Stefan Kozlov and Dominic Stephan Stricker will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.55
Dominic Stephan Stricker -> 2.45
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Prediction and head to head Stefan Kozlov vs. Dominic Stephan Stricker
There is no head to head record between Stefan Kozlov and Dominic Stephan Stricker since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-18 | 16-9 | 17-8 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, Kozlov reached the 2nd round after beating Alexander Bernard 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round, Stefan had a good straight sets win against Bernard (6-2 6-1). During the match, Kozlov scored 57 points vs Bernard’s 36. The American was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kozlov recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 63% (24/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Stefan broke Bernard 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Kozlov has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (270-189). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kozlov has a composed 64-32 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kozlov has an aggregate 2-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Dominic Stephan Stricker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241 (career-high), Dominic reached the 2nd round after beating Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-73 7-60.
In the 1st round, The Swiss defeated Sandgren (6-4 6-73 7-60). During the match Stephan scored 110 points vs Sandgren’s 102. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Stephan blasted 14 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Dominic Stephan Stricker was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (51/60) of his 1st serve and 59% (29/49) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Swiss broke Sandgren once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Dominic has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kozlov | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 36 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 110-102 |
| Total Points | 93 | 212 |
| Winners | 24 | 51 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Kozlov and Stephan played 1 match. At the moment, Dominic Stephan Stricker conceded 1 set while Stefan Kozlov hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kozlov has played 1 set(s) less than Stephan (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kozlov played 21 games less than Stephan. The American scored 24 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Dominic scored 51 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kozlov | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 14 |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 60/109 |
| %1st in | 70% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 51/60 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 29/49 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 59% |
Kozlov struck 2 aces . Stephan fired 14 aces . Kozlov won 63% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Stephan won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kozlov | Stephan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 1/3 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 |
| Saved | 5 | 1 |
| % Saved | 83% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Stefan broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. The Swiss was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Kozlov | |||
| R1 Bernard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/54 | 38/54 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Stephan | |||
| R1 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 7-60 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 110-102 | 110-102 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 60/109 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 51/60 | 51/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 29/49 | 29/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jack AnthropAnthrop (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (2-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Jason JungJung (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Nicolas MejiaMejia (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Brayden SchnurSchnur (6-4 5-7 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (7-5 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 6-73 7-60) – See score progression
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-66 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Tung-Lin WuWu (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Christopher EubanksEubanks (7-67 6-74 6-4) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Alexander BernardBernard (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jack SockSock – Go SoedaSoeda (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Jeff WolfWolf (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicola KuhnKuhn – Emilio GomezGomez (0-2) – H2H and prediction
