Marius Copil and Kenny de Schepper will play each other in the 2nd round of the Como Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marius Copil who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marius Copil is the pick to win this match.
Marius Copil -> 1.444
Kenny de Schepper -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Marius Copil vs. Kenny de Schepper
This will be the 3rd time that Marius Copil and Kenny de Schepper clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Copil (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Copil won 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in 2016.
Marius Copil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 17-11 | 9-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2022 | 28-27 | 5-0 | 9-13 | 11-10 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 1-3 | 3-7 | 9-4 | 8-3 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 1-6 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 349, Marius got to the 2nd round after beating David Pichler 6-4 7-5, Mats Rosenkranz 6-2 7-5 and Andrea Arnaboldi 7-64 4-6 7-62.
In the 1st round, The Romanian defeated Arnaboldi (7-64 4-6 7-62).During the match, Copil scored less points (2) than Arnaboldi. In fact, the world no. 349 won 112 points vs Arnaboldi’s. That means that Copil was more focused during the important points. Copil was quite aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about the service games, Copil buried his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Marius Copil was very efficient on serve to win 74% (49/66) of his 1st serve and 62% (34/55) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once.
Copil has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (281-238). 9-10 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Copil has an aggregate 53-72 record in the last years on clay.
The Romanian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Portimao.
The Romanian has a composed 24-19 win-loss record in 2022, 9-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Como Challenger
The Romanian has never competed in this tournament before.
Kenny de Schepper
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 2-1 | 3-6 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-29 | 7-4 | 8-14 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-35 | 6-7 | 18-16 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 5-5 | 11-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-10 | 6-4 | 9-3 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 359, De Schepper reached the 2nd round after beating Martin Cuevas 7-5 6-1 and Alessandro Giannessi 4-6 6-3 1-0 ret..
In the 1st round against Giannessi, The French player recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 1-0 ret.). During the match de Schepper scored 68 points vs Giannessi’s 63. Kenny was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, de Schepper struck 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Kenny de Schepper lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, de Schepper put 73% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. De Schepper broke Giannessi 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
De Schepper’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in Balma.
The French player has an overall 30-23 win-loss record in 2022, 16-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Copil | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 78 | 39 |
| Pts | 266-245 | 133-114 |
| Total Points | 511 | 247 |
| Winners | 108 | 72 |
| %Winners | 41% | 54% |
Copil played 3 matches while de Schepper competed in 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Marius Copil dropped 1 set, while Kenny de Schepper conceded 1 set. Copil has played 1 set more than de Schepper (7 vs 6). Therefore, Copil played 39 games more than de Schepper. The Romanian scored 108 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, De Schepper scored 72 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Copil | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 34 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 11.3 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 140/255 | 99/138 |
| %1st in | 55% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 108/140 | 72/99 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 67/115 | 18/39 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 46% |
Copil managed to score 34 aces (11.3 per match). de Schepper scored 9 aces (4.5 per match). Copil won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, de Schepper won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Copil | de Schepper |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/22 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 27% | 43% |
| Conceded | 17 | 19 |
| Saved | 15 | 17 |
| % Saved | 88% | 89% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The Romanian broke his opponents 6 times with a 27% conversion rate. Marius surrendered his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. De Schepper broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kenny conceded his serve twice and he saved 89% of the break points that he conceded.
| Copil | |||||
| Q1 Pichler |
Q3 Rosenkranz |
R1 Arnaboldi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-64 4-6 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 36 | 78 | |
| pts | 74-68 | 80-63 | 112-114 | 266-245 | |
| Total points | 142 | 143 | 226 | 511 | |
| Winners | 32 | 27 | 49 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 23 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 41/75 | 33/59 | 66/121 | 140/255 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 27/33 | 49/66 | 108/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 74% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 17/26 | 34/55 | 67/115 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 65% | 62% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/17 | 0/0 | 6/22 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 18% | 0% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 3/3 | 6/7 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 100% | 86% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| de Schepper | |||||
| Q1 Cuevas |
Q3 Andreev |
R1 Giannessi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | 6-3 7-63 | 4-6 6-3 1-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 20 | 61 | |
| pts | 65-51 | – | 68-63 | 133-114 | |
| Total points | 116 | 0 | 131 | 247 | |
| Winners | 35 | 37 | 72 | ||
| %Winners | 54% | 0% | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1st in | 45/64 | / | 54/74 | 99/138 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 0% | 73% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 35/45 | / | 37/54 | 72/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 0% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | / | 8/20 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 0% | 40% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 3/8 | / | 3/6 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 0% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 | 19 | ||
| Saved | 8/8 | 0/ | 9/11 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 82% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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