Dominik Koepfer and Evan Furness will square off in the 2nd round of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Koepfer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominik Koepfer is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Koepfer -> 1.48
Evan Furness -> 2.51
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Koepfer vs. Evan Furness
There is no head to head record between Dominik Koepfer and Evan Furness since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dominik Koepfer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-14 | 10-5 | 4-7 | 3-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-19 | 7-6 | 24-5 | 6-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-14 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-30 | 10-12 | 10-9 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 8-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 149, Dominik got to the 2nd round after defeating Gastao Elias 1-1 ret..
In the 1st round against Elias, Koepfer had a free pass after Elias retired on a 1-1 . scoreline.
Koepfer has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (249-166). 14-3 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Koepfer has an aggregate63-41 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Mexico City Challenger where he defeated Thiago Agustin Tirante in the final 2-6 6-4 6-2.
Koepfer has an overall 14-6 win-loss record in 2023, 14-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Evan Furness
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 3-2 | 8-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 13-15 | 0-3 | 5-5 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-31 | 2-3 | 16-12 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 46-27 | 14-1 | 26-20 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 37-10 | 34-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 288, the French player reached the 2nd round after defeating Zdenek Kolar 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Furness had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-4 6-3). During the match Furness scored 72 points vs Kolar’s 56. Evan was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Furness scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Evan Furness lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Furness put 60% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Evan broke Kolar 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Evan’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Szekesfehervar Challenger and the St. Brieuc Challenger.
The French player has an overall 13-14 win-loss record in 2023, 5-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022 and 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Koepfer | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 2 | 19 |
| Pts | 8-6 | 72-56 |
| Total Points | 14 | 128 |
| Winners | 3 | 29 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Koepfer and Furness played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Koepfer and Furness have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Koepfer played 17 games less than Furness. The German scored 3 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Furness made 29 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Koepfer | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 3/6 | 42/70 |
| %1st in | 50% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 3/3 | 29/42 |
| %1st pts | 100% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 2/3 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 50% |
Koepfer struck 2 aces . Furness struck 4 aces . Koepfer won 100% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Furness won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Koepfer | Furness |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 4 |
| Converted | 0/2 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 0% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 |
| Saved | 0 | 6 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The German hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The German extremely effective on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Furness broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Evan conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Koepfer | |||
| R1 Elias |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 2 | 2 | |
| pts | 8-6 | 8-6 | |
| Total points | 14 | 14 | |
| Winners | 3 | 3 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| % 1st pts | 100% | 100% | |
| 2nd pts | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Furness | |||
| R1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 72-56 | 72-56 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/70 | 42/70 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/42 | 29/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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