Joao Sousa and Andrey Kuznetsov will clash against each other in the quarter of the Tenerife Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrey Kuznetsov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrey Kuznetsov is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.8
Joao Sousa -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Joao Sousa vs. Andrey Kuznetsov
This will be the 4th time that Joao Sousa and Andrey Kuznetsov clash against each other. The head to head is 3-0 for Kuznetsov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kuznetsov won 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the Trnava Challenger back in 2012.
Joao Sousa
Ranked no. 150, Joao reached the quarter after defeating Vladyslav Orlov 5-7 6-3 7-61 and Manuel Guinard 7-5 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Sousa had a good straight sets win against Guinard (7-5 6-0). During the match, Sousa scored 68 points vs Guinard’s 45. The Portuguese was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sousa scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Joao Sousa lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Sousa put 67% of his first serves in, winning 72% (26/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (8/18) on the 2nd serve. Joao broke Guinard 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sousa started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Sousa has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (312-297). 11-8 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sousa has a composed 81-96 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Portuguese’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Brest Challenger.
The Portuguese has a composed 24-28 win-loss record in 2021, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tenerife Challenger
Joao has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrey Kuznetsov
Ranked no. 281, the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-2 and Quentin Halys 6-3 7-66.
In the 2nd round, Andrey had a good straight sets win against Halys (6-3 7-66). During the match Kuznetsov scored 77 points vs Halys’s 67. Kuznetsov was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kuznetsov struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Andrey Kuznetsov was very efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kuznetsov broke Halys 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Nur-Sultan 4 Challenger where he overcame Jason Murray Kubler in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..
Kuznetsov has an aggregate 35-19 win-loss record in 2021, 13-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sousa | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 40 |
| Pts | 189-153 | 144-117 |
| Total Points | 342 | 261 |
| Winners | 70 | 51 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Sousa and Kuznetsov played 2 matches. At the moment, Joao Sousa conceded 1 set while Andrey Kuznetsov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sousa has played 1 set more than Kuznetsov (5 vs 4). Therefore, Sousa played 12 games more than Kuznetsov. Joao scored 70 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Andrey bagged 51 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sousa | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 101/167 | 70/127 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 70/101 | 51/70 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 32/66 | 33/57 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Sousa managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kuznetsov also recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Sousa won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsov won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sousa | Kuznetsov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/27 | 8/14 |
| % Converted | 41% | 57% |
| Conceded | 17 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 59% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 3 |
Joao broke his opponents 11 times with a 41% conversion rate. Joao conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Andrey broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Kuznetsov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sousa | ||||
| R1 Orlov |
R2 Guinard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 7-61 | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 18 | 52 | |
| pts | 121-108 | 68-45 | 189-153 | |
| Total points | 229 | 113 | 342 | |
| Winners | 44 | 26 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/113 | 36/54 | 101/167 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 67% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/65 | 26/36 | 70/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 72% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/48 | 8/18 | 32/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 44% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 6/10 | 11/27 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 60% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 4 | 17 | |
| Saved | 8/13 | 2/4 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 62% | 50% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Kuznetsov | ||||
| R1 Cristian |
R2 Halys |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 67-50 | 77-67 | 144-117 | |
| Total points | 117 | 144 | 261 | |
| Winners | 19 | 32 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 42% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 31/61 | 39/66 | 70/127 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 59% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/31 | 32/39 | 51/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 82% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 15/27 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 0/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 0% | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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