Fernando Verdasco and Pavel Kotov will face off in the qualifications of the Grand Prix Hassan II for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.31
Pavel Kotov -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Pavel Kotov
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Pavel Kotov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, Fernando had a good straight sets win against Nedovesov (6-4 6-2). During the match, Verdasco scored 59 points vs Nedovesov’s 40. Fernando was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Verdasco scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Fernando Verdasco was exceptionally effective on serve to win 79% (26/33) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Spaniard broke Nedovesov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Verdasco has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (228-211). 7-5 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has a compiled 92-74 match record in the last years on clay.
The Spaniard’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Fernando has an overall 16-8 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Marrakech
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 6-8 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 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. 177, Pavel reached the qualifications after defeating Rafael Matos 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Matos (6-4 6-1). During the match Kotov scored 66 points vs Matos’s 44. Kotov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kotov fired 5 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Pavel Kotov lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 74% of his first serves in, winning 77% (30/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Matos 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Russian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Forli 3 Challenger.
The Russian has an aggregate 10-5 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 59-40 | 66-44 |
| Total Points | 99 | 110 |
| Winners | 26 | 30 |
| %Winners | 44% | 45% |
Both Verdasco and Kotov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Verdasco and Kotov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Verdasco played 1 game more than Kotov. Fernando scored 26 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian scored 30 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 39/53 |
| %1st in | 72% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 30/39 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 7/14 |
| %2nd pts | 77% | 50% |
Verdasco blasted 1 ace . Kotov also blasted 5 aces . Verdasco won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 77% of the points. On the other side, Kotov won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Kotov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 43% | 67% |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Fernando broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Fernando was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kotov broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | |||
| Q1 Nedovesov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/13 | 10/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 77% | 77% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kotov | |||
| Q1 Matos |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/53 | 39/53 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 30/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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