Radu Albot and Sergiy Stakhovsky will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Pau Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 2:00 pm on CENTRAL. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.51
Sergiy Stakhovsky -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky
This will be the 3rd time that Radu Albot and Sergiy Stakhovsky play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Albot (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Albot won 7-5 6-4 in the 1st round in Budapest back in 2019.
Radu Albot
Ranked no. 137, Albot reached the semifinal after beating Constant Lestienne 6-2 4-6 6-2, Georgii Kravchenko 7-62 6-4 and Feliciano Lopez 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Albot had a good straight sets win against Lopez (6-3 7-65). During the match, Albot scored 74 points vs Lopez’s 62. Albot was very aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Radu Albot was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (42/51) of his 1st serve and 60% (6/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Moldovan broke Lopez twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Radu started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.
Albot has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (382-288). 10-5 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has a composed 70-60 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Moldovan’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Singapore.
Albot has an aggregate 19-26 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Radu has never competed in this tournament before.
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ranked no. 233, the Ukrainian reached the semifinal after beating Dennis Novak 6-3 6-1, Dan Added 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Norbert Gombos 6-4 1-6 7-65.
In the quarter, Stakhovsky defeated Gombos (6-4 1-6 7-65).-92) than Gombos. In fact, the world no. 137 won 92 points vs Gombos’s. That means that Stakhovsky was more focused during the important points. The Ukrainian was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Stakhovsky made 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sergiy Stakhovsky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Stakhovsky put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (33/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (23/34) on the 2nd serve. Sergiy broke Gombos twice after converting 20% of his break points (2/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sergiy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Porto Challenger.
Stakhovsky has an aggregate 25-21 win-loss record in 2021, 8-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pau Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 71 | 76 |
| Pts | 244-197 | 249-224 |
| Total Points | 441 | 473 |
| Winners | 110 | 103 |
| %Winners | 45% | 41% |
Both Albot and Stakhovsky played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot conceded 1 set, while Sergiy Stakhovsky conceded 2 sets. Albot has played 1 set(s) less than Stakhovsky (7 vs 8). Therefore, Albot played 5 games less than Stakhovsky. Radu scored 110 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Stakhovsky struck 103 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 143/209 | 148/245 |
| %1st in | 68% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 110/143 | 103/148 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 42/66 | 52/97 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 54% |
Albot recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Stakhovsky made 16 aces (5.3 per match). Albot won 77% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Stakhovsky won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Stakhovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/19 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 47% | 43% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 63% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 8 |
Albot broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Albot surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Stakhovsky broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Stakhovsky conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Albot | |||||
| R1 Lestienne |
R2 Kravchenko |
1/4 Lopez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 7-62 6-4 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 23 | 22 | 71 | |
| pts | 93-70 | 77-65 | 74-62 | 244-197 | |
| Total points | 163 | 142 | 136 | 441 | |
| Winners | 35 | 33 | 42 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 57% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/77 | 44/71 | 51/61 | 143/209 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | 84% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 33/44 | 42/51 | 110/143 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 75% | 82% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 18/27 | 6/10 | 42/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 67% | 60% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 2/5 | 2/6 | 9/19 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 40% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 50% | 100% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Stakhovsky | |||||
| R1 Novak |
R2 Added |
1/4 Gombos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 1-6 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 30 | 76 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 89-83 | 92-93 | 249-224 | |
| Total points | 116 | 172 | 185 | 473 | |
| Winners | 28 | 42 | 33 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 47% | 36% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 8 | 7 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 38/63 | 59/97 | 51/85 | 148/245 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/38 | 42/59 | 33/51 | 103/148 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 71% | 65% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 15/38 | 23/34 | 52/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 39% | 68% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 6/9 | 2/10 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 67% | 20% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 6/11 | 1/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 55% | 25% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Head 2 Head
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