Hubert Hurkacz and Aslan Karatsev will face off in the 2nd round of the San Diego Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hubert Hurkacz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hubert Hurkacz is the pick to win this match.
Hubert Hurkacz -> 1.55
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Hubert Hurkacz vs. Aslan Karatsev
This will be the 2nd time that Hubert Hurkacz and Aslan Karatsev clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Hurkacz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Hurkacz won 7-6(9) 4-6 7-5 in the qualifications in the Shenzhen Challenger back in 2017.
Hubert Hurkacz
Ranked no. 12, Hurkacz reached the 2nd round after defeating Alex Bolt 7-62 6-1.
In the 1st round, Hurkacz had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-62 6-1). During the match, Hurkacz scored 74 points vs Bolt’s 50. The Pole was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hurkacz recorded 7 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Hubert Hurkacz was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 70% (16/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Hubert broke Bolt twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Hurkacz has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (260-162). 19-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hurkacz has an aggregate125-58 record in the last 8 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Delray Beach where he defeated Sebastian Korda in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Miami where he defeated Jannik Sinner in the final 7-6(4) 6-4 and in in Metz where he overcame Pablo Carreno-Busta in the final 7-6(2) 6-3.
The Pole has an aggregate 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 19-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 24, Aslan got to the 2nd round after beating Federico Delbonis 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, Aslan had a good straight sets win against Delbonis (6-1 7-5). During the match Karatsev scored 70 points vs Delbonis’s 47. Aslan was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Karatsev made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karatsev broke Delbonis 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Dubai where he overcame Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-2.
Karatsev has a composed 30-16 win-loss record in 2021, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hurkacz | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 74-50 | 70-47 |
| Total Points | 124 | 117 |
| Winners | 28 | 26 |
| %Winners | 38% | 37% |
Both Hurkacz and Karatsev played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Hurkacz and Karatsev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Hurkacz played 1 game more than Karatsev. Hubert scored 28 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Karatsev bagged 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hurkacz | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 31/54 | 31/49 |
| %1st in | 57% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 26/31 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 67% |
Hurkacz fired 7 aces . Karatsev recorded 3 aces . Hurkacz won 90% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Karatsev won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hurkacz | Karatsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 25% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The Pole broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Pole pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Russian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Aslan conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hurkacz | |||
| R1 Bolt |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 74-50 | 74-50 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/54 | 31/54 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 16/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Karatsev | |||
| R1 Delbonis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-47 | 70-47 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 31/49 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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