Elmar Ejupovic and Aldin Setkic will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.60
Aldin Setkic -> 2.10
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Aldin Setkic
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Aldin Setkic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
Ranked no. 407, Ejupovic got to the qualifications after defeating Togan Tokac 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Tokac (6-2 6-4). During the match, Ejupovic scored 52 points vs Tokac’s 38. Ejupovic was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Elmar broke Tokac 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Ejupovic has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (263-181). 1-0 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ejupovic has a compiled19-17 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The German’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Grenoble,M25 Trimbach and M15 Troisdorf.
Elmar has a compiled 27-15 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Aldin Setkic
Ranked no. 451, Aldin reached the qualifications after defeating Kaichi Uchida 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Bosnian had a good straight sets win against Uchida (6-4 6-3). During the match Setkic scored 65 points vs Uchida’s 51. Aldin was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about serving, Setkic bagged 4 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aldin Setkic lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Setkic put 78% of his first serves in, winning 58% (25/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the 2nd serve. Setkic broke Uchida 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Aldin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sibenik and M15 Prijedor.
Aldin has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 19 |
| Pts | 52-38 | 65-51 |
| Total Points | 90 | 116 |
| Winners | 23 | 25 |
| %Winners | 44% | 38% |
Both Ejupovic and Setkic played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Ejupovic and Setkic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Ejupovic played 1 game less than Setkic. Elmar scored 23 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Setkic blasted 25 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 43/55 |
| %1st in | 59% | 78% |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 25/43 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 10/12 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 83% |
Ejupovic scored 8 aces . Setkic bagged 4 aces . Ejupovic won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Setkic won 58% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 83% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Setkic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 60% | 45% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 4 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Elmar was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Aldin broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Setkic conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Tokac |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 52-38 | 52-38 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Setkic | |||
| Q1 Uchida |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 65-51 | 65-51 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 43/55 | 43/55 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 25/43 | 25/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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