Richard Berankis and Pavel Kotov will play each other in the qualifications of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Richard Berankis who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Richard Berankis is the pick to win this match.
Richard Berankis -> 1.79
Pavel Kotov -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Richard Berankis vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Richard Berankis and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Richard Berankis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 98, Berankis reached the qualifications after beating Carlos Gomez-Herrera 6-3 4-6 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Lithuanian defeated Gomez-Herrera (6-3 4-6 7-5). During the match, Berankis scored 111 points vs Gomez-Herrera’s 97. Berankis was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Berankis fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Richard Berankis lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Berankis put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. The Lithuanian broke Gomez-Herrera 5 times after converting 28% of his break points (5/18).
Berankis has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (291-212). 5-3 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Berankis has an overall 116-93 match record in the last years on hard.
Berankis has an overall 5-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-8 | 4-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 181 (career-high), Kotov reached the qualifications after defeating Egor Gerasimov 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Pavel had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-4 7-5). During the match Kotov scored 90 points vs Gerasimov’s 75. Kotov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (13/28) on the 2nd serve. Kotov broke Gerasimov 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kotov’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Forli 3 Challenger.
Pavel has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Berankis | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 |
| Pts | 111-97 | 90-75 |
| Total Points | 208 | 165 |
| Winners | 39 | 31 |
| %Winners | 35% | 34% |
Both Berankis and Kotov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Richard Berankis surrendered 1 set while Pavel Kotov hasn’t dropped a set so far. Berankis has played 1 set more than Kotov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Berankis played 9 games more than Kotov. Berankis scored 39 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Pavel blasted 31 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Berankis | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 44/72 |
| %1st in | 67% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 31/44 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 13/28 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 46% |
Berankis bagged 6 aces . Kotov struck 2 aces . Berankis won 67% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Berankis | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 28% | 42% |
| Conceded | 9 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Richard broke his opponent 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Richard dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Pavel broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Berankis | |||
| Q1 Gomez-Herrera |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 111-97 | 111-97 | |
| Total points | 208 | 208 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 58/86 | 58/86 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 39/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kotov | |||
| Q1 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 90-75 | 90-75 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 31/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/28 | 13/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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