Feliciano Lopez and Andrey Kuznetsov will play each other in the semifinal of the Tenerife Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. 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 Andrey Kuznetsov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Andrey Kuznetsov is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Kuznetsov -> 1.76
Feliciano Lopez -> 2.06

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Prediction and head to head Feliciano Lopez vs. Andrey Kuznetsov

This will be the 4th time that Feliciano Lopez and Andrey Kuznetsov face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Lopez (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Lopez won 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-2 in the 1st round in at the U.S. Open back in 2017.

Feliciano Lopez

Ranked no. 104, Feliciano reached the semifinal after beating Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 1-6 6-4, Frederico Ferreira Silva 7-63 6-3 and Ryan Peniston 6-2 6-75 6-1.

In the quarter, Feliciano defeated Peniston (6-2 6-75 6-1). During the match, Lopez scored 98 points vs Peniston’s 77. Lopez was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.

Talking about the service games, Lopez fired 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Feliciano Lopez was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (35/45) of his 1st serve and 63% (24/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Feliciano broke Peniston 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.

Lopez has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (249-226). 9-12 on hard in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lopez has a compiled 108-101 match record in the last years on hard.

Feliciano has a composed 16-24 win-loss record in 2021, 9-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Tenerife Challenger

The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.

Tenerife Challenger
Lopez's Record

Andrey Kuznetsov

Ranked no. 281, the Russian reached the semifinal after beating Filip Cristian Jianu 6-4 6-2, Quentin Halys 6-3 7-66 and Joao Sousa 7-66 6-3.

In the quarter, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sousa (7-66 6-3). During the match Kuznetsov scored 73 points vs Sousa’s 67. Kuznetsov was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about serving, Kuznetsov managed to score 9 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Andrey Kuznetsov lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuznetsov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sousa 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).

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 competition to win 54% of the points he played.

His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Nur-Sultan 4 Challenger where he defeated Jason Murray Kubler in the final 6-3 2-1 ret..

Kuznetsov has a compiled 36-19 win-loss record in 2021, 14-4 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Tenerife Challenger
Kuznetsov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

F.Lopez
A.Kuznetsov
5h:48
5h:48
Time on court​
4h:31
4h:31
!
2h:13
2h:13
Last match​
1h:38
1h:38
3
3
Match played
3
3
77
77
Games Played​
62
62
8
8
Set played​​
6
6
257
257
Total points​
217
217
85.7
85.7
Avg point​
72.3
72.3
106
106
Winners
81
81
35.3
35.3
Avg Winners​
27
27
41%
41%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
39
39
Aces
17
17
!
13
13
Avg Aces
5.7
5.7
11
11
Double Faults
6
6
3.7
3.7
Avg Double Faults
2
2
106/134
106/134
1st won total​
81/113
81/113
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
62/114
62/114
2nd won total​
47/84
47/84
54%
54%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
9/21
9/21
BP won
11/19
11/19
3/7
3/7
Avg BP won
3.7/6.3
3.7/6.3
43%
43%
Won
!
58%
58%
14
14
Conceded
14
14
4.7
4.7
Avg Conceded
4.7
4.7
4
4
Broken
4
4
1.3
1.3
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
10
10
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Lopez Kuznetsov
Match played 3 3
Tot Set 8 6
Tot Games 77 62
Pts 257-229 217-184
Total Points 486 401
Winners 106 81
%Winners 41% 37%

Both Lopez and Kuznetsov played 3 matches. At the moment, Feliciano Lopez conceded 2 sets while Andrey Kuznetsov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Lopez has played 2 sets more than Kuznetsov (8 vs 6). Therefore, Lopez played 15 games more than Kuznetsov. The Spaniard scored 106 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian bagged 81 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Lopez Kuznetsov
Aces 39 17
Avg per match 13 5.7
1st in 134/248 113/197
%1st in 54% 57%
1st pts 106/134 81/113
%1st pts 79% 72%
2nd pts 62/114 47/84
%2nd pts 54% 56%

Lopez struck 39 aces (13 per match). Kuznetsov scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Lopez won 79% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kuznetsov won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Lopez Kuznetsov
Won 9 11
Converted 9/21 11/19
% Converted 43% 58%
Conceded 14 14
Saved 10 10
% Saved 71% 71%
Times Broken 4 4

The Spaniard broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. Feliciano dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Kuznetsov broke his opponents 11 times with a 58% conversion rate. Kuznetsov conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Lopez
R1
Svrcina		 R2
Ferreira Silva		 1/4
Peniston		 Total
Score 6-4 1-6 6-4 7-63 6-3 6-2 6-75 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 3 8
Tot Games 27 22 28 77
pts 86-90 73-62 98-77 257-229
Total points 176 135 175 486
Winners 43 28 35 106
%Winners 50% 38% 36% 41%
SERVE
Aces 16 14 9 39
Double Faults 5 3 3 11
1st in 56/95 33/70 45/83 134/248
% 1st in 59% 47% 54% 54%
1st pts 43/56 28/33 35/45 106/134
% 1st pts 77% 85% 78% 79%
2nd pts 15/39 23/37 24/38 62/114
% 2nd pts 38% 62% 63% 54%
Breaks
Won 3 1 5 9
Converted 3/8 1/2 5/11 9/21
Converted % 38% 50% 45% 43%
Conceded 8 2 4 14
Saved 5/8 2/2 3/4 10
Saved % 63% 100% 75% 79%
Times Broken 3 0 1 4
Kuznetsov
R1
Cristian		 R2
Halys		 1/4
Sousa		 Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-3 7-66 7-66 6-3
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 18 22 22 62
pts 67-50 77-67 73-67 217-184
Total points 117 144 140 401
Winners 19 32 30 81
%Winners 28% 42% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 5 3 9 17
Double Faults 2 4 0 6
1st in 31/61 39/66 43/70 113/197
% 1st in 51% 59% 61% 57%
1st pts 19/31 32/39 30/43 81/113
% 1st pts 61% 82% 70% 72%
2nd pts 18/30 15/27 14/27 47/84
% 2nd pts 60% 56% 52% 56%
Breaks
Won 5 3 3 11
Converted 5/8 3/6 3/5 11/19
Converted % 63% 50% 60% 58%
Conceded 7 1 6 14
Saved 5/7 0/1 5/6 10
Saved % 71% 0% 83% 51%
Times Broken 2 1 1 4

Tennis Scores in Tenerife Challenger

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