Alex Lawson and N.Sriram Balaji will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Alicante Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on PISTA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is N.Sriram Balaji who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, N.Sriram Balaji is the pick to win this match.
N.Sriram Balaji -> 1.37
Alex Lawson -> 2.99

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Prediction and head to head Alex Lawson vs. N.Sriram Balaji

There is no head to head record between Alex Lawson and N.Sriram Balaji since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Alex Lawson

Currently unranked, Alex reached the qualifications after beating Maxime Hamou 6-3 6-0.

In the qualifications, Lawson had a good straight sets win against Hamou (6-3 6-0). During the match, Lawson scored 62 points vs Hamou’s 39. Lawson was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lawson fired 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Lawson was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Hamou 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Lawson has a negative win-loss record in the last 2 years having won 26% of his matches (6-17). 1-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Lawson has an aggregate2-6 win-loss record in the last 2 years on hard.

Alex has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Alicante Challenger

The American has never competed in this tournament before.

Alicante Challenger
Lawson's Record

N.Sriram Balaji

Currently unranked, will start his run in the Alicante Challenger after he played his last match in the Alicante Challenger where he defeated 7-6(5) 7-6(4) to Moreno De Alboran in the qualifications on the 10th of October.

The Indian has an overall 0-1 win-loss record in 2021, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the year on hard.

In terms of his career, The Indian has an overall 142-103 record. He has a positive 106-79 record on hard.

Alicante Challenger
Balaji's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Lawson
N.Balaji
0h:47
0h:47
Time on court​
!
1h:39
1h:39
!
0h:47
0h:47
Last match​
1h:39
1h:39
1
1
Match played
1
1
15
15
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
62
62
Total points​
84
84
62
62
Avg point​
84
84
26
26
Winners
41
41
26
26
Avg Winners​
41
41
42%
42%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
15
15
4
4
Avg Aces
!
15
15
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
26/33
26/33
1st won total​
41/48
41/48
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
9/15
9/15
2nd won total​
19/28
19/28
60%
60%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
4/7
4/7
BP won
0/1
0/1
4/7
4/7
Avg BP won
0/1
0/1
!
57%
57%
Won
!
0%
0%
0
0
Conceded
0
0
0
0
Avg Conceded
0
0
0
0
Broken
0
0
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
0
0
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lawson Balaji
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 26
Pts 62-39 84-73
Total Points 101 157
Winners 26 41
%Winners 42% 49%

Both Lawson and Balaji played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Lawson and Balaji have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Lawson played 11 games less than Balaji. Lawson scored 26 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian scored 41 winners (49%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lawson Balaji
Aces 4 15
Avg per match 4 15
1st in 33/48 48/76
%1st in 69% 63%
1st pts 26/33 41/48
%1st pts 79% 85%
2nd pts 9/15 19/28
%2nd pts 60% 68%

Lawson bagged 4 aces . Balaji fired 15 aces . Lawson won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Balaji won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lawson Balaji
Won 4 0
Converted 4/7 0/1
% Converted 57% 0%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0 0
% Saved NAN% NAN%
Times Broken 0 0

The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. On the other side, The Indian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Balaji was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point.

Lawson
Q1
Hamou		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 15 15
pts 62-39 62-39
Total points 101 101
Winners 26 26
%Winners 42% 42%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 33/48 33/48
% 1st in 69% 69%
1st pts 26/33 26/33
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 9/15 9/15
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/7 4/7
Converted % 57% 57%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Balaji
Total
Score
Tot Set 0
Tot Games 0
pts 0-0
Total points 0
Winners 0
%Winners –
SERVE
Aces 0
Double Faults 0
1st in 0/0
% 1st in NAN%
1st pts 0/0
% 1st pts NAN%
2nd pts 0/0
% 2nd pts NAN%
Breaks
Won 0
Converted 0/0
Converted % NAN%
Conceded 0
Saved 0
Saved % 0%
Times Broken 0

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