Pavel Kotov and Oleksii Krutykh will face off in the 1st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:30 pm on PISTA 2. 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 Oleksii Krutykh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oleksii Krutykh is the pick to win this match.
Oleksii Krutykh -> 1.9
Pavel Kotov -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Oleksii Krutykh
This will be the 2nd time that Pavel Kotov and Oleksii Krutykh square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Krutykh (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Krutykh won 1-6 6-3 6-3 in the qualifications in Doha back in February 2023.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 4-6 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 108, the Russian got to the 1st round after defeating Matteo Gigante 3-6 7-63 6-4 and Benoit Paire 6-2 2-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kotov defeated Paire (6-2 2-6 6-3). During the match, Kotov scored 90 points vs Paire’s 77. Pavel was very aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kotov scored just 1 ace and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kotov put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (35/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Pavel broke Paire 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Pavel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 2 set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.
Kotov has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (222-139). 5-2 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kotov has a composed95-61 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
Kotov’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in Marrakech.
The Russian has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Barcelona
Kotov has never competed in this tournament before.
Oleksii Krutykh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-21 | 1-3 | 13-17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-32 | 13-8 | 15-16 | 4-5 | 1-2 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 49-27 | 2-3 | 44-20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-25 | 8-3 | 32-20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 13-7 | 7-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 180, Krutykh reached the 1st round after beating Miljan Zekic 6-4 4-6 6-1 and Hugo Grenier 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Oleksii had a good straight sets win against Grenier (6-4 6-4). During the match Krutykh scored 75 points vs Grenier’s 64. Oleksii was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Krutykh struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oleksii Krutykh was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Oleksii broke Grenier twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
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 54% of the points he played.
Oleksii has an overall 12-9 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 47 |
| Pts | 194-183 | 175-149 |
| Total Points | 377 | 324 |
| Winners | 83 | 72 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Both Kotov and Krutykh played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Pavel Kotov conceded 2 sets, while Oleksii Krutykh conceded 1 set. Kotov has played 1 set more than Krutykh (6 vs 5). Therefore, Kotov played 10 games more than Krutykh. The Russian scored 83 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Ukrainian fired 72 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 121/182 | 104/180 |
| %1st in | 66% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 83/121 | 72/104 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 25/61 | 46/76 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 61% |
Kotov blasted 10 aces (5 per match). Krutykh scored 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kotov won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Krutykh won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Krutykh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 6 |
| Converted | 10/21 | 6/17 |
| % Converted | 48% | 35% |
| Conceded | 23 | 15 |
| Saved | 14 | 13 |
| % Saved | 61% | 87% |
| Times Broken | 9 | 2 |
Kotov broke his opponents 10 times with a 48% conversion rate. Kotov lost his serve 9 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded. Krutykh broke his opponents 6 times with a 35% conversion rate. Oleksii conceded his serve twice and he saved 87% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | ||||
| Q1 Gigante |
Q3 Paire |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-63 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 25 | 57 | |
| pts | 104-106 | 90-77 | 194-183 | |
| Total points | 210 | 167 | 377 | |
| Winners | 48 | 35 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 71/109 | 50/73 | 121/182 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 68% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/71 | 35/50 | 83/121 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/38 | 12/23 | 25/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 34% | 52% | 41% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/13 | 4/8 | 10/21 | |
| Converted % | 46% | 50% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 17 | 6 | 23 | |
| Saved | 11/17 | 3/6 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 65% | 50% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Krutykh | ||||
| Q1 Zekic |
Q3 Grenier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 6-1 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 20 | 47 | |
| pts | 100-85 | 75-64 | 175-149 | |
| Total points | 185 | 139 | 324 | |
| Winners | 38 | 34 | 72 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 45% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 58/109 | 46/71 | 104/180 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 65% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 34/46 | 72/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 74% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/51 | 15/25 | 46/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 60% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 2/7 | 6/17 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 29% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 | 15 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 6/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 100% | 89% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WLLLWLWLWL Tennis Scores in Barcelona
- Pavel KotovKotov – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 2-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (6-3 1-6 7-61) – See score progression
- Oleksii KrutykhKrutykh – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Timofey SkatovSkatov (7-61 7-5) – See score progression
- Jozef KovalikKovalik – Pol Martin TiffonMartin Tiffon (6-3 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
- Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Alex Marti PujolrasMarti Pujolras (6-74 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
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