Mats Rosenkranz and Saba Purtseladze will play each other in the qualifications of the Vilnius Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mats Rosenkranz who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mats Rosenkranz is the pick to win this match.
Mats Rosenkranz -> 1.41
Saba Purtseladze -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Mats Rosenkranz vs. Saba Purtseladze
This will be the 2nd time that Mats Rosenkranz and Saba Purtseladze clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Purtseladze (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Purtseladze won 6-4 7-5 in the quarter in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2022.
Mats Rosenkranz
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 0-3 | 7-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2023 | 35-34 | 4-9 | 4-10 | 22-12 | 2-2 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 31-36 | 2-4 | 7-14 | 14-13 | 2-4 | 6-1 |
| 2021 | 42-30 | 1-1 | 20-18 | 15-9 | 5-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 15-21 | 8-9 | 1-3 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 418, the German reached the qualifications after beating Arjun Kadhe 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Mats had a good straight sets win against Kadhe (6-3 6-4). During the match, Rosenkranz scored 67 points vs Kadhe’s 46. Rosenkranz was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Rosenkranz managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mats Rosenkranz was quite efficient on serve to win 94% (30/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Kadhe twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Rosenkranz has won exactly 50% of his matches (213-209) in the last 8 years. 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Rosenkranz has an overall49-41 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Rosenkranz has a composed 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Vilnius Challenger
Rosenkranz has never competed in this tournament before.
Saba Purtseladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 15-10 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 558, Purtseladze reached the qualifications after defeating Charles Broom 6-4 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Saba defeated Broom (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Purtseladze scored 91 points vs Broom’s 87. Purtseladze was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
About the serving games, Purtseladze overwhelmed his opponent with 20 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Saba Purtseladze lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 60% of his first serves in, winning 77% (50/65) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Broom twice.
Saba has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Rosenkranz | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 67-46 | 91-87 |
| Total Points | 113 | 178 |
| Winners | 30 | 50 |
| %Winners | 45% | 55% |
Both Rosenkranz and Purtseladze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Saba Purtseladze lost 1 set while Mats Rosenkranz hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Rosenkranz has played 1 set(s) less than Purtseladze (2 vs 3). Therefore, Rosenkranz played 8 games less than Purtseladze. Rosenkranz scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Georgean managed to score 50 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Rosenkranz | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 20 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 65/109 |
| %1st in | 67% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 30/32 | 50/65 |
| %1st pts | 94% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 18/44 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 41% |
Rosenkranz recorded 7 aces . Purtseladze blasted 20 aces . Rosenkranz won 94% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Rosenkranz | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 29% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. The German very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Georgean broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Saba conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Rosenkranz | |||
| Q1 Kadhe |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/32 | 30/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 94% | 94% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Purtseladze | |||
| Q1 Broom |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-87 | 91-87 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 20 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 65/109 | 65/109 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 50/65 | 50/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/44 | 18/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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