Stefan Kozlov and Aidan Mchugh will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Stefan Kozlov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.31
Aidan Mchugh -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Aidan Mchugh
This will be the 2nd time that Stefan Kozlov and Aidan Mchugh face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Kozlov won 6-2 5-7 7-6(13) in the 2nd round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in October 2021.
Stefan Kozlov
Ranked no. 188, Kozlov reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kozlov defeated Vukic (6-3 4-6 7-5). During the match, Kozlov scored 96 points vs Vukic’s 92. Stefan was pretty aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kozlov blasted 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 59% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (23/39) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov broke Vukic 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kozlov has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (272-191). 11-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kozlov has a compiled 58-31 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Columbus Challenger where he beat Max Purcell in the final 4-6 6-2 6-4 and in the Charlottesville Challenger where he beat Aleksandar Vukic in the final 6-2 6-3.
The American has a composed 36-14 win-loss record in 2021, 11-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2016. See his history.
Aidan Mchugh
Ranked no. 358 (career-high), the Brit got to the 2nd round after defeating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 7-60, Rinky Hijikata 7-5 6-72 6-3 and Dmitry Popko 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Mchugh had a good straight sets win against Popko (6-4 7-5). During the match Mchugh scored 82 points vs Popko’s 64. Mchugh was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Mchugh scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Aidan Mchugh was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (31/42) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Mchugh broke Popko 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
The Brit’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Indore,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Decatur and M25+H Rodez.
Mchugh has a composed 51-26 win-loss record in 2021, 9-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kozlov | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 78 |
| Pts | 96-92 | 271-218 |
| Total Points | 188 | 489 |
| Winners | 40 | 120 |
| %Winners | 42% | 44% |
Kozlov played 1 match while Mchugh competed in 3 matches. Mchugh started his run from the qualifications while Kozlov had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Stefan Kozlov conceded 1 set, while Aidan Mchugh conceded 1 set. Kozlov has played 4 set(s) less than Mchugh (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kozlov played 47 games less than Mchugh. Kozlov scored 40 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mchugh managed to score 120 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kozlov | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 162/228 |
| %1st in | 59% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 120/162 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 42/66 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 64% |
Kozlov scored 4 aces . Mchugh recorded 16 aces (5.3 per match). Kozlov won 70% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Mchugh won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kozlov | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 9 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 9/31 |
| % Converted | 50% | 29% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Stefan broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kozlov conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Mchugh broke his opponents 9 times with a 29% conversion rate. Mchugh conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kozlov | |||
| R1 Vukic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 96-92 | 96-92 | |
| Total points | 188 | 188 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 57/96 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mchugh | |||||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Q3 Hijikata |
R1 Popko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-60 | 7-5 6-72 6-3 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 | 22 | 78 | |
| pts | 75-58 | 114-96 | 82-64 | 271-218 | |
| Total points | 133 | 210 | 146 | 489 | |
| Winners | 36 | 53 | 31 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% | 38% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 47/71 | 73/97 | 42/60 | 162/228 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 75% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 36/47 | 53/73 | 31/42 | 120/162 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 73% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | 10/18 | 42/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | 56% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 4/14 | 4/14 | 9/31 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 29% | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 60% | 110% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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