Aslan Karatsev and Mikael Ymer will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Firenze Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on CAMPO CENTRALE. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Ymer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Ymer is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Ymer -> 1.65
Aslan Karatsev -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Aslan Karatsev vs. Mikael Ymer
This will be the 3rd time that Aslan Karatsev and Mikael Ymer square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Ymer (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Ymer won 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Washington back in August 2022.
Aslan Karatsev
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 12-18 | 6-9 | 1-4 | 5-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
2023 | 32-22 | 13-10 | 14-5 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 18-31 | 8-9 | 5-9 | 4-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2021 | 37-20 | 23-9 | 9-6 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
2020 | 36-11 | 7-4 | 17-2 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 39, Karatsev got to the 2nd round after beating Tallon Griekspoor 6-3 2-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Griekspoor, the Russian had a free pass after Griekspoor retired on a 6-3 2-1 . scoreline.
Karatsev has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (349-227). 2-5 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Karatsev has a composed 78-60 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was conquering the title in Sydney where he defeated Andy Murray in the final 6-3 6-3.
Aslan has an overall 16-26 win-loss record in 2022, 2-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Florence
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Mikael Ymer
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2023 | 24-18 | 6-7 | 3-3 | 11-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 31-25 | 9-6 | 3-8 | 17-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2021 | 27-24 | 9-5 | 10-7 | 5-9 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 12-11 | 6-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2019 | 54-20 | 13-4 | 20-7 | 17-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 99, the Swede got to the 2nd round after defeating Andreas Seppi 7-5 6-3, Borna Gojo 4-6 6-4 6-4 and Tim Van Rijthoven 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Swede had a good straight sets win against Van Rijthoven (6-1 6-2). During the match Ymer scored 54 points vs Van Rijthoven’s 26. Mikael was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Ymer wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mikael Ymer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ymer broke Van Rijthoven 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Ymer’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Montpellier and Washington.
The Swede has a compiled 24-22 win-loss record in 2022, 10-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Karatsev | Ymer |
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Match played | 1 | 3 |
Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
Tot Games | 12 | 66 |
Pts | 48-36 | 224-175 |
Total Points | 84 | 399 |
Winners | 21 | 100 |
%Winners | 44% | 45% |
Karatsev played 1 match while Ymer competed in 3 matches. Ymer started his run from the qualifications while Karatsev had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Mikael Ymer surrendered 1 set while Aslan Karatsev hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Karatsev has played 4 set(s) less than Ymer (3 vs 7). Therefore, Karatsev played 54 games less than Ymer. Aslan scored 21 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The Swede blasted 100 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Karatsev | Ymer |
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Aces | 2 | 5 |
Avg per match | 2 | 1.7 |
1st in | 23/45 | 141/187 |
%1st in | 51% | 75% |
1st pts | 21/23 | 100/141 |
%1st pts | 91% | 71% |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 30/46 |
%2nd pts | 45% | 65% |
Karatsev fired 2 aces . Ymer blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Karatsev won 91% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Ymer won 71% 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 | Karatsev | Ymer |
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Won | 2 | 12 |
Converted | 2/3 | 12/31 |
% Converted | 67% | 39% |
Conceded | 3 | 9 |
Saved | 3 | 4 |
% Saved | 100% | 44% |
Times Broken | 0 | 5 |
The Russian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Karatsev pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Mikael broke his opponents 12 times with a 39% conversion rate. Mikael conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 44% of the break points that he conceded.
Karatsev | |||
R1 Griekspoor |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 2-1 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
pts | 48-36 | 48-36 | |
Total points | 84 | 84 | |
Winners | 21 | 21 | |
%Winners | 44% | 44% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
% 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
1st pts | 21/23 | 21/23 | |
% 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
% 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
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 |
Ymer | |||||
Q1 Seppi |
Q3 Gojo |
R1 Van Rijthoven |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-5 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 30 | 15 | 66 | |
pts | 81-68 | 89-81 | 54-26 | 224-175 | |
Total points | 149 | 170 | 80 | 399 | |
Winners | 37 | 38 | 25 | 100 | |
%Winners | 46% | 43% | 46% | 45% | |
SERVE | |||||
Aces | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
1st in | 57/73 | 54/76 | 30/38 | 141/187 | |
% 1st in | 78% | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
1st pts | 37/57 | 38/54 | 25/30 | 100/141 | |
% 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 83% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 10/16 | 13/22 | 7/8 | 30/46 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 59% | 88% | 65% | |
Breaks | |||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | 4/9 | 12/31 | |
Converted % | 36% | 36% | 44% | 39% | |
Conceded | 5 | 4 | 0 | 9 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 4 | |
Saved % | 60% | 25% | – | 85% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Florence
- Alexander BublikBublik – Cristian GarinGarin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Mahut/Edouard Roger-VasselinMahut/Edouard Roger-Vasselin – Wesley Koolhof/Neal SkupskiKoolhof/Neal Skupski (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (4-6 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (6-3 2-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Flavio CobolliCobolli (4-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Cristian GarinGarin (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael YmerYmer – Tim Van RijthovenVan Rijthoven (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Mikael YmerYmer (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Corentin MoutetMoutet (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zhizhen ZhangZhang – Francesco PassaroPassaro (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Oscar OtteOtte (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Maxime CressyCressy (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles (2-0) – H2H and prediction