Kevin Anderson and Alex Bolt will clash against each other in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 2:00 pm on BARNES STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kevin Anderson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kevin Anderson is the pick to win this match.
Kevin Anderson -> 1.26
Alex Bolt -> 3.85
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Prediction and head to head Kevin Anderson vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Kevin Anderson and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kevin Anderson
Ranked no. 68, Anderson reached the qualifications after defeating Jason Murray Kubler 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Anderson had a good straight sets win against Murray Kubler (6-3 7-5). During the match, Anderson scored 75 points vs Murray Kubler’s 56. Kevin was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Anderson bagged 17 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Kevin Anderson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 87% (33/38) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kevin broke Murray Kubler twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Anderson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (291-186). 6-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Anderson has a composed 155-95 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Newport where he overcame Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-6(8) 6-4.
Kevin has an aggregate 16-13 win-loss record in 2021, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The South African has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
Ranked no. 147, Alex reached the qualifications after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-4 7-65.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-4 7-65). During the match Bolt scored 85 points vs Ayeni’s 75. Alex was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
About the serving games, Bolt blasted 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alex Bolt was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (39/55) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alex broke Ayeni 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Nottingham 2 Challenger where he defeated Kamil Majchrzak in the final 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Alex has a compiled 18-15 win-loss record in 2021, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Anderson | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 23 |
| Pts | 75-56 | 85-75 |
| Total Points | 131 | 160 |
| Winners | 33 | 39 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Anderson and Bolt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Anderson and Bolt have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Anderson played 2 games less than Bolt. The South African scored 33 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian blasted 39 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Anderson | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 17 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 55/72 |
| %1st in | 59% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 39/55 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 11/17 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 65% |
Anderson bagged 17 aces . Bolt blasted 2 aces . Anderson won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Bolt won 71% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Anderson | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 3/13 |
| % Converted | 40% | 23% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The South African broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Anderson had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Anderson | |||
| Q1 Murray Kubler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 75-56 | 75-56 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 33/38 | 33/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 87% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolt | |||
| Q1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-75 | 85-75 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 55/72 | 55/72 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 39/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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