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.

As per the initial odds, Christian Harrison is the pick to win this match.
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

Christian Harrison

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
869
High
198
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

Forli 1 Challenger
Harrison's Record

Alexey Vatutin

Alexey Vatutin

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
383
High
136
WLLWLWLWWL
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).

Forli 1 Challenger
Vatutin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Harrison
A.Vatutin
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
2h:01
2h:01
!
2h:37
2h:37
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
1
1
33
33
Games Played​
29
29
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
100
100
Total points​
101
101
100
100
Avg point​
101
101
39
39
Winners
38
38
39
39
Avg Winners​
38
38
39%
39%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
3
3
6
6
Avg Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
4
4
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4
4
39/63
39/63
1st won total​
38/48
38/48
62%
62%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
19/37
19/37
2nd won total​
20/38
20/38
51%
51%
2nd won %
53%
53%
-- Break Points --
4/8
4/8
BP won
6/9
6/9
4/8
4/8
Avg BP won
6/9
6/9
50%
50%
Won
!
67%
67%
10
10
Conceded
5
5
10
10
Avg Conceded
5
5
5
5
Broken
2
2
!
5
5
Avg Broken
2
2
5
5
Saved
3
3

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

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