Bjorn Fratangelo and Gijs Brouwer will face off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bjorn Fratangelo who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bjorn Fratangelo is the pick to win this match.
Bjorn Fratangelo -> 1.47
Gijs Brouwer -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Bjorn Fratangelo vs. Gijs Brouwer
There is no head to head record between Bjorn Fratangelo and Gijs Brouwer since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Bjorn Fratangelo
Ranked no. 171, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Yosuke Watanuki 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Watanuki (6-4 7-65). During the match, Fratangelo scored 84 points vs Watanuki’s 79. Bjorn was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fratangelo scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bjorn Fratangelo was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Fratangelo broke Watanuki once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Fratangelo has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (367-230). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fratangelo has a compiled 35-19 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title in the Cleveland Challenger where he overcame Jenson Brooksby in the final 7-5 6-4.
Fratangelo has an overall 31-19 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2018. See his history.
Gijs Brouwer
Ranked no. 413, Brouwer reached the 2nd round after beating Govind Nanda 6-3 7-66, Alexis Galarneau 6-3 6-2 and Jc Aragone 5-7 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Aragone, Brouwer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 7-5). During the match Brouwer scored 102 points vs Aragone’s 91. Brouwer was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Brouwer struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Brouwer put 77% of his first serves in, winning 70% (51/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (14/22) on the 2nd serve. Gijs broke Aragone 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Dutch’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Trimbach and M25 Champaign.
The Dutch has a compiled 44-21 win-loss record in 2021, 18-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fratangelo | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 71 |
| Pts | 84-79 | 245-206 |
| Total Points | 163 | 451 |
| Winners | 40 | 111 |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% |
Fratangelo played 1 match while Brouwer competed in 3 matches. Brouwer started his run from the qualifications while Fratangelo had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Gijs Brouwer surrendered 1 set while Bjorn Fratangelo hasn’t lost a set so far. Fratangelo has played 5 set(s) less than Brouwer (2 vs 7). Therefore, Fratangelo played 48 games less than Brouwer. The American scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Gijs bagged 111 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fratangelo | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 54/74 | 157/227 |
| %1st in | 73% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 111/157 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 39/70 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 56% |
Fratangelo bagged 7 aces . Brouwer made 20 aces (6.7 per match). Fratangelo won 74% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Brouwer won 71% of the points on 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 | Fratangelo | Brouwer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 12 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 17% | 52% |
| Conceded | 4 | 14 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
Bjorn broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Bjorn extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 4 break points. Brouwer broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. Brouwer conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fratangelo | |||
| R1 Watanuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 84-79 | 84-79 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 54/74 | 54/74 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Brouwer | |||||
| Q1 Nanda |
Q3 Galarneau |
R1 Aragone |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-66 | 6-3 6-2 | 5-7 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 32 | 71 | |
| pts | 77-64 | 66-51 | 102-91 | 245-206 | |
| Total points | 141 | 117 | 193 | 451 | |
| Winners | 33 | 27 | 51 | 111 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% | 50% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/76 | 37/56 | 73/95 | 157/227 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 66% | 77% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 27/37 | 51/73 | 111/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 73% | 70% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/29 | 8/19 | 14/22 | 39/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 42% | 64% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/8 | 4/10 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 63% | 40% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 5/6 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 83% | 50% | 183% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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