Steve Johnson and Stefan Kozlov will face off in the 2^nd round of the Delray Beach Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM. 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 Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.63
Stefan Kozlov -> 2.33

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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Stefan Kozlov

This will be the 4^th time that Steve Johnson and Stefan Kozlov square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Kozlov (see full H2H stats), but Johnson has a winning record of 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Kozlov won 3-6 6-1 6-1 in the 1^st round in London Queens Club back in 2017.

Steve Johnson

Ranked no. 99, Johnson reached the 2^nd round after beating Kevin Anderson 6-2 6-7⁵ 6-2.

In the 1^st round, Steve defeated Anderson (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-2). During the match, Johnson scored 96 points vs Anderson’s 77. The American was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.

Talking about the service games, Johnson bagged 9 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Steve Johnson was extremely efficient on serve to win 86% (42/49) of his 1st serve and 59% (20/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Anderson 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Johnson has a winning match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (264-215). 6-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Johnson has an aggregate 161-122 record in the last years on hard.

Johnson has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Delray Beach

Stefan Kozlov

Ranked no. 151, Stefan reached the 2^nd round after beating Go Soeda 7-5 6-2, Bjorn Fratangelo 6-3 1-0 ret. and Emilio Gomez 4-6 7-5 6-3.

In the 1^st round against Gomez, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-3). During the match Kozlov scored 108 points vs Gomez’s 93. Kozlov was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.

About the serving games, Kozlov fired 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 4 times and he saved 15 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 73% of his first serves in, winning 64% (47/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov broke Gomez 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).

The American has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Delray Beach

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2015, 2017 and 2020. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Johnson	Kozlov
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	8
Tot Games	29	61
Pts	96-77	208-169
Total Points	173	377
Winners	42	83
%Winners	44%	40%

Johnson played 1 match while Kozlov competed in 3 matches. Kozlov started his run from the qualifications while Johnson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Steve Johnson lost 1 set, while Stefan Kozlov conceded 1 set. Johnson has played 5 set(s) less than Kozlov (3 vs 8). Therefore, Johnson played 32 games less than Kozlov. The American scored 42 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan scored 83 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Johnson	Kozlov
Aces	9	9
Avg per match	9	3
1st in	49/83	122/189
%1st in	59%	65%
1st pts	42/49	83/122
%1st pts	86%	68%
2nd pts	20/34	38/67
%2nd pts	59%	57%

Johnson made 9 aces . Kozlov recorded 9 aces (3 per match). Johnson won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Johnson	Kozlov
Won	4	13
Converted	4/13	13/26
% Converted	31%	50%
Conceded	1	27
Saved	1	20
% Saved	100%	74%
Times Broken	0	7

Johnson broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kozlov broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Johnson
	R1 Anderson	Total
Score	6-2 6-75 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	29	29
pts	96-77	96-77
Total points	173	173
Winners	42	42
%Winners	44%	44%
SERVE
Aces	9	9
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	49/83	49/83
% 1st in	59%	59%
1st pts	42/49	42/49
% 1st pts	86%	86%
2nd pts	20/34	20/34
% 2nd pts	59%	59%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/13	4/13
Converted %	31%	31%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Kozlov
	Q1 Soeda	Q3 Fratangelo	R1 Gomez	Total
Score	7-5 6-2	6-3 1-0 ret.	4-6 7-5 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	3	7
Tot Games	20	10	31	61
pts	69-52	31-24	108-93	208-169
Total points	121	55	201	377
Winners	25	11	47	83
%Winners	36%	35%	44%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	0	3	9
Double Faults	6	2	2	10
1st in	33/60	16/29	73/100	122/189
% 1st in	55%	55%	73%	65%
1st pts	25/33	11/16	47/73	83/122
% 1st pts	76%	69%	64%	68%
2nd pts	11/27	9/13	18/27	38/67
% 2nd pts	41%	69%	67%	57%
Breaks
Won	6	2	5	13
Converted	6/8	2/4	5/14	13/26
Converted %	75%	50%	36%	50%
Conceded	8	0	19	27
Saved	5/8	0/0	15/19	20
Saved %	63%	–	79%	142%
Times Broken	3	0	4	7

Tennis Scores in Delray Beach

• Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Denis IstominIstomin – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-1 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Liam BroadyBroady (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
• Robert Galloway/Alex LawsonGalloway/Alex Lawson – Andre Goransson/Nathaniel LammonsGoransson/Nathaniel Lammons (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Oscar OtteOtte – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (7-6⁸ 6-3) – See score progression
• Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Denis KudlaKudla (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Kevin AndersonAnderson (6-2 6-7⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Maxime CressyCressy (6-7² 7-6² 7-6³) – See score progression
• Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Emilio GomezGomez (4-6 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Jack SockSock – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Andreas SeppiSeppi – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• John MillmanMillman – Marcos GironGiron (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack SockSock – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Oscar OtteOtte (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Denis IstominIstomin (1-1) – H2H and prediction