Egor Gerasimov and Evgeny Donskoy will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Porto Challenger for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT MCDONALDS. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.61
Evgeny Donskoy -> 2.32
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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. Evgeny Donskoy
This will be the 7th time that Egor Gerasimov and Evgeny Donskoy clash against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Gerasimov (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Gerasimov won 6-3 7-6(4) in the qualifications in Sofia back in 2021.
Egor Gerasimov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19-18 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-32 | 16-17 | 0-3 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-16 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-10 | 2-8 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 144, Egor reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabriel Decamps 6-73 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Decamps, The Belarussian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-1). During the match, Gerasimov scored 95 points vs Decamps’s 84. Egor was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gerasimov struck 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Egor Gerasimov was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Egor broke Decamps 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Gerasimov has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (328-224). 7-9 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gerasimov has an overall 146-92 record in the last years on hard.
The Belarussian has a compiled 16-15 win-loss record in 2022, 7-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Porto Challenger
The Belarussian has never competed in this tournament before.
Evgeny Donskoy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 23-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 39-17 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-22 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-8 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 252, Evgeny reached the 2nd round after defeating Yasutaka Uchiyama 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (7-5 6-4). During the match Donskoy scored 67 points vs Uchiyama’s 53. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Donskoy blasted 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy was very effective on serve to win 80% (28/35) of his 1st serve and 74% (17/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Russian broke Uchiyama twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The Russian has an overall 6-12 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gerasimov | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 22 |
| Pts | 95-84 | 67-53 |
| Total Points | 179 | 120 |
| Winners | 48 | 28 |
| %Winners | 51% | 42% |
Both Gerasimov and Donskoy played 1 match. At the moment, Egor Gerasimov surrendered 1 set while Evgeny Donskoy hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gerasimov has played 1 set more than Donskoy (3 vs 2). Therefore, Gerasimov played 8 games more than Donskoy. The Belarussian scored 48 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Donskoy scored 28 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gerasimov | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 3 |
| 1st in | 63/88 | 35/58 |
| %1st in | 72% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 28/35 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 17/23 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 74% |
Gerasimov recorded 9 aces . Donskoy struck 3 aces . Gerasimov won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 74% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gerasimov | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/4 |
| % Converted | 44% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 100% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Belarussian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Belarussian pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Gerasimov | |||
| R1 Decamps | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 95-84 | 95-84 | |
| Total points | 179 | 179 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 63/88 | 63/88 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 14/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Donskoy | |||
| R1 Uchiyama | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 35/58 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 28/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 74% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 2/4 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Porto Challenger
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Antoine BellierBellier (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-65 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Kenny de Schepperde Schepper (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (2-4) – H2H and prediction
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Aidan MchughMchugh (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Antoine EscoffierEscoffier – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Hugo GrenierGrenier – Daniel RodriguesRodrigues (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (0-0) – H2H and prediction