H2H, PREDICTION Roman Safiullin vs Benjamin Lock | Nur-Sultan Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Benjamin Lock

Roman Safiullin and Benjamin Lock will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:30 am on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.135
Benjamin Lock -> 5.8

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Benjamin Lock

This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Benjamin Lock play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Safiullin won 6-2 5-7 6-1 in the semifinal in Egypt F10 (Sharm El Sheikh) back in 2018.

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin
Roman Safiullin

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Rank
60
High
36
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 31-28 18-14 5-8 6-3 2-3 0-0
2023 41-25 13-12 8-4 11-5 9-4 0-0
2022 37-18 16-6 6-2 14-9 1-1 0-0
2021 18-21 7-5 5-7 5-8 1-1 0-0
2020 23-12 6-2 4-5 12-4 0-0 1-1

Ranked no. 151, Safiullin got to the quarter after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Alafia Ayeni 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-2 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 68 points vs Ayeni’s 54. Safiullin was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Safiullin bagged 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (11/26) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Ayeni 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Safiullin has dropped 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.

Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (317-152). 6-4 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has a compiled 190-64 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Safiullin’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marseille,the Pau Challenger and the Troisdorf Challenger.

Roman has a composed 22-13 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

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Safiullin
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Benjamin Lock

Benjamin Lock
Benjamin Lock

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Rank
311
High
311
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 53-30 19-12 33-16 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 39-32 13-16 25-11 0-3 1-2 0-0
2022 41-32 18-17 21-10 2-5 0-0 0-0
2021 28-30 20-18 1-5 3-6 4-1 0-0
2020 12-13 8-7 3-4 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 446, Benjamin got to the quarter after beating Sergey Fomin 6-4 6-1 and Ji Sung Nam 6-2 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Benjamin had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (6-2 6-1). During the match Lock scored 53 points vs Sung Nam’s 31. The was very aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about serving, Lock bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Benjamin Lock was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 57% (8/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Lock broke Sung Nam 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 62% of the points he played.

Lock’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Medellin.

Lock has a composed 31-16 win-loss record in 2022, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Lock
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

R.Safiullin
B.Lock
3h:04
3h:04
Time on court​
2h:14
2h:14
1h:13
1h:13
Last match​
1h:03
1h:03
2
2
Match played
2
2
44
44
Games Played​
32
32
5
5
Set played​​
4
4
153
153
Total points​
116
116
76.5
76.5
Avg point​
58
58
65
65
Winners
49
49
32.5
32.5
Avg Winners​
24.5
24.5
42%
42%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
9
9
Aces
16
16
4.5
4.5
Avg Aces
8
8
13
13
Double Faults
1
1
!
6.5
6.5
Avg Double Faults
0.5
0.5
65/93
65/93
1st won total​
49/57
49/57
70%
70%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
29/55
29/55
2nd won total​
20/33
20/33
53%
53%
2nd won %
!
61%
61%
-- Break Points --
9/15
9/15
BP won
8/11
8/11
4.5/7.5
4.5/7.5
Avg BP won
4/5.5
4/5.5
!
60%
60%
Won
!
73%
73%
21
21
Conceded
2
2
10.5
10.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
4
4
Broken
0
0
2
2
Avg Broken
!
0
0
17
17
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Safiullin Lock
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 4
Tot Games 44 32
Pts 153-125 116-71
Total Points 278 187
Winners 65 49
%Winners 42% 42%

Both Safiullin and Lock played 2 matches. At the moment, Roman Safiullin conceded 1 set while Benjamin Lock hasn’t conceded a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set more than Lock (5 vs 4). Therefore, Safiullin played 12 games more than Lock. Safiullin scored 65 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin struck 49 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Safiullin Lock
Aces 9 16
Avg per match 4.5 8
1st in 93/148 57/90
%1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 65/93 49/57
%1st pts 70% 86%
2nd pts 29/55 20/33
%2nd pts 53% 61%

Safiullin struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Lock blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Safiullin won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Safiullin Lock
Won 9 8
Converted 9/15 8/11
% Converted 60% 73%
Conceded 21 2
Saved 17 2
% Saved 81% 100%
Times Broken 4 0

Roman broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Roman surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Lock broke his opponents 8 times with a 73% conversion rate. The was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Safiullin
R1
Chan Hong
R2
Ayeni
Total
Score 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 26 18 44
pts 85-71 68-54 153-125
Total points 156 122 278
Winners 32 33 65
%Winners 38% 49% 42%
SERVE
Aces 6 3 9
Double Faults 4 9 13
1st in 49/78 44/70 93/148
% 1st in 63% 63% 63%
1st pts 32/49 33/44 65/93
% 1st pts 65% 75% 70%
2nd pts 18/29 11/26 29/55
% 2nd pts 62% 42% 53%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/9 4/6 9/15
Converted % 56% 67% 60%
Conceded 11 10 21
Saved 8/11 9/10 17
Saved % 73% 90% 82%
Times Broken 3 1 4
Lock
R1
Fomin
R2
Sung Nam
Total
Score 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-1
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 17 15 32
pts 63-40 53-31 116-71
Total points 103 84 187
Winners 28 21 49
%Winners 44% 40% 42%
SERVE
Aces 11 5 16
Double Faults 0 1 1
1st in 33/52 24/38 57/90
% 1st in 63% 63% 63%
1st pts 28/33 21/24 49/57
% 1st pts 85% 88% 86%
2nd pts 12/19 8/14 20/33
% 2nd pts 63% 57% 61%
Breaks
Won 3 5 8
Converted 3/5 5/6 8/11
Converted % 60% 83% 73%
Conceded 1 1 2
Saved 1/1 1/1 2
Saved % 100% 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Safiullin
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Lock
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2024 2023 2022
31 - 28
53 - 30
18-14
Hard
19-12
6-3
I Hard
1-2
5-8
Clay
33-16
2-3
Grass
0-0

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