Roman Safiullin and Sebastian Ofner will face off in the qualifications of the Mutua Madrid Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on COURT 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.77
Roman Safiullin -> 1.97
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Sebastian Ofner
This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Sebastian Ofner play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Ofner (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Ofner won 7-6(4) 4-6 6-4 in the quarter in the Hamburg Challenger back in 2020.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-18 | 5-7 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 112, Safiullin got to the qualifications after beating Joao Sousa 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-2 6-2). During the match, Safiullin scored 66 points vs Sousa’s 46. Roman was extremely aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin made 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 67% (20/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Sousa 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (338-167). 1-2 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has an overall 70-50 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he beat Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.
Roman has an aggregate 13-11 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
Roman has never competed in this tournament before.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-23 | 6-7 | 7-12 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 130, Sebastian reached the qualifications after beating Elias Ymer 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Ymer (6-3 6-1). During the match Ofner scored 64 points vs Ymer’s 42. The Austrian was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Ofner recorded 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Ofner was pretty effective on serve to win 77% (20/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ofner broke Ymer 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Sebastian’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger,the Antalya Challenger and the Zadar Challenger.
The Austrian has a composed 25-12 win-loss record in 2023, 17-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Madrid
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 |
| Pts | 66-46 | 64-42 |
| Total Points | 112 | 106 |
| Winners | 20 | 20 |
| %Winners | 30% | 31% |
Both Safiullin and Ofner played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Ofner have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). The Russian scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Ofner scored 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 26/53 |
| %1st in | 59% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/26 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 18/27 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 67% |
Safiullin blasted 5 aces . Ofner recorded 4 aces . Safiullin won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Ofner won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Ofner |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 63% | 67% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 75% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Roman broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Safiullin dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Austrian broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Ofner was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Safiullin | |||
| Q1 Sousa |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 66-46 | 66-46 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 30/51 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 20/30 | 20/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Ofner | |||
| Q1 Ymer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 64-42 | 64-42 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 26/53 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 20/26 | 20/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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