Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Petr Nesterov will play each other in the qualifications of the Sofia Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 2:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dragos Nicolae Madaras who should win in 2 sets.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras -> 1.41
Petr Nesterov -> 2.82
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Prediction and head to head Dragos Nicolae Madaras vs. Petr Nesterov
There is no head to head record between Dragos Nicolae Madaras and Petr Nesterov since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dragos Nicolae Madaras
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 74-16 | 0-0 | 73-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 0-2 | 40-22 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 83-31 | 9-3 | 74-27 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 2-1 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 13-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292 (career-high), Dragos got to the qualifications after defeating Stefano Travaglia 5-0 ret..
In the qualifications, The Romanian had a good straight sets win against Travaglia (5-0 ret.). During the match, Nicolae Madaras scored 23 points vs Travaglia’s 10. Nicolae Madaras was quite aggressive to blast 9 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nicolae Madaras recorded 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dragos Nicolae Madaras conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Nicolae Madaras put 59% of his first serves in, winning 69% (9/13) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (5/9) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Travaglia twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Nicolae Madaras has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (245-142). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nicolae Madaras has an aggregate7-11 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Nicolae Madaras’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya and M25 Szabolcsveresmart.
Nicolae Madaras has a composed 37-22 win-loss record in 2022, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Nicolae Madaras has never competed in this tournament before.
Petr Nesterov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-20 | 3-3 | 34-15 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-22 | 30-9 | 21-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-18 | 5-6 | 18-10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-6 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 884, Nesterov reached the qualifications after defeating Salvatore Caruso 7-64 6-4.
In the qualifications, Petr had a good straight sets win against Caruso (7-64 6-4). During the match Nesterov scored 94 points vs Caruso’s 86. Nesterov was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Nesterov managed to score 5 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Petr Nesterov lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Nesterov put 70% of his first serves in, winning 69% (48/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (12/30) on the 2nd serve. The Bulgarian broke Caruso 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Nesterov’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Skopje and M15 Novi Sad.
The Bulgarian has a composed 22-12 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Sofia
Nesterov has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nicolae Madaras | Nesterov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 5 | 23 |
| Pts | 23-10 | 94-86 |
| Total Points | 33 | 180 |
| Winners | 9 | 48 |
| %Winners | 39% | 51% |
Both Nicolae Madaras and Nesterov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nicolae Madaras and Nesterov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nicolae Madaras played 18 games less than Nesterov. Nicolae Madaras scored 9 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Petr made 48 winners (51%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nicolae Madaras | Nesterov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 13/22 | 70/100 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 9/13 | 48/70 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 12/30 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 40% |
Nicolae Madaras made 2 aces . Nesterov scored 5 aces . Nicolae Madaras won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Nesterov won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nicolae Madaras | Nesterov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 100% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Nicolae Madaras broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Dragos very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. Petr broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Nesterov conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nicolae Madaras | |||
| Q1 Travaglia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-0 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 5 | 5 | |
| pts | 23-10 | 23-10 | |
| Total points | 33 | 33 | |
| Winners | 9 | 9 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 13/22 | 13/22 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 9/13 | 9/13 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Nesterov | |||
| Q1 Caruso | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 94-86 | 94-86 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 51% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 70/100 | 70/100 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 48/70 | 48/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/30 | 12/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 13 | 13 | |
| Saved | 11/13 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 85% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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