Mohamed Safwat and Matias Zukas will square off in the qualifications of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on CANCHA 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mohamed Safwat who should win in 3 sets.
Mohamed Safwat -> 1.50
Matias Zukas -> 2.50
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Prediction and head to head Mohamed Safwat vs. Matias Zukas
There is no head to head record between Mohamed Safwat and Matias Zukas since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Mohamed Safwat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-13 | 10-3 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-28 | 36-10 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 2-6 | 22-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-24 | 1-2 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-16 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 393, Mohamed got to the qualifications after defeating Jakub Paul 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications, Safwat had a good straight sets win against Paul (6-2 6-4). During the match, Safwat scored 60 points vs Paul’s 44. The Egyptian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safwat scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 1 double fault. Mohamed Safwat was exceptionally effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Safwat broke Paul 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Safwat has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (379-257). 1-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safwat has an overall 177-118 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Mohamed has an aggregate 2-7 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Matias Zukas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12-21 | 0-1 | 12-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-25 | 1-2 | 25-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 45-26 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-12 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 49-27 | 3-3 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 448, Matias got to the qualifications after beating Skander Mansouri 6-2 7-62.
In the qualifications, Zukas had a good straight sets win against Mansouri (6-2 7-62). During the match Zukas scored 90 points vs Mansouri’s 69. Matias was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Zukas blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Matias Zukas was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zukas broke Mansouri 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
The Argentine has a composed 1-3 win-loss record in 2022, 1-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safwat | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 90-69 |
| Total Points | 104 | 159 |
| Winners | 21 | 27 |
| %Winners | 35% | 30% |
Both Safwat and Zukas played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safwat and Zukas have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Safwat played 3 games less than Zukas. Mohamed scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine made 27 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safwat | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 34/74 |
| %1st in | 52% | 46% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 27/34 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 21/40 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 53% |
Safwat fired 1 ace . Zukas also bagged 4 aces . Safwat won 88% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Zukas won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safwat | Zukas |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 38% | 44% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Safwat broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Safwat was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. Matias broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Argentine conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safwat | |||
| Q1 Paul | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 24/46 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Zukas | |||
| Q1 Mansouri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 90-69 | 90-69 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/74 | 34/74 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 27/34 | 27/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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