Pavel Kotov and Robert Strombachs will fight against each other in the quarter of the Troisdorf Challenger for the 1st time in their career. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pavel Kotov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pavel Kotov is the pick to win this match.
Pavel Kotov -> 1.21
Robert Strombachs -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Pavel Kotov vs. Robert Strombachs
There is no head to head record between Pavel Kotov and Robert Strombachs since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Pavel Kotov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-25 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-32 | 13-14 | 20-12 | 9-2 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-20 | 5-3 | 20-9 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-25 | 5-5 | 7-11 | 17-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 12-8 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 121, Kotov got to the quarter after beating Joris De Loore 3-6 7-65 6-1 and Terence Atmane 6-2 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kotov had a good straight sets win against Atmane (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kotov scored 54 points vs Atmane’s 31. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kotov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault. Pavel Kotov was extremely efficient on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 55% (6/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Pavel broke Atmane 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Kotov has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 61% of his matches (226-143). 9-6 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kotov has a composed99-65 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Pavel’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marrakech.
The Russian has an aggregate 19-15 win-loss record in 2023, 9-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Troisdorf Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Robert Strombachs
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-31 | 32-9 | 13-15 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 54-33 | 44-21 | 6-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 68-30 | 47-21 | 15-4 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-26 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 13-11 | 6-5 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 411, the German reached the quarter after defeating Maxime Janvier 6-3 6-4, Sumit Nagal 6-1 7-64, Jozef Kovalik 7-5 7-65 and Hernan Casanova 6-4 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Strombachs had a good straight sets win against Casanova (6-4 6-0). During the match Strombachs scored 62 points vs Casanova’s 42. Robert was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Strombachs scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Robert Strombachs lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Strombachs put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (25/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Robert broke Casanova 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Strombachs started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Strombachs’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sanxenxo.
Robert has a composed 29-13 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kotov | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 45 | 80 |
| Pts | 150-122 | 301-247 |
| Total Points | 272 | 548 |
| Winners | 64 | 156 |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% |
Kotov played 2 matches while Strombachs competed in 4 matches. Strombachs started his run from the qualifications while Kotov had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Pavel Kotov surrendered 1 set while Robert Strombachs hasn’t lost a set so far. Kotov has played 3 set(s) less than Strombachs (5 vs 8). Therefore, Kotov played 35 games less than Strombachs. The Russian scored 64 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The German struck 156 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kotov | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 2 |
| 1st in | 81/121 | 218/302 |
| %1st in | 67% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 64/81 | 156/218 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 26/40 | 41/84 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 49% |
Kotov managed to score 6 aces (3 per match). Strombachs struck 8 aces (2 per match). Kotov won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Strombachs won 72% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kotov | Strombachs |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 13 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 13/23 |
| % Converted | 41% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 21 |
| Saved | 3 | 17 |
| % Saved | 75% | 81% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
The Russian broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kotov dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The German broke his opponents 13 times with a 57% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kotov | ||||
| R1 De Loore |
R2 Atmane |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 16 | 45 | |
| pts | 96-91 | 54-31 | 150-122 | |
| Total points | 187 | 85 | 272 | |
| Winners | 38 | 26 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 48% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 53/82 | 28/39 | 81/121 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 26/28 | 64/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 93% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/29 | 6/11 | 26/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 55% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 4/7 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Strombachs | ||||||
| Q1 Janvier |
Q3 Nagal |
R1 Kovalik |
R2 Casanova |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-1 7-64 | 7-5 7-65 | 6-4 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 80 | |
| pts | 68-54 | 81-66 | 90-85 | 62-42 | 301-247 | |
| Total points | 122 | 147 | 175 | 104 | 548 | |
| Winners | 37 | 43 | 51 | 25 | 156 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 53% | 57% | 40% | 52% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 49/65 | 58/87 | 73/91 | 38/59 | 218/302 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 67% | 80% | 64% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 43/58 | 51/73 | 25/38 | 156/218 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 70% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/16 | 13/29 | 12/18 | 10/21 | 41/84 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 45% | 67% | 48% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/6 | 1/4 | 6/9 | 13/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 50% | 25% | 67% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 21 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 9/10 | 3/3 | 4/6 | 17 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 90% | 100% | 67% | 154% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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