Michael Vrbensky and Juan Bautista Otegui will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Iasi Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 6. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Vrbensky who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Vrbensky is the pick to win this match.
Michael Vrbensky -> 1.31
Juan Bautista Otegui -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Juan Bautista Otegui
There is no head to head record between Michael Vrbensky and Juan Bautista Otegui since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Michael Vrbensky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 347, Michael reached the qualifications after defeating Tomas Lipovsek Puches 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Lipovsek Puches (6-2 6-2). During the match, Vrbensky scored 57 points vs Lipovsek Puches’s 36. Michael was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vrbensky bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Michael Vrbensky lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Vrbensky put 67% of his first serves in, winning 66% (21/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Lipovsek Puches 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Vrbensky has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (216-142). 16-10 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Vrbensky has a compiled145-92 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
Vrbensky’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Faro and M25 Most.
The Czech has an aggregate 27-16 win-loss record in 2023, 16-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Vrbensky has never competed in this tournament before.
Juan Bautista Otegui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 28-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-32 | 4-7 | 14-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-26 | 2-1 | 43-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-16 | 1-2 | 19-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-10 | 4-5 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 442, Juan reached the qualifications after defeating Matei Cristian Onofrei 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Argentine had a good straight sets win against Cristian Onofrei (6-2 6-1). During the match Bautista scored 61 points vs Cristian Onofrei’s 33. The Argentine was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Bautista bagged 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Juan Bautista Otegui lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Bautista put 51% of his first serves in, winning 74% (17/23) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Bautista broke Cristian Onofrei 7 times after converting 88% of his break points (7/8).
Bautista has an overall 6-17 win-loss record in 2023, 6-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vrbensky | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 15 |
| Pts | 57-36 | 61-33 |
| Total Points | 93 | 94 |
| Winners | 21 | 17 |
| %Winners | 37% | 28% |
Both Vrbensky and Bautista played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vrbensky and Bautista have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vrbensky played 1 game more than Bautista. Vrbensky scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Argentine recorded 17 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vrbensky | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 23/45 |
| %1st in | 67% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 17/23 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 10/22 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 45% |
Vrbensky struck 3 aces . Bautista bagged 3 aces . Vrbensky won 66% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Bautista won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vrbensky | Bautista |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 7/8 |
| % Converted | 63% | 88% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Juan broke his opponent 7 times with a 88% conversion rate. Bautista conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Lipovsek Puches |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-36 | 57-36 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bautista | |||
| Q1 Cristian Onofrei |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 61-33 | 61-33 | |
| Total points | 94 | 94 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/45 | 23/45 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 17/23 | 17/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/22 | 10/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| Converted % | 88% | 88% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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