Mikael Torpegaard and Evan Furness will play each other in the 2nd round of the Forli 4 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on CITTA’ DI FORLI’. 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 Evan Furness who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Evan Furness is the pick to win this match.
Evan Furness -> 1.57
Mikael Torpegaard -> 2.4
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Prediction and head to head Mikael Torpegaard vs. Evan Furness
There is no head to head record between Mikael Torpegaard and Evan Furness since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Mikael Torpegaard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8-15 | 0-3 | 4-6 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-23 | 6-12 | 3-4 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 3-2 | 0-1 | 10-3 | 0-0 | 0-2 |
| 2019 | 34-23 | 10-9 | 3-5 | 20-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 22-12 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, the Dane got to the 2nd round after beating Gian Marco Moroni 7-64 2-6 7-66.
In the 1st round, Mikael defeated Marco Moroni (7-64 2-6 7-66).During the match, Torpegaard scored less points (4) than Marco Moroni. In fact, the world no. 268 won 121 points vs Marco Moroni’s. That means that Torpegaard was more focused during the important points. Torpegaard was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Torpegaard made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mikael Torpegaard lost the serve 7 times and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Torpegaard put 60% of his first serves in, winning 62% (44/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (20/48) on the 2nd serve. Torpegaard broke Marco Moroni 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
Torpegaard has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (139-93). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Torpegaard has an aggregate52-29 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Torpegaard has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 4 Challenger
The Dane has never competed in this tournament before.
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 3-2 | 8-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 301, Furness reached the 2nd round after defeating Jelle Sels 6-4 7-65, Alexander Ritschard 3-6 6-3 6-4 and Antoine Hoang 7-65 7-64.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Hoang (7-65 7-64). During the match Furness scored 91 points vs Hoang’s 83. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Furness bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan Furness lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (40/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (11/29) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Hoang 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Furness has a compiled 11-6 win-loss record in 2022, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Torpegaard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 77 |
| Pts | 121-125 | 241-232 |
| Total Points | 246 | 473 |
| Winners | 44 | 120 |
| %Winners | 36% | 50% |
Torpegaard played 1 match while Furness competed in 3 matches. Furness started his run from the qualifications while Torpegaard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mikael Torpegaard dropped 1 set, while Evan Furness lost 1 set. Torpegaard has played 4 set(s) less than Furness (3 vs 7). Therefore, Torpegaard played 43 games less than Furness. Torpegaard scored 44 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 120 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Torpegaard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 71/119 | 154/234 |
| %1st in | 60% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 44/71 | 120/154 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 39/80 |
| %2nd pts | 42% | 49% |
Torpegaard struck 6 aces . Furness recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Torpegaard won 62% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 42% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Torpegaard | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/16 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 31% | 50% |
| Conceded | 17 | 16 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 59% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 5 |
Mikael broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 59% of the break points that he conceded. Furness broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Furness conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Torpegaard | |||
| R1 Marco Moroni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 121-125 | 121-125 | |
| Total points | 246 | 246 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 71/119 | 71/119 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/71 | 44/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/48 | 20/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 17 | |
| Saved | 10/17 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 59% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
| Furness | |||||
| Q1 Sels |
Q3 Ritschard |
R1 Hoang |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-65 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 | 26 | 77 | |
| pts | 64-64 | 86-85 | 91-83 | 241-232 | |
| Total points | 128 | 171 | 174 | 473 | |
| Winners | 35 | 45 | 40 | 120 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 52% | 44% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 48/67 | 52/84 | 54/83 | 154/234 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 62% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/48 | 45/52 | 40/54 | 120/154 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 87% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/19 | 14/32 | 11/29 | 39/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 44% | 38% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 2/5 | 4/8 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 40% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/5 | 5/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 56% | 236% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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