Tobias Simon and Jakub Paul will play each other in the qualifications of the Biel Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Jakub Paul who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jakub Paul is the pick to win this match.
Jakub Paul -> 1.88
Tobias Simon -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Tobias Simon vs. Jakub Paul
This will be the 2nd time that Tobias Simon and Jakub Paul face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Simon (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Simon won 6-4 7-5 in the final in Switzerland F1 (Oberentfelden) back in 2018.
Tobias Simon
Ranked no. 432, the German got to the qualifications after beating Laurent Lokoli 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Tobias had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (6-4 6-2). During the match, Simon scored 68 points vs Lokoli’s 56. Simon was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Simon fired 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tobias Simon conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Simon put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (34/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Simon broke Lokoli 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Simon has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 54% of his matches (108-91). 1-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Simon has an aggregate22-21 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Simon’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Manacor.
Tobias has an overall 13-18 win-loss record in 2021, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Biel Challenger
Simon has never competed in this tournament before.
Jakub Paul
Ranked no. 569, Jakub got to the qualifications after beating Christopher Heyman 7-64 4-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Swiss defeated Heyman (7-64 4-6 7-5). During the match Paul scored 127 points vs Heyman’s 118. The Swiss was very aggressive to blast 59 winners.
Talking about serving, Paul couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Jakub Paul lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Paul put 74% of his first serves in, winning 69% (59/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Heyman 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Paul’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Muttenz.
The Swiss has a compiled 25-14 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Simon | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 35 |
| Pts | 68-56 | 127-118 |
| Total Points | 124 | 245 |
| Winners | 34 | 59 |
| %Winners | 50% | 46% |
Both Simon and Paul played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Jakub Paul conceded 1 set while Tobias Simon hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Simon has played 1 set(s) less than Paul (2 vs 3). Therefore, Simon played 17 games less than Paul. The German scored 34 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss struck 59 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Simon | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 0 |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 86/117 |
| %1st in | 65% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 59/86 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 18/31 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 58% |
Simon recorded 13 aces . Paul didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Simon won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Paul won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Simon | Paul |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 30% |
| Conceded | 6 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Tobias broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Simon pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 6 break points. Paul broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Simon | |||
| Q1 Lokoli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 68-56 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/68 | 44/68 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 6/6 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul | |||
| Q1 Heyman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 127-118 | 127-118 | |
| Total points | 245 | 245 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 86/117 | 86/117 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 59/86 | 59/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/31 | 18/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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