Fabian Marozsan and Lukas Klein will square off in the semifinal of the Alicante Challenger for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on PISTA CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Lukas Klein who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Lukas Klein is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Klein -> 1.82
Fabian Marozsan -> 1.94

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Prediction and head to head Fabian Marozsan vs. Lukas Klein

This will be the 5^th time that Fabian Marozsan and Lukas Klein clash against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Klein (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Marozsan won 6-4 6-4 in the 1^st round in the Bratislava Challenger back in June 2022.

Fabian Marozsan

Ranked no. 185, Fabian reached the semifinal after defeating Hady Habib 6-2 6-1, Lorenzo Giustino 6-2 3-6 6-1 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 3-6 7-5 7-5.

In the quarter against Kuzmanov, Marozsan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5).During the match, Marozsan scored less points (1) than Kuzmanov. In fact, the world no. 185 won 99 points vs Kuzmanov’s. That means that Marozsan was more focused during the important points. Marozsan was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about the service games, Marozsan bagged 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Fabian Marozsan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Marozsan put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (41/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (20/39) on the 2nd serve. Marozsan broke Kuzmanov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Hungarian has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.

Marozsan has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 68% of his matches (169-78). 10-2 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Marozsan has a compiled27-9 match record in the last 5 years on hard.

Marozsan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Loule and the Banja Luka Challenger.

Marozsan has a composed 42-16 win-loss record in 2022, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Alicante Challenger

Fabian has never competed in this tournament before.

Lukas Klein

Ranked no. 222, the Slovakian got to the semifinal after beating Kacper Zuk 6-3 6-4, Michael Geerts 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 and Salvatore Caruso 6-3 6-0.

In the quarter, The Slovakian had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-3 6-0). During the match Klein scored 60 points vs Caruso’s 34. Lukas was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Talking about serving, Klein scored 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Lukas Klein was quite effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Klein broke Caruso 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Slovakian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

The Slovakian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Troisdorf Challenger.

The Slovakian has an overall 33-18 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Marozsan	Klein
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	7
Tot Games	72	67
Pts	255-210	231-185
Total Points	465	416
Winners	102	103
%Winners	40%	45%

Both Marozsan and Klein played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Fabian Marozsan lost 2 sets, while Lukas Klein surrendered 1 set. Marozsan has played 1 set more than Klein (8 vs 7). Therefore, Marozsan played 5 games more than Klein. The Hungarian scored 102 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovakian fired 103 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Marozsan	Klein
Aces	17	26
Avg per match	5.7	8.7
1st in	135/206	124/193
%1st in	66%	64%
1st pts	102/135	103/124
%1st pts	76%	83%
2nd pts	38/71	45/69
%2nd pts	54%	65%

Marozsan blasted 17 aces (5.7 per match). Klein recorded 26 aces (8.7 per match). Marozsan won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Klein won 83% of the points on 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	Marozsan	Klein
Won	13	7
Converted	13/28	7/21
% Converted	46%	33%
Conceded	13	10
Saved	9	9
% Saved	69%	90%
Times Broken	4	1

Fabian broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Marozsan conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Lukas broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Klein conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Marozsan
	R1 Habib	R2 Giustino	1/4 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-2 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-1	3-6 7-5 7-5
Tot Set	2	3	3	8
Tot Games	15	24	33	72
pts	59-34	97-76	99-100	255-210
Total points	93	173	199	465
Winners	24	37	41	102
%Winners	41%	38%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	5	6	6	17
Double Faults	1	2	2	5
1st in	29/38	47/70	59/98	135/206
% 1st in	76%	67%	60%	66%
1st pts	24/29	37/47	41/59	102/135
% 1st pts	83%	79%	69%	76%
2nd pts	6/9	12/23	20/39	38/71
% 2nd pts	67%	52%	51%	54%
Breaks
Won	5	4	4	13
Converted	5/8	4/14	4/6	13/28
Converted %	63%	29%	67%	46%
Conceded	1	6	6	13
Saved	1/1	5/6	3/6	9
Saved %	100%	83%	50%	78%
Times Broken	0	1	3	4

Klein
	R1 Zuk	R2 Geerts	1/4 Caruso	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	4-6 7-65 6-4	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	19	33	15	67
pts	60-46	111-105	60-34	231-185
Total points	106	216	94	416
Winners	31	48	24	103
%Winners	52%	43%	40%	45%
SERVE
Aces	10	12	4	26
Double Faults	1	3	4	8
1st in	38/54	60/98	26/41	124/193
% 1st in	70%	61%	63%	64%
1st pts	31/38	48/60	24/26	103/124
% 1st pts	82%	80%	92%	83%
2nd pts	12/16	25/38	8/15	45/69
% 2nd pts	75%	66%	53%	65%
Breaks
Won	2	1	4	7
Converted	2/3	1/10	4/8	7/21
Converted %	67%	10%	50%	33%
Conceded	4	6	0	10
Saved	4/4	5/6	0/0	9
Saved %	100%	83%	–	61%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Tennis Scores in Alicante Challenger

• Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (7-5 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Nick HardtHardt – Emilio NavaNava (6-7⁵ 7-6³ 6-1) – See score progression
• Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (3-6 7-5 7-5) – See score progression
• Lukas KleinKlein – Salvatore CarusoCaruso (6-3 6-0) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Lukas KleinKlein – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-1) – H2H and prediction