Aslan Karatsev and Grigor Dimitrov will clash against each other in the quarter of the San Diego Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:00 pm on BARNES STADIUM. 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 Aslan Karatsev who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.77
Grigor Dimitrov -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Grigor Dimitrov
This will be the 2nd time that Aslan Karatsev and Grigor Dimitrov square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Karatsev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Karatsev won 2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2 in the quarter in at the Australian Open back in February 2021.
Highlights Aslan Karatsev vs Grigor Dimitrov – Australian Open 16-February-2021
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 24, the Russian got to the quarter after defeating Federico Delbonis 6-1 7-5 and Hubert Hurkacz 5-7 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round against Hurkacz, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 6-2). During the match, Karatsev scored 100 points vs Hurkacz’s 90. The Russian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Karatsev bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aslan Karatsev was very efficient on serve to win 71% (35/49) of his 1st serve and 58% (28/48) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Aslan broke Hurkacz 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Karatsev started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Karatsev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (347-219). 21-7 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karatsev has a compiled 132-64 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Dubai where he overcame Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-2.
Aslan has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2021, 21-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Grigor Dimitrov
Ranked no. 29, the Bulgarian got to the quarter after beating Marton Fucsovics 6-3 1-6 7-5 and August Holmgren 6-1 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Holmgren (6-1 6-1). During the match Dimitrov scored 56 points vs Holmgren’s 22. Grigor was quite aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Talking about serving, Dimitrov scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Grigor Dimitrov was pretty effective on serve to win 84% (16/19) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Holmgren 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Bulgarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 17-14 win-loss record in 2021, 13-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karatsev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 49 | 42 |
| Pts | 170-137 | 138-103 |
| Total Points | 307 | 241 |
| Winners | 61 | 50 |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% |
Both Karatsev and Dimitrov played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aslan Karatsev surrendered 1 set, while Grigor Dimitrov lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Karatsev and Dimitrov have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Karatsev played 7 games more than Dimitrov. Aslan scored 61 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Bulgarian managed to score 50 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karatsev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 80/146 | 63/114 |
| %1st in | 55% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 61/80 | 50/63 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 40/66 | 33/51 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 65% |
Karatsev bagged 6 aces (3 per match). Dimitrov scored 3 aces (1.5 per match). Karatsev won 76% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 79% 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 | Karatsev | Dimitrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 7 |
| Converted | 8/17 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 47% | 58% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 57% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Aslan broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitrov broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. Dimitrov conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Karatsev | ||||
| R1 Delbonis |
R2 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 5-7 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| pts | 70-47 | 100-90 | 170-137 | |
| Total points | 117 | 190 | 307 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/49 | 49/97 | 80/146 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 35/49 | 61/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 71% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 28/48 | 40/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 58% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dimitrov | ||||
| R1 Fucsovics |
R2 Holmgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 7-5 | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 14 | 42 | |
| pts | 82-81 | 56-22 | 138-103 | |
| Total points | 163 | 78 | 241 | |
| Winners | 34 | 16 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 29% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/79 | 19/35 | 63/114 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 16/19 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 84% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/35 | 13/16 | 33/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 81% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/8 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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