Roman Safiullin and Raphael Collignon will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:30 pm 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.28
Raphael Collignon -> 3.5
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Raphael Collignon
There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Raphael Collignon since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-16 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 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 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 100, the Russian got to the semifinal after beating Geoffrey Blancaneaux 5-7 6-3 6-1, Antoine Escoffier 6-3 4-6 7-62 and Alexey Vatutin 6-3 1-6 6-2.
In the quarter, The Russian defeated Vatutin (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Safiullin scored 77 points vs Vatutin’s 69. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin blasted 7 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Safiullin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (9/26) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Vatutin 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Safiullin has lost 3 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 68% of his matches (337-159). 3-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has a compiled 63-40 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Roman has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Koblenz Challenger
Raphael Collignon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-12 | 4-2 | 22-4 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 15-16 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-22 | 14-4 | 38-12 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-20 | 11-11 | 9-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 6-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 268, Collignon got to the semifinal after defeating Gijs Brouwer 5-7 7-62 6-3, Henri Laaksonen 7-5 6-4 and Maximilian Marterer 5-2 ret..
In the quarter against Marterer, Raphael had a free pass after Marterer retired on a 5-2 . scoreline.
The Belgian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Oeiras 1 Challenger.
The Belgian has a composed 7-3 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 84 | 63 |
| Pts | 276-235 | 208-186 |
| Total Points | 511 | 394 |
| Winners | 106 | 69 |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% |
Both Safiullin and Collignon played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roman Safiullin lost 3 sets, while Raphael Collignon surrendered 1 set. Safiullin has played 2 sets more than Collignon (9 vs 7). Therefore, Safiullin played 21 games more than Collignon. Roman scored 106 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Raphael bagged 69 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 6.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 147/233 | 106/193 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 106/147 | 69/106 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 42/86 | 46/87 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 53% |
Safiullin struck 20 aces (6.7 per match). Collignon scored 4 aces (1.3 per match). Safiullin won 72% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Collignon won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Collignon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 13 |
| Converted | 16/32 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 50% | 57% |
| Conceded | 19 | 20 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 37% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 12 | 9 |
Safiullin broke his opponents 16 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 12 times and he saved 37% of the break points that he conceded. Raphael broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||||
| R1 Blancaneaux |
R2 Escoffier |
1/4 Vatutin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-1 | 6-3 4-6 7-62 | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 32 | 24 | 84 | |
| pts | 102-82 | 97-84 | 77-69 | 276-235 | |
| Total points | 184 | 181 | 146 | 511 | |
| Winners | 36 | 41 | 29 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 56/86 | 53/83 | 38/64 | 147/233 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 64% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 36/56 | 41/53 | 29/38 | 106/147 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 77% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/30 | 19/30 | 9/26 | 42/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 63% | 35% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 8 | 3 | 5 | 16 | |
| Converted | 8/16 | 3/6 | 5/10 | 16/32 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 3 | 4 | 19 | |
| Saved | 7/12 | 0/3 | 0/4 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 58% | 0% | 0% | 19% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |
| Collignon | |||||
| R1 Brouwer |
R2 Laaksonen |
1/4 Marterer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-62 6-3 | 7-5 6-4 | 5-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 22 | 7 | 63 | |
| pts | 111-107 | 71-63 | 26-16 | 208-186 | |
| Total points | 218 | 134 | 42 | 394 | |
| Winners | 36 | 24 | 9 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 62/114 | 34/65 | 10/14 | 106/193 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 52% | 71% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 36/62 | 24/34 | 9/10 | 69/106 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 71% | 90% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/52 | 15/31 | 3/4 | 46/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 48% | 75% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 5/8 | 2/3 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 6 | 0 | 20 | |
| Saved | 8/14 | 3/6 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 50% | – | 36% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLWWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger
- Raphael CollignonCollignon – Maximilian MartererMarterer (5-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexey VatutinVatutin (6-3 1-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-65 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Louis WesselsWessels (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Zdenek KolarKolar – Vasek PospisilPospisil (0-0) – H2H and prediction
