Pavel Kotov and Oleksii Krutykh will face off in the 1^st round of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell for the 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

Ranked no. 108, the Russian got to the 1^st 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

Ranked no. 180, Krutykh reached the 1^st 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

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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