Aslan Karatsev and Gilles Simon will fight against each other in the quarter of the Kremlin Cup for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 8:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aslan Karatsev who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aslan Karatsev is the pick to win this match.
Aslan Karatsev -> 1.42
Gilles Simon -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Gilles Simon
There is no head to head record between Aslan Karatsev and Gilles Simon since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Aslan Karatsev
Ranked no. 22 (career-high), Karatsev got to the quarter after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Karatsev had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 6-3). During the match, Karatsev scored 63 points vs Gerasimov’s 53. Aslan was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Karatsev scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Aslan Karatsev was very efficient on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karatsev broke Gerasimov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Karatsev has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (350-221). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Karatsev has an overall 79-61 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title in in Dubai where he beat Lloyd Harris in the final 6-3 6-2.
Aslan has an overall 34-18 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Moscow
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2015. See his history.
Gilles Simon
Ranked no. 117, Gilles reached the quarter after beating Laslo Djere 6-73 7-5 6-3 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-3 6-2). During the match Simon scored 62 points vs Mcdonald’s 46. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 18 winners.
About the serving games, Simon couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gilles Simon was quite effective on serve to win 86% (18/21) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Simon broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Simon 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.
The French player has an aggregate 6-20 win-loss record in 2021, 2-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karatsev | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 51 |
| Pts | 63-53 | 180-158 |
| Total Points | 116 | 338 |
| Winners | 26 | 71 |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% |
Karatsev played 1 match while Simon competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Gilles Simon lost 1 set while Aslan Karatsev hasn’t lost a set so far. Karatsev has played 3 set(s) less than Simon (2 vs 5). Therefore, Karatsev played 32 games less than Simon. The Russian scored 26 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The French player bagged 71 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karatsev | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 92/161 |
| %1st in | 64% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 71/92 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 34/69 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 49% |
Karatsev blasted 1 ace . Simon also fired 2 aces (1 per match). Karatsev won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Simon won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Karatsev | Simon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 9/18 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 1 | 8 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Karatsev broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Karatsev quite strong on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Simon broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Karatsev | |||
| R2 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-53 | 63-53 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Simon | ||||
| R1 Djere |
R2 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 7-5 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 17 | 51 | |
| pts | 118-112 | 62-46 | 180-158 | |
| Total points | 230 | 108 | 338 | |
| Winners | 53 | 18 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 29% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 71/117 | 21/44 | 92/161 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 48% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 18/21 | 71/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 86% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/46 | 12/23 | 34/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 52% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 5/9 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 56% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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