. Viktor Durasovic
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Geerts and Viktor Durasovic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Durasovic (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Durasovic won 6-3 7-5 in the 1st round in M25+H Rodez back in 2020.
Michael Geerts
Ranked no. 316 (career-high), the Belgian got to the qualifications after defeating Aaron Cohen 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Cohen, The Belgian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Geerts scored 86 points vs Cohen’s 73. The Belgian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Geerts struck 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 57% of his first serves in, winning 68% (28/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Cohen 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Geerts has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (226-148). 8-3 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Geerts has a composed121-67 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Michael’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Troisdorf.
The Belgian has an aggregate 25-18 win-loss record in 2021, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Mallorca Challenger
The Belgian has never competed in this tournament before.
Viktor Durasovic
Ranked no. 387, the Norwegian reached the qualifications after beating Essa Qabazard 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The Norwegian had a good straight sets win against Qabazard (6-4 6-4). During the match Durasovic scored 67 points vs Qabazard’s 49. Viktor was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Durasovic made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Viktor Durasovic lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Durasovic put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Durasovic broke Qabazard 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Durasovic’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Bresse.
Durasovic has an overall 16-18 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Geerts | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 20 |
| Pts | 86-73 | 67-49 |
| Total Points | 159 | 116 |
| Winners | 28 | 29 |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% |
Both Geerts and Durasovic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Michael Geerts lost 1 set while Viktor Durasovic hasn’t conceded a set so far. Geerts has played 1 set more than Durasovic (3 vs 2). Therefore, Geerts played 6 games more than Durasovic. The Belgian scored 28 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Norwegian bagged 29 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Geerts | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 5 |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 36/60 |
| %1st in | 57% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 29/36 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 50% |
Geerts fired 6 aces . Durasovic managed to score 5 aces . Geerts won 68% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Durasovic won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Geerts | Durasovic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 36% | 60% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Geerts broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Geerts dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Durasovic broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Viktor conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Geerts | |||
| Q1 Cohen | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-73 | 86-73 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 41/72 | 41/72 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Durasovic | |||
| Q1 Qabazard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-49 | 67-49 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 36/60 | 36/60 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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