Milos Karol and Alexander Shevchenko will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Bratislava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexander Shevchenko who should win in 2 sets.
Alexander Shevchenko -> 1.37
Milos Karol -> 2.99
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Prediction and head to head Milos Karol vs. Alexander Shevchenko
There is no head to head record between Milos Karol and Alexander Shevchenko since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Milos Karol
Currently unranked, Karol reached the qualifications after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-1 7-62.
In the qualifications, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-1 7-62). During the match, Karol scored 63 points vs Kirkin’s 47. The Slovakian was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Karol struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Milos Karol was pretty efficient on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Karol broke Kirkin twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Karol has a winning win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 53% of his matches (19-17). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karol has a composed8-5 record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
Milos’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Poprad.
The Slovakian has an overall 17-14 win-loss record in 2021, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Karol has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Shevchenko
Ranked no. 358, Alexander got to the qualifications after defeating Alexandar Lazarov 4-6 7-5 6-3.
In the qualifications against Lazarov, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Shevchenko scored 99 points vs Lazarov’s 96. Alexander was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Shevchenko blasted 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Alexander Shevchenko was pretty efficient on serve to win 72% (46/64) of his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Alexander broke Lazarov 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Alexander’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Antalya,M15 Tbilisi,M15 Shymkent and M25 Velenje.
Shevchenko has an overall 44-24 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Karol | Shevchenko |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 20 | 31 |
Pts | 63-47 | 99-96 |
Total Points | 110 | 195 |
Winners | 30 | 46 |
%Winners | 48% | 46% |
Both Karol and Shevchenko played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Alexander Shevchenko dropped 1 set while Milos Karol hasn’t conceded a set so far. Karol has played 1 set(s) less than Shevchenko (2 vs 3). Therefore, Karol played 11 games less than Shevchenko. Milos scored 30 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Shevchenko bagged 46 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Karol | Shevchenko |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 7 |
Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
1st in | 33/55 | 64/108 |
%1st in | 60% | 59% |
1st pts | 30/33 | 46/64 |
%1st pts | 91% | 72% |
2nd pts | 14/22 | 25/44 |
%2nd pts | 64% | 57% |
Karol bagged 7 aces . Shevchenko recorded 7 aces . Karol won 91% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Shevchenko won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Karol | Shevchenko |
---|---|---|
Won | 2 | 3 |
Converted | 2/7 | 3/4 |
% Converted | 29% | 75% |
Conceded | 0 | 12 |
Saved | 0 | 10 |
% Saved | NAN% | 83% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Slovakian broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Karol pretty solid on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Russian broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
Karol | |||
Q1 Kirkin | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-1 7-62 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
pts | 63-47 | 63-47 | |
Total points | 110 | 110 | |
Winners | 30 | 30 | |
%Winners | 48% | 48% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 33/55 | 33/55 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 30/33 | 30/33 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
2nd pts | 14/22 | 14/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 2 | 2 | |
Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Shevchenko | |||
Q1 Lazarov | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 4-6 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
pts | 99-96 | 99-96 | |
Total points | 195 | 195 | |
Winners | 46 | 46 | |
%Winners | 46% | 46% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 7 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 64/108 | 64/108 | |
% 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
1st pts | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
% 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
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