Flavio Cobolli and Nicola Kuhn will face off in the quarter of the Murcia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Flavio Cobolli who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Flavio Cobolli is the pick to win this match.
Flavio Cobolli -> 1.53
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Flavio Cobolli vs. Nicola Kuhn
There is no head to head record between Flavio Cobolli and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Flavio Cobolli
Ranked no. 257 (career-high), the Italian got to the quarter after beating Mario Vilella Martinez 7-5 6-3 and Raul Brancaccio 7-67 2-6 7-65.
In the 2nd round, The Italian defeated Brancaccio (7-67 2-6 7-65).-109) than Brancaccio. In fact, the world no. 257 won 109 points vs Brancaccio’s. That means that Cobolli was more focused during the important points. Flavio was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cobolli managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Flavio Cobolli lost the serve 7 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Cobolli put 59% of his first serves in, winning 65% (42/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (17/46) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Brancaccio 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Flavio started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Cobolli has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 57% of his matches (47-36). 34-18 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Cobolli has an aggregate40-26 record in the last 4 years on clay.
Cobolli’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya,the Rome 2 Challenger and the Barletta Challenger.
The Italian has a compiled 37-23 win-loss record in 2021, 34-18 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Murcia Challenger
Flavio has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicola Kuhn
Ranked no. 267, Kuhn reached the quarter after beating Timofey Skatov 6-2 6-4 and Filip Horansky 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Nicola defeated Horansky (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match Kuhn scored 93 points vs Horansky’s 91. The Spaniard was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuhn made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicola Kuhn lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kuhn put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (17/39) on the 2nd serve. Kuhn broke Horansky 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicola started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Nicola’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Szczecin Challenger.
The Spaniard has a compiled 17-22 win-loss record in 2021, 11-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cobolli | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 47 |
| Pts | 191-184 | 156-140 |
| Total Points | 375 | 296 |
| Winners | 64 | 61 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Both Cobolli and Kuhn played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Flavio Cobolli conceded 1 set, while Nicola Kuhn lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cobolli and Kuhn have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Cobolli played 8 games more than Kuhn. The Italian scored 64 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kuhn fired 61 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cobolli | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 92/176 | 90/153 |
| %1st in | 52% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 64/92 | 61/90 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 36/84 | 30/63 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 48% |
Cobolli struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Kuhn struck 10 aces (5 per match). Cobolli won 70% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cobolli | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 10 |
| Converted | 10/19 | 10/15 |
| % Converted | 53% | 67% |
| Conceded | 23 | 16 |
| Saved | 14 | 10 |
| % Saved | 61% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 6 |
Flavio broke his opponents 10 times with a 53% conversion rate. Flavio dropped his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Nicola broke his opponents 10 times with a 67% conversion rate. Nicola conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cobolli | ||||
| R1 Vilella Martinez |
R2 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-3 | 7-67 2-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 34 | 55 | |
| pts | 82-68 | 109-116 | 191-184 | |
| Total points | 150 | 225 | 375 | |
| Winners | 22 | 42 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 39% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 27/65 | 65/111 | 92/176 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 59% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 42/65 | 64/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/38 | 17/46 | 36/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 37% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/10 | 10/19 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 16 | 23 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 9/16 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 56% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Kuhn | ||||
| R1 Skatov |
R2 Horansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 | 47 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 93-91 | 156-140 | |
| Total points | 112 | 184 | 296 | |
| Winners | 21 | 40 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 43% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 57/96 | 90/153 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/33 | 40/57 | 61/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 17/39 | 30/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 44% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/7 | 4/8 | 10/15 | |
| Converted % | 86% | 50% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 7/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 70% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
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