Elmar Ejupovic and Denis Istomin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Segovia Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 4:00 pm on PISTA 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.76
Denis Istomin -> 2.02
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Denis Istomin
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Denis Istomin since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-25 | 3-3 | 19-12 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 386, Ejupovic reached the qualifications after defeating Thomaz Bellucci 6-78 7-65 7-65.
In the qualifications against Bellucci, Ejupovic recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-78 7-65 7-65). During the match, Ejupovic scored 131 points vs Bellucci’s 126. The German was quite aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic blasted 10 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic was pretty efficient on serve to win 84% (57/68) of his 1st serve and 57% (35/61) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Ejupovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (288-205). 4-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ejupovic has a composed23-20 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
The German has an aggregate 21-16 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Segovia Challenger
Elmar has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Istomin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-26 | 8-10 | 4-7 | 1-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-29 | 2-8 | 7-8 | 7-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-15 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 24-32 | 17-14 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 0-5 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 449, Istomin reached the qualifications after beating Wilson Leite 5-7 7-5 7-5.
In the qualifications against Leite, The Uzbek recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-5 7-5). During the match Istomin scored 112 points vs Leite’s 110. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 56 winners.
Talking about serving, Istomin blasted 15 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Denis Istomin lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Istomin put 74% of his first serves in, winning 64% (56/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (13/31) on the 2nd serve. Istomin broke Leite 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Istomin has a compiled 9-16 win-loss record in 2022, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 36 |
| Pts | 131-126 | 112-110 |
| Total Points | 257 | 222 |
| Winners | 57 | 56 |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% |
Both Ejupovic and Istomin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Elmar Ejupovic lost 1 set, while Denis Istomin conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ejupovic and Istomin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ejupovic played 3 games more than Istomin. Ejupovic scored 57 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Denis struck 56 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 15 |
| 1st in | 68/129 | 87/118 |
| %1st in | 53% | 74% |
| 1st pts | 57/68 | 56/87 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 35/61 | 13/31 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 42% |
Ejupovic blasted 10 aces . Istomin blasted 15 aces . Ejupovic won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Istomin won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Istomin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 6 |
| Converted | 0/3 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 0% | 75% |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 |
| Saved | 1 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The German hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The German extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points without even conceding a single break point. The Uzbek broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Uzbek conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Bellucci |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-78 7-65 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 131-126 | 131-126 | |
| Total points | 257 | 257 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 68/129 | 68/129 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 57/68 | 57/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 35/61 | 35/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/3 | 0/3 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Istomin | |||
| Q1 Leite |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 112-110 | 112-110 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 56 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 15 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 87/118 | 87/118 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 56/87 | 56/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/31 | 13/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/10 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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