Roman Safiullin and Vasek Pospisil will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Adelaide International 1 for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.69
Vasek Pospisil -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Vasek Pospisil
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Vasek Pospisil since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-20 | 9-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 88 (career-high), the Russian got to the qualifications after defeating Yannick Hanfmann 6-72 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Hanfmann, The Russian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-4 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 108 points vs Hanfmann’s 95. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin recorded 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Roman Safiullin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (51/68) of his 1st serve and 67% (16/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Safiullin broke Hanfmann 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (332-157). 16-6 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Safiullin has an aggregate 200-66 record in the last years on hard.
Safiullin’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sultan Challenger and the Chicago Challenger.
The Russian has a composed 37-18 win-loss record in 2022, 16-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Adelaide
Safiullin has never competed in this tournament before.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-13 | 5-9 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 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 |
Ranked no. 98, the Canadian got to the qualifications after beating John Millman 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, Pospisil had a good straight sets win against Millman (7-5 6-2). During the match Pospisil scored 70 points vs Millman’s 53. The Canadian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Pospisil struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Vasek Pospisil was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pospisil broke Millman 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Vasek’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Quimper Challenger,the Pau Challenger,the Captif Challenger and the Drummondville Challenger.
Vasek has an aggregate 45-22 win-loss record in 2022, 6-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 20 |
| Pts | 108-95 | 70-53 |
| Total Points | 203 | 123 |
| Winners | 51 | 24 |
| %Winners | 47% | 34% |
Both Safiullin and Pospisil played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Roman Safiullin lost 1 set while Vasek Pospisil hasn’t lost a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set more than Pospisil (3 vs 2). Therefore, Safiullin played 13 games more than Pospisil. The Russian scored 51 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Vasek scored 24 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 68/92 | 30/54 |
| %1st in | 74% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 15/24 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 63% |
Safiullin blasted 9 aces . Pospisil managed to score 7 aces . Safiullin won 75% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Pospisil won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Pospisil |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 33% | 44% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 83% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Roman broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Canadian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Pospisil conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| Q1 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 108-95 | 108-95 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 68/92 | 68/92 | |
| % 1st in | 74% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 51/68 | 51/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Pospisil | |||
| Q1 Millman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-53 | 70-53 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/54 | 30/54 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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