Liam Broady and Oleksii Krutykh will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 7:30 pm on GRANDSTAND 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Liam Broady who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liam Broady is the pick to win this match.
Liam Broady -> 1.49
Oleksii Krutykh -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Liam Broady vs. Oleksii Krutykh

There is no head to head record between Liam Broady and Oleksii Krutykh since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Liam Broady

Ranked no. 140, the Brit got to the 1^st round after beating Mubarak Shannan Zayid 6-1 6-1 and Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4 6-3.

In the qualifications, Liam had a good straight sets win against Basilashvili (6-4 6-3). During the match, Broady scored 78 points vs Basilashvili’s 66. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Broady scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Liam Broady lost the serve once and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Broady put 41% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (26/43) on the 2nd serve. Liam broke Basilashvili 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Broady started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 60% of the points he played.

Broady has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (356-245). 6-2 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Broady has a composed 197-117 match record in the last years on hard.

His best result of the year was conquering the title the Vilnius Challenger where he overcame Zdenek Kolar in the final 6-4 6-4.

Broady has an overall 12-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Oleksii Krutykh

Ranked no. 169 (career-high), Oleksii reached the 1^st round after beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-2 6-4 and Pavel Kotov 1-6 6-3 6-3.

In the qualifications against Kotov, Oleksii recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-3). During the match Krutykh scored 88 points vs Kotov’s 84. Oleksii was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Krutykh struck 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Krutykh put 64% of his first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (12/26) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Kotov 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Oleksii started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Krutykh has a composed 8-4 win-loss record in 2023, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Broady	Krutykh
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	5
Tot Games	33	43
Pts	133-87	156-137
Total Points	220	293
Winners	40	62
%Winners	30%	40%

Both Broady and Krutykh played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Oleksii Krutykh dropped 1 set while Liam Broady hasn’t dropped a set so far. Broady has played 1 set(s) less than Krutykh (4 vs 5). Therefore, Broady played 10 games less than Krutykh. The Brit scored 40 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Oleksii recorded 62 winners (40%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Broady	Krutykh
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	1	2.5
1st in	52/106	80/129
%1st in	49%	62%
1st pts	40/52	62/80
%1st pts	77%	78%
2nd pts	34/54	26/49
%2nd pts	63%	53%

Broady managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Krutykh managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Broady won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 78% 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	Broady	Krutykh
Won	8	6
Converted	8/18	6/14
% Converted	44%	43%
Conceded	12	12
Saved	11	10
% Saved	92%	83%
Times Broken	1	2

Broady broke his opponents 8 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Brit surrendered his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded. The Ukrainian broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Ukrainian conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.

Broady
	Q1 Al Harrasi	Q3 Basilashvili	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	14	19	33
pts	55-21	78-66	133-87
Total points	76	144	220
Winners	20	20	40
%Winners	36%	26%	30%
SERVE
Aces	1	1	2
Double Faults	2	2	4
1st in	22/33	30/73	52/106
% 1st in	67%	41%	49%
1st pts	20/22	20/30	40/52
% 1st pts	91%	67%	77%
2nd pts	8/11	26/43	34/54
% 2nd pts	73%	60%	63%
Breaks
Won	5	3	8
Converted	5/6	3/12	8/18
Converted %	83%	25%	44%
Conceded	0	12	12
Saved	0/0	11/12	11
Saved %	–	92%	46%
Times Broken	0	1	1

Krutykh
	Q1 Arnaldi	Q3 Kotov	Total
Score	6-2 6-4	1-6 6-3 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	5
Tot Games	18	25	43
pts	68-53	88-84	156-137
Total points	121	172	293
Winners	26	36	62
%Winners	38%	41%	40%
SERVE
Aces	2	3	5
Double Faults	1	4	5
1st in	33/56	47/73	80/129
% 1st in	59%	64%	62%
1st pts	26/33	36/47	62/80
% 1st pts	79%	77%	78%
2nd pts	14/23	12/26	26/49
% 2nd pts	61%	46%	53%
Breaks
Won	3	3	6
Converted	3/4	3/10	6/14
Converted %	75%	30%	43%
Conceded	3	9	12
Saved	3/3	7/9	10
Saved %	100%	78%	89%
Times Broken	0	2	2

Tennis Scores in Doha

• Alexandre MullerMuller – Tomas MachacMachac (4-6 7-6⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Liam BroadyBroady – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Pavel KotovKotov (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-3 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Alexandre MullerMuller (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Quentin HalysHalys (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Constant LestienneLestienne (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Liam BroadyBroady (0-0) – H2H and prediction