Johan Nikles and Bogdan Bobrov will face off in the qualifications of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 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 Johan Nikles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.36
Bogdan Bobrov -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Bogdan Bobrov
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Bogdan Bobrov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 3-2 | 25-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 294, the Swiss got to the qualifications after beating Alexandar Lazarov 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Lazarov (6-3 7-5). During the match, Nikles scored 71 points vs Lazarov’s 67. Johan was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nikles wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 81% of his first serves in, winning 59% (35/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (5/14) on the 2nd serve. Nikles was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lazarov 6 times.
Nikles has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (231-162). 8-5 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nikles has a composed156-102 win-loss record in the last 9 years on clay.
Johan has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2022, 8-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Bogdan Bobrov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-14 | 7-3 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-30 | 45-19 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-34 | 12-5 | 30-24 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 37-36 | 3-2 | 18-27 | 16-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-9 | 6-8 | 5-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 469, Bogdan reached the qualifications after defeating Aldin Setkic 3-6 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Setkic, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-3). During the match Bobrov scored 82 points vs Setkic’s 73. Bobrov was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Bobrov scored 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Bogdan Bobrov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bobrov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (13/25) on the 2nd serve. Bogdan broke Setkic 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Russian has an aggregate 3-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Bobrov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 21 | 25 |
| Pts | 71-67 | 82-73 |
| Total Points | 138 | 155 |
| Winners | 35 | 35 |
| %Winners | 49% | 43% |
Both Nikles and Bobrov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bogdan Bobrov surrendered 1 set while Johan Nikles hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nikles has played 1 set(s) less than Bobrov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Nikles played 4 games less than Bobrov. Johan scored 35 winners (49% of the total points). On the other side, Bobrov fired 35 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Bobrov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 59/73 | 51/76 |
| %1st in | 81% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 35/59 | 35/51 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 13/25 |
| %2nd pts | 36% | 52% |
Nikles didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Bobrov blasted 3 aces . Nikles won 59% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 36% of the points. On the other side, Bobrov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nikles | Bobrov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/6 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 71% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 57% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Johan broke his opponent 6 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Bobrov broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nikles | |||
| Q1 Lazarov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-67 | 71-67 | |
| Total points | 138 | 138 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 59/73 | 59/73 | |
| % 1st in | 81% | 81% | |
| 1st pts | 35/59 | 35/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 59% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/6 | 6/6 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bobrov | |||
| Q1 Setkic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 82-73 | 82-73 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/76 | 51/76 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 35/51 | 35/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/25 | 13/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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