Christian Harrison and Alexey Vatutin will square off in the 2nd round of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. 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 Christian Harrison who should win in 3 sets.
Christian Harrison -> 1.61
Alexey Vatutin -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Christian Harrison vs. Alexey Vatutin
This will be the 2nd time that Christian Harrison and Alexey Vatutin square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vatutin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Vatutin won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Germany F5 back in 1970.
Christian Harrison
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-20 | 10-11 | 0-2 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-13 | 7-5 | 9-4 | 2-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-17 | 16-11 | 10-2 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-4 | 4-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 256, Christian reached the 2nd round after defeating Aldin Setkic 2-6 7-5 7-63.
In the 1st round against Setkic, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-5 7-63).During the match, Harrison scored less points (3) than Setkic. In fact, the world no. 256 won 100 points vs Setkic’s. That means that Harrison was more focused during the important points. Christian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Harrison fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Christian Harrison lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Harrison put 63% of his first serves in, winning 62% (39/63) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (19/37) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Setkic 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Harrison has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (128-94). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Harrison has a composed 20-18 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Harrison has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger
Alexey Vatutin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39-29 | 2-1 | 26-15 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 52-32 | 0-2 | 32-16 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-27 | 5-7 | 6-8 | 12-11 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 38-39 | 8-3 | 19-20 | 11-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 31-38 | 0-1 | 15-26 | 16-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 339, the Russian reached the 2nd round after beating Nick Chappell 6-75 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Chappell, Alexey recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 6-2). During the match Vatutin scored 101 points vs Chappell’s 80. Alexey was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Vatutin struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Alexey Vatutin was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 53% (20/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Vatutin broke Chappell 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
The Russian has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Harrison | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 29 |
| Pts | 100-103 | 101-80 |
| Total Points | 203 | 181 |
| Winners | 39 | 38 |
| %Winners | 39% | 38% |
Both Harrison and Vatutin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Christian Harrison conceded 1 set, while Alexey Vatutin surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Harrison and Vatutin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Harrison played 4 games more than Vatutin. Christian scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Alexey recorded 38 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Harrison | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 63/100 | 48/86 |
| %1st in | 63% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 38/48 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 20/38 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 53% |
Harrison blasted 6 aces . Vatutin recorded 3 aces . Harrison won 62% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Vatutin won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Harrison | Vatutin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 6/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Harrison conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Russian broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Vatutin conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Harrison | |||
| R1 Setkic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 100-103 | 100-103 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/100 | 63/100 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 39/63 | 39/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/37 | 19/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
| Vatutin | |||
| R1 Chappell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 101-80 | 101-80 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 48/86 | 48/86 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/38 | 20/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Tennis Scores in Forli 1 Challenger
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Aldin SetkicSetkic (2-6 7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- Zsombor PirosPiros – Louis WesselsWessels (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Nerman FaticFatic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Jeremy JahnJahn (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Lucas CatarinaCatarina (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Matteo ViolaViola (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Lorenzo AngeliniAngelini (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Alexander RitschardRitschard (5-7 6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (7-63 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Nick ChappellChappell (6-75 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Julian LenzLenz – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexey VatutinVatutin – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund – Denis YevseyevYevseyev (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jay ClarkeClarke – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Elliot BenchetritBenchetrit (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Adrian AndreevAndreev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Evan FurnessFurness – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Luca PotenzaPotenza – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael VrbenskyVrbensky – Zsombor PirosPiros (0-0) – H2H and prediction