Neil Oberleitner and Alexander Zgirovsky will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Astana Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Neil Oberleitner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Neil Oberleitner is the pick to win this match.
Neil Oberleitner -> 1.63
Alexander Zgirovsky -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Neil Oberleitner vs. Alexander Zgirovsky
There is no head to head record between Neil Oberleitner and Alexander Zgirovsky since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Neil Oberleitner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 21-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 37-30 | 10-8 | 15-15 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 8-2 |
| 2022 | 30-31 | 14-15 | 16-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-25 | 17-12 | 10-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 543, Neil reached the 2nd round after beating Sidharth Rawat 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, Oberleitner had a good straight sets win against Rawat (6-1 6-2). During the match, Oberleitner scored 65 points vs Rawat’s 40. Oberleitner was extremely aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Oberleitner blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Neil Oberleitner was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Austrian broke Rawat 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Oberleitner has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (140-129). 6-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Oberleitner has an aggregate67-62 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Oberleitner’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Foncenex and M15 Osijek.
Neil has a composed 26-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Oberleitner has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Zgirovsky
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-12 | 0-3 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 23-21 | 14-13 | 9-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-15 | 25-14 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-12 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 657, the Belarussian got to the 2nd round after beating Sanjar Fayziev 4-6 6-1 6-2, Daniil Glinka 6-74 6-2 6-4 and Saba Purtseladze 3-6 7-5 7-5.
In the 1st round against Purtseladze, Zgirovsky recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Zgirovsky scored 106 points vs Purtseladze’s 105. Zgirovsky was very aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Zgirovsky struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alexander Zgirovsky lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Zgirovsky put 72% of his first serves in, winning 72% (48/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Purtseladze 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Zgirovsky’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Kursumlijska Banja.
Alexander has a composed 19-13 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Oberleitner | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 89 |
| Pts | 65-40 | 319-292 |
| Total Points | 105 | 611 |
| Winners | 23 | 136 |
| %Winners | 35% | 43% |
Oberleitner played 1 match while Zgirovsky competed in 3 matches. Zgirovsky started his run from the qualifications while Oberleitner had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Alexander Zgirovsky surrendered 3 sets while Neil Oberleitner hasn’t conceded a set so far. Oberleitner has played 7 set(s) less than Zgirovsky (2 vs 9). Therefore, Oberleitner played 74 games less than Zgirovsky. Neil scored 23 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian bagged 136 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Oberleitner | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 194/276 |
| %1st in | 57% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 136/194 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 37/82 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 45% |
Oberleitner blasted 5 aces . Zgirovsky bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Oberleitner won 77% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Zgirovsky won 70% of the points behind 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 | Oberleitner | Zgirovsky |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 16 |
| Converted | 5/11 | 16/44 |
| % Converted | 45% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 28 |
| Saved | 1 | 19 |
| % Saved | 50% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
The Austrian broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Austrian dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Zgirovsky broke his opponents 16 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zgirovsky conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Oberleitner | |||
| R1 Rawat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-40 | 65-40 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 30/53 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Zgirovsky | |||||
| Q1 Fayziev |
Q3 Glinka |
R1 Purtseladze |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-74 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 7-5 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 31 | 33 | 89 | |
| pts | 98-80 | 115-107 | 106-105 | 319-292 | |
| Total points | 178 | 222 | 211 | 611 | |
| Winners | 45 | 43 | 48 | 136 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 37% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 56/78 | 71/105 | 67/93 | 194/276 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 68% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 45/56 | 43/71 | 48/67 | 136/194 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 61% | 72% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/22 | 17/34 | 13/26 | 37/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 50% | 50% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/15 | 7/15 | 4/14 | 16/44 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 47% | 29% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 13 | 8 | 28 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 9/13 | 5/8 | 19 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 69% | 63% | 203% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | |
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