Roman Safiullin and Vit Kopriva will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.59
Vit Kopriva -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Vit Kopriva
This will be the 2nd time that Roman Safiullin and Vit Kopriva clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Safiullin won 6-3 7-6(6) in the qualifications in the Prostejov 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. 103, Roman got to the qualifications after defeating Joao Sousa 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Sousa (6-1 6-3). During the match, Safiullin scored 58 points vs Sousa’s 36. Safiullin was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Roman Safiullin conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 79% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Roman broke Sousa 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Safiullin has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 67% of his matches (342-168). 5-3 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Safiullin has an aggregate 74-51 match record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Koblenz Challenger where he overcame Vasek Pospisil in the final 6-2 7-5.
Safiullin has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Rome
Roman has never competed in this tournament before.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 9-7 | 8-10 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 159, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Elahi Galan 7-62 3-6 7-61.
In the qualifications, The Czech defeated Elahi Galan Riveros (7-62 3-6 7-61). During the match Kopriva scored 116 points vs Elahi Galan Riveros’s 115. Vit was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Kopriva scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 6 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 64% of his first serves in, winning 67% (52/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (18/44) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Elahi Galan Riveros 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Vit’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Antalya Challenger and the Sanremo Challenger.
Kopriva has an aggregate 11-12 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 35 |
| Pts | 58-36 | 116-115 |
| Total Points | 94 | 231 |
| Winners | 30 | 52 |
| %Winners | 52% | 45% |
Both Safiullin and Kopriva played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vit Kopriva conceded 1 set while Roman Safiullin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Safiullin has played 1 set(s) less than Kopriva (2 vs 3). Therefore, Safiullin played 19 games less than Kopriva. The Russian scored 30 winners (52% of the total points). On the other side, Vit scored 52 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2 |
| 1st in | 38/48 | 78/122 |
| %1st in | 79% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 52/78 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 18/44 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 41% |
Safiullin made 5 aces . Kopriva blasted 2 aces . Safiullin won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kopriva won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Kopriva |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 67% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Safiullin broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Russian extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| Q1 Sousa | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-36 | 58-36 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kopriva | |||
| Q1 Elahi Galan Riveros | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 3-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 116-115 | 116-115 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 52 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 78/122 | 78/122 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 52/78 | 52/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/44 | 18/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 6/12 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
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