Mohamed Safwat and Lukas Pokorny will square off in the 1st round of the Bratislava 1 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 8. 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 Mohamed Safwat who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mohamed Safwat is the pick to win this match.
Mohamed Safwat -> 1.71
Lukas Pokorny -> 2.05
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Prediction and head to head Mohamed Safwat vs. Lukas Pokorny
This will be the 2nd time that Mohamed Safwat and Lukas Pokorny face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Safwat (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they played each other, Safwat won 6-4 6-7(3) 6-2 in the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in March 2023.
Mohamed Safwat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-24 | 25-8 | 15-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 61-28 | 36-10 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-24 | 2-6 | 22-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-24 | 1-2 | 5-14 | 3-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-16 | 11-9 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 474, Safwat got to the 1st round after beating Duje Ajdukovic 7-61 2-1 ret. and Giovanni Fonio 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications against Fonio, Safwat recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Safwat scored 90 points vs Fonio’s 80. Mohamed was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safwat recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mohamed Safwat lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Safwat put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (35/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Mohamed broke Fonio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Safwat has good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (356-263). 12-6 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safwat has an aggregate 147-126 record in the last years on clay.
Safwat’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M15 Osijek.
The Egyptian has a compiled 32-15 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bratislava 1 Challenger
Lukas Pokorny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-26 | 20-13 | 8-6 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-26 | 21-13 | 4-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 22-9 | 12-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 12-4 | 8-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 601 (career-high), the Slovakian will start his run in the Bratislava 1 Challenger after he played his last match in the Prostejov Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-0 to Kuzmanov in the 1st round on the 5th of June.
Lukas has an overall 22-12 win-loss record in 2023, 4-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
In terms of his career, Lukas has an overall 82-59 record. He has a negative 24-27 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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