Jakub Paul and Vlad Victor Cornea will square off in the qualifications of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 7. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jakub Paul who should win in 2 sets.
Jakub Paul -> 1.142
Vlad Victor Cornea -> 5
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Prediction and head to head Jakub Paul vs. Vlad Victor Cornea
There is no head to head record between Jakub Paul and Vlad Victor Cornea since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jakub Paul
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-26 | 13-8 | 17-11 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-24 | 20-4 | 14-12 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 25-26 | 4-4 | 20-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-3 | 17-10 | 11-7 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 9-10 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
Ranked no. 455, Paul reached the qualifications after defeating Daniel Siniakov 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Siniakov (6-4 7-5). During the match, Paul scored 79 points vs Siniakov’s 66. Jakub was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paul recorded 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Jakub Paul was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Siniakov 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Paul has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (115-105). 12-12 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paul has an aggregate47-43 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Paul’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
The Swiss has an overall 17-20 win-loss record in 2022, 12-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Vlad Victor Cornea
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3-10 | 0-2 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-11 | 1-2 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-16 | 1-1 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2018 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Victor Cornea reached the qualifications after defeating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-73 4-0 ret..
In the qualifications against Mpetshi Perricard, The Romanian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 4-0 ret.). During the match Victor Cornea scored 65 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 57. Vlad was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Victor Cornea fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Vlad Victor Cornea was extremely effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Romanian broke Mpetshi Perricard twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Vlad has a compiled 2-5 win-loss record in 2022, 2-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paul | Victor Cornea |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 |
| Pts | 79-66 | 65-57 |
| Total Points | 145 | 122 |
| Winners | 32 | 26 |
| %Winners | 41% | 40% |
Both Paul and Victor Cornea played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vlad Victor Cornea surrendered 1 set while Jakub Paul hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Paul has played 1 set(s) less than Victor Cornea (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Paul played 5 games more than Victor Cornea. Paul scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Vlad bagged 26 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paul | Victor Cornea |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 34/62 |
| %1st in | 74% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 26/34 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 16/28 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 57% |
Paul fired 4 aces . Victor Cornea made 5 aces . Paul won 71% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Victor Cornea won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paul | Victor Cornea |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 36% | 29% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Jakub broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Jakub lost his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Victor Cornea broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Victor Cornea was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Paul | |||
| Q1 Siniakov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 79-66 | 79-66 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/61 | 45/61 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/16 | 9/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Victor Cornea | |||
| Q1 Mpetshi Perricard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 4-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-57 | 65-57 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/62 | 34/62 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/28 | 16/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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