Gerald Melzer and Khumoun Sultanov will play each other in the qualifications of the Ostrava Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:30 am on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gerald Melzer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gerald Melzer is the pick to win this match.
Gerald Melzer -> 1.47
Khumoun Sultanov -> 2.54
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Prediction and head to head Gerald Melzer vs. Khumoun Sultanov
There is no head to head record between Gerald Melzer and Khumoun Sultanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Gerald Melzer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 20-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-18 | 0-1 | 13-16 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-14 | 0-0 | 24-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 418, Melzer reached the qualifications after beating Alejandro Moro Canas 6-1 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Austrian defeated Moro Canas (6-1 3-6 6-1). During the match, Melzer scored 90 points vs Moro Canas’s 73. Gerald was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Melzer recorded 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Gerald Melzer lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Melzer put 58% of his first serves in, winning 60% (25/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (17/30) on the 2nd serve. Gerald broke Moro Canas 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Melzer has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (222-164). 6-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Melzer has an overall 190-127 record in the last years on clay.
Gerald has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ostrava Challenger
Gerald has never competed in this tournament before.
Khumoun Sultanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-8 | 23-6 | 3-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 28-9 | 7-5 | 8-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2022 | 35-22 | 4-3 | 25-13 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 3-5 | 6-7 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 425, will start his run in the Ostrava Challenger after he played his last match in the Ostrava Challenger where he overcame 6-3 6-2 to Paulson in the qualifications on the 23rd of April.
Khumoun has a compiled 15-9 win-loss record in 2023, 0-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Uzbek’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Al Zahra and M25 Saint Dizier.
In terms of his career, The Uzbek has an overall 187-137 record. He has a positive 59-50 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Melzer | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 |
| Pts | 90-73 | 64-45 |
| Total Points | 163 | 109 |
| Winners | 25 | 19 |
| %Winners | 28% | 30% |
Both Melzer and Sultanov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Gerald Melzer lost 1 set while Khumoun Sultanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Melzer has played 1 set more than Sultanov (3 vs 2). Therefore, Melzer played 6 games more than Sultanov. Melzer scored 25 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Sultanov fired 19 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Melzer | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 1 |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 25/55 |
| %1st in | 58% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 19/25 |
| %1st pts | 60% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 18/30 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 60% |
Melzer blasted 3 aces . Sultanov managed to score 1 ace . Melzer won 60% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sultanov won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Melzer | Sultanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 4 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 64% | 44% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 40% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Melzer broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Melzer lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Sultanov broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Khumoun conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Melzer | |||
| Q1 Moro |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 90-73 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/72 | 42/72 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 25/42 | 25/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/30 | 17/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Sultanov | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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