Vasek Pospisil and Maks Kasnikowski will fight against each other in the quarter of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 8:30 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasek Pospisil who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vasek Pospisil is the pick to win this match.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.27
Maks Kasnikowski -> 3.62
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. Maks Kasnikowski
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-11 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 118, Pospisil reached the quarter after beating Evan Zhu 6-3 6-4 and Valentin Vacherot 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Vasek had a good straight sets win against Vacherot (7-63 6-3). During the match, Pospisil scored 82 points vs Vacherot’s 66. Vasek was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pospisil scored 14 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Vasek Pospisil lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Pospisil put 49% of his first serves in, winning 83% (30/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Pospisil broke Vacherot 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vasek hasn’t lost yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Pospisil has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (289-221). 30-9 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pospisil has a composed 106-58 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Pospisil’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Quimper Challenger,the Pau Challenger and the Captif Challenger.
Vasek has a composed 40-21 win-loss record in 2022, 30-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
Maks Kasnikowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-25 | 6-8 | 22-13 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 470 (career-high), Kasnikowski got to the quarter after defeating Simon Carr 3-6 6-3 7-5, Kai Wehnelt 4-6 7-65 6-1, Brandon Holt 6-4 3-6 7-5 and Alfredo Perez 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Maks had a good straight sets win against Perez (6-4 6-4). During the match Kasnikowski scored 77 points vs Perez’s 63. The Pole was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Kasnikowski struck 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maks Kasnikowski was pretty effective on serve to win 93% (28/30) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole broke Perez twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maks started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Maks’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Wroclaw,M15 Lodz,M15 Parnu and M15 Sozopol.
The Pole has a composed 40-17 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 11 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 111 |
| Pts | 152-121 | 383-352 |
| Total Points | 273 | 735 |
| Winners | 49 | 147 |
| %Winners | 32% | 38% |
Pospisil played 2 matches while Kasnikowski competed in 4 matches. Kasnikowski started his run from the qualifications while Pospisil had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Maks Kasnikowski lost 3 sets while Vasek Pospisil hasn’t dropped a set so far. Pospisil has played 7 set(s) less than Kasnikowski (4 vs 11). Therefore, Pospisil played 70 games less than Kasnikowski. Pospisil scored 49 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Pole blasted 147 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 30 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 61/136 | 181/349 |
| %1st in | 45% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 147/181 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 35/75 | 90/168 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 54% |
Pospisil scored 23 aces (11.5 per match). Kasnikowski managed to score 30 aces (7.5 per match). Pospisil won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 10/38 |
| % Converted | 36% | 26% |
| Conceded | 14 | 26 |
| Saved | 9 | 21 |
| % Saved | 64% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Pospisil broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Vasek dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Maks broke his opponents 10 times with a 26% conversion rate. Kasnikowski conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pospisil | ||||
| R1 Zhu |
R2 Vacherot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
| pts | 70-55 | 82-66 | 152-121 | |
| Total points | 125 | 148 | 273 | |
| Winners | 19 | 30 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 14 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 11 | 4 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 25/63 | 36/73 | 61/136 | |
| % 1st in | 40% | 49% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 19/25 | 30/36 | 49/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 18/37 | 35/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 49% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/13 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 23% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 2/4 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 50% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kasnikowski | ||||||
| Q1 Carr |
Q3 Wehnelt |
R1 Holt |
R2 Perez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | 4-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-4 3-6 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | 31 | 20 | 111 | |
| pts | 97-98 | 113-103 | 96-88 | 77-63 | 383-352 | |
| Total points | 195 | 216 | 184 | 140 | 735 | |
| Winners | 31 | 39 | 49 | 28 | 147 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% | 51% | 36% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 30 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 45/95 | 47/98 | 59/90 | 30/66 | 181/349 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 48% | 66% | 45% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 39/47 | 49/59 | 28/30 | 147/181 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 83% | 83% | 93% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/50 | 27/51 | 13/31 | 19/36 | 90/168 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 53% | 42% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/14 | 3/9 | 2/6 | 10/38 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 14% | 33% | 33% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 26 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5/6 | 6/8 | 5/5 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 83% | 75% | 100% | 165% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
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