Gabriel Diallo and Kirill Kivattsev will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the Biel Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriel Diallo who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Gabriel Diallo is the pick to win this match.
Gabriel Diallo -> 1.26
Kirill Kivattsev -> 3.58

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Prediction and head to head Gabriel Diallo vs. Kirill Kivattsev

There is no head to head record between Gabriel Diallo and Kirill Kivattsev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Gabriel Diallo

Ranked no. 212, Diallo got to the 2^nd round after beating Dylan Dietrich 4-6 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round against Dietrich, The Canadian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Diallo scored 84 points vs Dietrich’s 67. Gabriel was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Regarding the service games, Diallo struck 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Gabriel Diallo was quite effective on serve to win 77% (40/52) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Gabriel broke Dietrich 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).

Diallo has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 66% of his matches (55-28). 9-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Diallo has a compiled22-12 match record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Gabriel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Montreal.

Gabriel has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2023, 9-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Biel Challenger

The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.

Kirill Kivattsev

Ranked no. 660, Kivattsev got to the 2^nd round after beating Mirko Martinez 4-6 6-1 6-2, Karol Drzewiecki 6-4 6-3 and Alexandar Lazarov 6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3.

In the 1^st round, The Russian defeated Lazarov (6-4 6-7⁵ 6-3). During the match Kivattsev scored 102 points vs Lazarov’s 85. Kivattsev was pretty aggressive to blast 48 winners.

About the serving games, Kivattsev recorded 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Kirill Kivattsev was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 66% (19/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Lazarov 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

The Russian’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Vilnius.

Kivattsev has a composed 13-6 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Diallo	Kivattsev
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	8
Tot Games	27	76
Pts	84-67	259-202
Total Points	151	461
Winners	40	110
%Winners	48%	42%

Diallo played 1 match while Kivattsev competed in 3 matches. Kivattsev started his run from the qualifications while Diallo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Gabriel Diallo conceded 1 set, while Kirill Kivattsev dropped 2 sets. Diallo has played 5 set(s) less than Kivattsev (3 vs 8). Therefore, Diallo played 49 games less than Kivattsev. The Canadian scored 40 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Kirill blasted 110 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Diallo	Kivattsev
Aces	8	18
Avg per match	8	6
1st in	52/73	134/211
%1st in	71%	64%
1st pts	40/52	110/134
%1st pts	77%	82%
2nd pts	11/21	50/77
%2nd pts	52%	65%

Diallo scored 8 aces . Kivattsev managed to score 18 aces (6 per match). Diallo won 77% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kivattsev won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Diallo	Kivattsev
Won	4	10
Converted	4/8	10/31
% Converted	50%	32%
Conceded	2	10
Saved	0	7
% Saved	0%	70%
Times Broken	2	3

Diallo broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Canadian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Kirill broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Diallo
	R1 Dietrich	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	27	27
pts	84-67	84-67
Total points	151	151
Winners	40	40
%Winners	48%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	8
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	52/73	52/73
% 1st in	71%	71%
1st pts	40/52	40/52
% 1st pts	77%	77%
2nd pts	11/21	11/21
% 2nd pts	52%	52%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/8	4/8
Converted %	50%	50%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	0/2	0
Saved %	0%	0%
Times Broken	2	2

Kivattsev
	Q1 Martinez	Q3 Drzewiecki	R1 Lazarov	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 6-2	6-4 6-3	6-4 6-75 6-3
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	25	19	32	76
pts	89-67	68-50	102-85	259-202
Total points	156	118	187	461
Winners	37	25	48	110
%Winners	42%	37%	47%	42%
SERVE
Aces	5	5	8	18
Double Faults	4	1	0	5
1st in	45/71	26/48	63/92	134/211
% 1st in	63%	54%	68%	64%
1st pts	37/45	25/26	48/63	110/134
% 1st pts	82%	96%	76%	82%
2nd pts	16/26	15/22	19/29	50/77
% 2nd pts	62%	68%	66%	65%
Breaks
Won	4	2	4	10
Converted	4/16	2/8	4/7	10/31
Converted %	25%	25%	57%	32%
Conceded	4	0	6	10
Saved	3/4	0/0	4/6	7
Saved %	75%	–	67%	142%
Times Broken	1	0	2	3

Tennis Scores in Biel Challenger

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-4 7-6⁵) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Liam BroadyBroady – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Norbert GombosGombos – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6² 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Benjamin HassanHassan – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kirill KivattsevKivattsev – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Francesco FortiForti – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Daniel CukiermanCukierman (1-0) – H2H and prediction