Evgeny Donskoy and Hugo Grenier will face off in the 2nd round of the Istanbul 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hugo Grenier who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hugo Grenier is the pick to win this match.
Hugo Grenier -> 1.8
Evgeny Donskoy -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Evgeny Donskoy vs. Hugo Grenier
This will be the 2nd time that Evgeny Donskoy and Hugo Grenier fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Donskoy (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Donskoy won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the 3rd round in the Brest Challenger back in 2019.
Evgeny Donskoy
Ranked no. 153, Evgeny got to the 2nd round after defeating Andrey Kuznetsov 7-64 6-1.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Kuznetsov (7-64 6-1). During the match, Donskoy scored 74 points vs Kuznetsov’s 59. Evgeny was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Donskoy blasted 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 55% of his first serves in, winning 79% (33/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (13/34) on the 2nd serve. Evgeny broke Kuznetsov 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Donskoy has a positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (326-283). 7-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Donskoy has an aggregate 183-117 record in the last years on hard.
Evgeny’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 2 Challenger.
Donskoy has an aggregate 14-21 win-loss record in 2021, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
Hugo Grenier
Ranked no. 219 (career-high), Hugo reached the 2nd round after beating Sarp Agabigun 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Grenier defeated Agabigun (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Grenier scored 90 points vs Agabigun’s 81. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Grenier recorded 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Hugo Grenier was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The French player broke Agabigun twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Grenier’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Bakio.
Grenier has an overall 29-21 win-loss record in 2021, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Donskoy | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 29 |
| Pts | 74-59 | 90-81 |
| Total Points | 133 | 171 |
| Winners | 33 | 36 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Donskoy and Grenier played 1 match. At the moment, Hugo Grenier conceded 1 set while Evgeny Donskoy hasn’t lost a set so far. Donskoy has played 1 set(s) less than Grenier (2 vs 3). Therefore, Donskoy played 9 games less than Grenier. Donskoy scored 33 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Grenier scored 36 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Donskoy | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 42/76 | 43/85 |
| %1st in | 55% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 36/43 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 25/42 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 60% |
Donskoy blasted 3 aces . Grenier bagged 9 aces . Donskoy won 79% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Grenier won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Donskoy | Grenier |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 2 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 83% | 40% |
| Conceded | 8 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 63% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Donskoy broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Donskoy dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. The French player broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Grenier conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Donskoy | |||
| R1 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-59 | 74-59 | |
| Total points | 133 | 133 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 42/76 | 42/76 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 33/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/34 | 13/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Grenier | |||
| R1 Agabigun |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 90-81 | 90-81 | |
| Total points | 171 | 171 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/85 | 43/85 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 36/43 | 36/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWLLWLL Tennis Scores in Istanbul 2 Challenger
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Matthew EbdenEbden (6-4 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Laurent LokoliLokoli (4-6 7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Thomas FabbianoFabbiano (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexandre MullerMuller – Nick ChappellChappell (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Bernard TomicTomic (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher HeymanHeyman – Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-3 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Koray KirciKirci (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Roberto MarcoraMarcora (6-1 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Sarp AgabigunAgabigun (6-4 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Borna GojoGojo – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Evgeny TyurnevTyurnev (7-5 4-6 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Christopher HeymanHeyman (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evgeny KarlovskiyKarlovskiy – Borna GojoGojo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Quentin HalysHalys – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Tung-Lin WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
