Radu Albot and Marc Polmans will fight against each other in the quarter of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.33
Marc Polmans -> 3.2
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Radu Albot
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 37-26 | 12-9 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 85, Radu reached the quarter after defeating Tung-Lin Wu 6-3 2-6 6-2 and Joris De Loore 7-5 2-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against De Loore, Radu had a free pass after De Loore retired on a 7-5 2-0 . scoreline.
Albot has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (369-289). 23-13 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has an overall 163-115 match record in the last years on hard.
Radu’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Istanbul Challenger.
The Moldovan has a compiled 38-28 win-loss record in 2022, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Albot has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 16-24 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, Marc reached the quarter after beating James Duckworth 6-4 2-6 6-4 and Max Purcell 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Marc had a good straight sets win against Purcell (6-2 6-4). During the match Polmans scored 73 points vs Purcell’s 56. Marc was exceptionally aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans recorded 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 72% of his first serves in, winning 60% (26/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Purcell 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Polmans has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Polmans has an aggregate 9-9 win-loss record in 2022, 9-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Albot | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
Tot Games | 39 | 46 |
Pts | 131-110 | 164-148 |
Total Points | 241 | 312 |
Winners | 48 | 66 |
%Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Albot and Polmans played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Radu Albot lost 1 set, while Marc Polmans dropped 1 set. Albot has played 1 set more than Polmans (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Albot played 7 games less than Polmans. Radu scored 48 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Marc scored 66 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Albot | Polmans |
---|---|---|
Aces | 7 | 9 |
Avg per match | 3.5 | 4.5 |
1st in | 71/122 | 100/153 |
%1st in | 58% | 65% |
1st pts | 48/71 | 66/100 |
%1st pts | 68% | 66% |
2nd pts | 28/51 | 25/53 |
%2nd pts | 55% | 47% |
Albot recorded 7 aces (3.5 per match). Polmans recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Albot won 68% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Albot | Polmans |
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Won | 8 | 9 |
Converted | 8/16 | 9/22 |
% Converted | 50% | 41% |
Conceded | 14 | 16 |
Saved | 9 | 10 |
% Saved | 64% | 63% |
Times Broken | 5 | 6 |
The Moldovan broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. Albot lost his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Polmans broke his opponents 9 times with a 41% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
Albot | ||||
R1 Wu |
R2 De Loore |
Total | ||
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Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | 7-5 2-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 25 | 14 | 39 | |
pts | 82-74 | 49-36 | 131-110 | |
Total points | 156 | 85 | 241 | |
Winners | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
%Winners | 38% | 35% | 37% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
1st in | 47/83 | 24/39 | 71/122 | |
% 1st in | 57% | 62% | 58% | |
1st pts | 31/47 | 17/24 | 48/71 | |
% 1st pts | 66% | 71% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 17/36 | 11/15 | 28/51 | |
% 2nd pts | 47% | 73% | 55% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
Converted | 5/12 | 3/4 | 8/16 | |
Converted % | 42% | 75% | 50% | |
Conceded | 12 | 2 | 14 | |
Saved | 8/12 | 1/2 | 9 | |
Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Polmans | ||||
R1 Duckworth |
R2 Purcell |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 28 | 18 | 46 | |
pts | 91-92 | 73-56 | 164-148 | |
Total points | 183 | 129 | 312 | |
Winners | 40 | 26 | 66 | |
%Winners | 44% | 36% | 40% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
1st in | 57/93 | 43/60 | 100/153 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 72% | 65% | |
1st pts | 40/57 | 26/43 | 66/100 | |
% 1st pts | 70% | 60% | 66% | |
2nd pts | 14/36 | 11/17 | 25/53 | |
% 2nd pts | 39% | 65% | 47% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
Converted | 4/10 | 5/12 | 9/22 | |
Converted % | 40% | 42% | 41% | |
Conceded | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
Saved | 5/9 | 5/7 | 10 | |
Saved % | 56% | 71% | 64% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Head 2 Head
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