Sebastian Korda and Botic Van De Zandschulp will play each other in the 2nd round of the St. Petersburg Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.88
Sebastian Korda -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Korda and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Korda
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Sebastian reached the 2nd round after defeating Nino Serdarusic 7-62 7-5.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Serdarusic (7-62 7-5). During the match, Korda scored 83 points vs Serdarusic’s 69. Korda was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Korda scored 11 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Sebastian Korda was extremely efficient on serve to win 83% (44/53) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Korda broke Serdarusic once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).
Korda has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (145-96). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Korda has a composed17-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Quimper Challenger where he beat Filip Horansky in the final 6-1 6-1 and in in Parma where he defeated Marco Cecchinato in the final 6-2 6-4.
The American has a compiled 30-17 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in St. Petersburg
Korda has never competed in this tournament before.
Botic Van De Zandschulp
Ranked no. 69, the Dutch reached the 2nd round after beating Marc Polmans 6-6 ret., Evgeny Donskoy 5-7 6-3 6-2 and Yoshihito Nishioka 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Nishioka (6-2 6-2). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 62 points vs Nishioka’s 43. Botic was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 69% of his first serves in, winning 74% (26/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (7/16) on the 2nd serve. Botic broke Nishioka 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Botic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Amersfoort Challenger.
The Dutch has an overall 49-21 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Korda | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 57 |
| Pts | 83-69 | 207-165 |
| Total Points | 152 | 372 |
| Winners | 44 | 92 |
| %Winners | 53% | 44% |
Korda played 1 match while Van De Zandschulp competed in 3 matches. Van De Zandschulp started his run from the qualifications while Korda had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Botic Van De Zandschulp surrendered 1 set while Sebastian Korda hasn’t lost a set so far. Korda has played 5 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (2 vs 7). Therefore, Korda played 32 games less than Van De Zandschulp. Sebastian scored 44 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Van De Zandschulp fired 92 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Korda | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 5 |
| 1st in | 53/69 | 119/177 |
| %1st in | 77% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 92/119 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 26/58 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 45% |
Korda scored 11 aces . Van De Zandschulp managed to score 15 aces (5 per match). Korda won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Korda | Van De Zandschulp |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 11 |
| Converted | 1/7 | 11/22 |
| % Converted | 14% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 14 |
| Saved | 0 | 10 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Korda broke his opponent once with a 14% conversion rate. Korda pretty effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Dutch broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Korda | |||
| R1 Serdarusic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 83-69 | 83-69 | |
| Total points | 152 | 152 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/69 | 53/69 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 44/53 | 44/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 1/7 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 14% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van De Zandschulp | |||||
| Q1 Polmans | Q3 Donskoy | R1 Nishioka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-6 ret. | 5-7 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 29 | 16 | 57 | |
| pts | 46-45 | 99-77 | 62-43 | 207-165 | |
| Total points | 91 | 176 | 105 | 372 | |
| Winners | 20 | 46 | 26 | 92 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 9 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 52/78 | 35/51 | 119/177 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 20/32 | 46/52 | 26/35 | 92/119 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 88% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 13/26 | 7/16 | 26/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 50% | 44% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 5/6 | 1/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 50% | 200% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
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- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Pablo AndujarAndujar (2-6 6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
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