Vit Kopriva and Johan Nikles will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Bratislava Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vit Kopriva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vit Kopriva is the pick to win this match.
Vit Kopriva -> 1.33
Johan Nikles -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Johan Nikles
This will be the 2nd time that Vit Kopriva and Johan Nikles play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kopriva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kopriva won 6-2 6-1 in the 1st round in Gstaad back in 2021.
Highlights Vit Kopriva vs Johan Nikles – Gstaad 19-July-2021
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-16 | 9-7 | 5-7 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146 (career-high), the Czech reached the 2nd round after beating Daniel Dutra Da Silva 7-67 7-64.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Dutra Da Silva (7-67 7-64).During the match, Kopriva scored less points (3) than Dutra Da Silva. In fact, the world no. 146 won 86 points vs Dutra Da Silva’s. That means that Kopriva was more focused during the important points. Vit was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kopriva recorded 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Vit Kopriva lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 57% of his first serves in, winning 77% (40/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (20/40) on the 2nd serve. Vit broke Dutra Da Silva once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Kopriva has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (255-171). 15-8 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopriva has an aggregate186-119 record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Prostejov Challenger.
Kopriva has an aggregate 22-13 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
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. 281, Johan got to the 2nd round after defeating Gergely Madarasz 6-4 7-63, Jonathan Mridha 6-2 4-6 6-2 and Vitaliy Sachko 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Sachko, Nikles recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Nikles scored 95 points vs Sachko’s 90. Johan was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 6 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 68% of his first serves in, winning 55% (35/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Johan broke Sachko 7 times after converting 44% of his break points (7/16).
The Swiss has a compiled 17-10 win-loss record in 2022, 15-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava Challenger
Johan has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kopriva | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 26 | 77 |
| Pts | 86-89 | 278-256 |
| Total Points | 175 | 534 |
| Winners | 40 | 108 |
| %Winners | 47% | 39% |
Kopriva played 1 match while Nikles competed in 3 matches. Nikles started his run from the qualifications while Kopriva had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Johan Nikles surrendered 2 sets while Vit Kopriva hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kopriva has played 6 set(s) less than Nikles (2 vs 8). Therefore, Kopriva played 51 games less than Nikles. The Czech scored 40 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Nikles fired 108 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kopriva | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 187/271 |
| %1st in | 57% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 108/187 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 40/84 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 48% |
Kopriva managed to score 4 aces . Nikles blasted 3 aces (1 per match). Kopriva won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Nikles won 58% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kopriva | Nikles |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 18 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 18/40 |
| % Converted | 25% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 28 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 13 |
Kopriva broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Czech surrendered his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Nikles broke his opponents 18 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 13 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kopriva | |||
| R1 Dutra Da Silva |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 86-89 | 86-89 | |
| Total points | 175 | 175 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 52/92 | 52/92 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/52 | 40/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/40 | 20/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikles | |||||
| Q1 Madarasz |
Q3 Mridha |
R1 Sachko |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-2 4-6 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 26 | 28 | 77 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 89-80 | 95-90 | 278-256 | |
| Total points | 180 | 169 | 185 | 534 | |
| Winners | 30 | 43 | 35 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 48% | 37% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| 1st in | 59/90 | 64/87 | 64/94 | 187/271 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 74% | 68% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/59 | 43/64 | 35/64 | 108/187 | |
| % 1st pts | 51% | 67% | 55% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/31 | 10/23 | 15/30 | 40/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 43% | 50% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |
| Converted | 6/17 | 5/7 | 7/16 | 18/40 | |
| Converted % | 35% | 71% | 44% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 | 13 | 28 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 1/3 | 7/13 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 33% | 54% | 145% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
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