Roman Safiullin and Zachary Svajda will square off in the quarter of the Chicago Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.29
Zachary Svajda -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Zachary Svajda
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Zachary Svajda since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-16 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 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. 122, the Russian reached the quarter after defeating Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-3 and Genaro Alberto Olivieri 6-4 4-6 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Safiullin defeated Alberto Olivieri (6-4 4-6 6-0). During the match, Safiullin scored 94 points vs Alberto Olivieri’s 82. Roman was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 67% (35/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Alberto Olivieri 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Safiullin has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (324-153). 13-5 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has a composed 197-65 match record in the last years on hard.
Roman’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sultan Challenger.
The Russian has a composed 29-14 win-loss record in 2022, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chicago Challenger
Roman has never competed in this tournament before.
Zachary Svajda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-21 | 16-11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, Zachary reached the quarter after beating Strong Kirchheimer 4-6 6-2 6-4, Aidan Mchugh 6-4 6-2 and Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-4 6-2). During the match Svajda scored 58 points vs Escobedo’s 44. Zachary was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Svajda was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Zachary Svajda lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (23/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 80% (12/15) on the 2nd serve. Svajda broke Escobedo 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Los Angeles and M15 Fountain Valley.
Svajda has an aggregate 16-14 win-loss record in 2022, 16-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 64 |
| Pts | 162-133 | 219-173 |
| Total Points | 295 | 392 |
| Winners | 55 | 85 |
| %Winners | 34% | 39% |
Safiullin played 2 matches while Svajda competed in 3 matches. Svajda started his run from the qualifications while Safiullin had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Roman Safiullin lost 1 set, while Zachary Svajda lost 1 set. Safiullin has played 2 set(s) less than Svajda (5 vs 7). Therefore, Safiullin played 20 games less than Svajda. Roman scored 55 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 85 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.7 |
| 1st in | 79/145 | 121/198 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 55/79 | 85/121 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 37/66 | 50/77 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 65% |
Safiullin managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Svajda recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Safiullin won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Svajda won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Svajda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 12 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 12/22 |
| % Converted | 43% | 55% |
| Conceded | 13 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 77% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 77% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 55% conversion rate. Zachary conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | ||||
| R1 Krueger |
R2 Alberto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
| pts | 68-51 | 94-82 | 162-133 | |
| Total points | 119 | 176 | 295 | |
| Winners | 20 | 35 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 52/86 | 79/145 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 60% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 35/52 | 55/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 67% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 18/34 | 37/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 53% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 5/13 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 10 | 13 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 8/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Svajda | ||||||
| Q1 Kirchheimer |
Q3 Couacaud |
R1 Mchugh |
R2 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 81 | |
| pts | 92-78 | – | 69-51 | 58-44 | 219-173 | |
| Total points | 170 | 0 | 120 | 102 | 392 | |
| Winners | 36 | 26 | 23 | 85 | ||
| %Winners | 39% | 0% | 38% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1st in | 50/87 | / | 37/62 | 34/49 | 121/198 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 0% | 60% | 69% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/50 | / | 26/37 | 23/34 | 85/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 0% | 70% | 68% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | / | 15/25 | 12/15 | 50/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 0% | 60% | 80% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Converted | 4/6 | / | 4/6 | 4/10 | 12/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 0% | 67% | 40% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 6 | 2 | 18 | ||
| Saved | 8/10 | 0/ | 5/6 | 1/2 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 83% | 50% | 107% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
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