Francisco Comesana and Oliver Crawford will play each other in the quarter of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Francisco Comesana who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Francisco Comesana is the pick to win this match.
Francisco Comesana -> 1.49
Oliver Crawford -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Francisco Comesana vs. Oliver Crawford
There is no head to head record between Francisco Comesana and Oliver Crawford since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Francisco Comesana
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-15 | 1-2 | 16-12 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-25 | 2-2 | 57-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-18 | 2-2 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 49-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 7-6 | 5-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 273, Francisco reached the quarter after beating James McCabe 6-1 4-0 ret. and Giovanni Fonio 7-66 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Comesana had a good straight sets win against Fonio (7-66 6-2). During the match, Comesana scored 73 points vs Fonio’s 60. Francisco was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Comesana struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Francisco Comesana lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Comesana put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (31/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Fonio 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Comesana has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 64% of his matches (187-105). 20-10 on clay in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Comesana has a compiled178-94 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Argentine’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Tucuman.
Francisco has a composed 20-11 win-loss record in 2023, 20-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Comesana has never competed in this tournament before.
Oliver Crawford
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-13 | 6-3 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 62-27 | 17-9 | 43-17 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-25 | 14-8 | 38-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-23 | 23-11 | 29-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 281 (career-high), Oliver reached the quarter after defeating Matheus Pucinelli De Almeida 6-3 7-67 and Max Houkes 6-4 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Oliver had a good straight sets win against Houkes (6-4 6-2). During the match Crawford scored 77 points vs Houkes’s 54. Crawford was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Crawford managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Oliver Crawford lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Crawford put 60% of his first serves in, winning 63% (25/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (14/27) on the 2nd serve. Crawford broke Houkes 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Oliver hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Oliver’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Monastir and M25 Varnamo.
The American has a compiled 23-11 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Comesana | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 40 |
| Pts | 121-85 | 158-133 |
| Total Points | 206 | 291 |
| Winners | 43 | 56 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
Both Comesana and Crawford played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Comesana has played 1 set more than Crawford (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Comesana played 8 games less than Crawford. Comesana scored 43 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Oliver fired 56 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Comesana | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 55/94 | 88/146 |
| %1st in | 59% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 43/55 | 56/88 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 22/39 | 30/58 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 52% |
Comesana made 9 aces (4.5 per match). Crawford scored 2 aces (1 per match). Comesana won 78% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Crawford won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Comesana | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 9 |
| Converted | 9/14 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 64% | 39% |
| Conceded | 4 | 16 |
| Saved | 2 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Comesana broke his opponents 9 times with a 64% conversion rate. Comesana surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Crawford broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Comesana | ||||
| R1 McCabe |
R2 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 4-0 ret. | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 11 | 21 | 32 | |
| pts | 48-25 | 73-60 | 121-85 | |
| Total points | 73 | 133 | 206 | |
| Winners | 12 | 31 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 25% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 15/28 | 40/66 | 55/94 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 61% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 12/15 | 31/40 | 43/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/13 | 13/26 | 22/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 50% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/5 | 9/14 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 80% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 33% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Crawford | ||||
| R1 Pucinelli De Almeida |
R2 Houkes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-67 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 18 | 40 | |
| pts | 81-79 | 77-54 | 158-133 | |
| Total points | 160 | 131 | 291 | |
| Winners | 31 | 25 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 32% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/79 | 40/67 | 88/146 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 25/40 | 56/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 63% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/31 | 14/27 | 30/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 6/10 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 60% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 8/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 73% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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