Vit Kopriva and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the quarter of the Antalya Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vit Kopriva who should win in 3 sets.
Vit Kopriva -> 1.57
Michael Geerts -> 2.33
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Vit Kopriva and Michael Geerts fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Geerts won 6-4 6-1 in the 1st round in Turkey F14 back in 2016.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-27 | 13-9 | 21-16 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 169, the Czech got to the quarter after beating Stefano Travaglia 6-74 6-3 6-4 and Steven Diez 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Vit had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-2 6-0). During the match, Kopriva scored 54 points vs Diez’s 30. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 16 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kopriva was unable to score even 1 ace in the encounter and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Vit Kopriva conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 57% of his first serves in, winning 67% (16/24) of the points behind his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Diez 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kopriva has conceded 1 set in this tournament to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Kopriva has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (275-190). 2-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopriva has a compiled203-129 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Kopriva has an overall 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Antalya Challenger
Vit has never competed in this tournament before.
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-37 | 18-11 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 243, Geerts reached the quarter after defeating Li Tu 6-70 6-0 6-2 and Salvatore Caruso 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Geerts had a good straight sets win against Caruso (6-4 6-4). During the match Geerts scored 66 points vs Caruso’s 58. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Geerts lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Geerts put 46% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Geerts broke Caruso 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geerts has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Geerts has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kopriva | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 47 |
| Pts | 165-134 | 169-143 |
| Total Points | 299 | 312 |
| Winners | 55 | 63 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Kopriva and Geerts played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Vit Kopriva lost 1 set, while Michael Geerts conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kopriva and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kopriva played 1 game less than Geerts. Kopriva scored 55 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts blasted 63 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kopriva | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 1st in | 88/154 | 94/172 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 55/88 | 63/94 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 40/66 | 43/78 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 55% |
Kopriva managed to score 1 ace (0.5 per match). Geerts also blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Kopriva won 63% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kopriva | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 10 |
| Converted | 11/20 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 55% | 50% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 11 |
| % Saved | 64% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Czech broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Vit lost his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kopriva | ||||
| R1 Travaglia | R2 Diez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 14 | 46 | |
| pts | 111-104 | 54-30 | 165-134 | |
| Total points | 215 | 84 | 299 | |
| Winners | 39 | 16 | 55 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 30% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 64/112 | 24/42 | 88/154 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 39/64 | 16/24 | 55/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 67% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/48 | 13/18 | 40/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 72% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 5/7 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 71% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 | 11 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 100% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Geerts | ||||
| R1 Tu | R2 Caruso | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-70 6-0 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 103-85 | 66-58 | 169-143 | |
| Total points | 188 | 124 | 312 | |
| Winners | 40 | 23 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 35% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 61/100 | 33/72 | 94/172 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 46% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 40/61 | 23/33 | 63/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/39 | 18/39 | 43/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 46% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/6 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 83% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 6/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
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