Michael Vrbensky and Yanaki Milev will square off in the qualifications of the Liberec Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on SVIJANY COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative 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 -> 1.34
Yanaki Milev -> 3.06
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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Yanaki Milev
There is no head to head record between Michael Vrbensky and Yanaki Milev since this will be the first time that they will face 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. 379, Vrbensky got to the qualifications after beating Dominik Kellovsky 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications, Michael had a good straight sets win against Kellovsky (6-1 6-2). During the match, Vrbensky scored 60 points vs Kellovsky’s 33. The Czech was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vrbensky managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Michael Vrbensky was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (26/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vrbensky broke Kellovsky 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Vrbensky has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (221-146). 21-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vrbensky has a compiled150-96 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio,M25 Faro and M25 Most.
The Czech has a composed 32-20 win-loss record in 2023, 21-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Yanaki Milev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 0-1 | 39-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 0-0 | 35-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-15 | 4-3 | 17-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 567, Milev reached the qualifications after beating Jonas Forejtek 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Milev had a good straight sets win against Forejtek (6-3 6-4). During the match Milev scored 62 points vs Forejtek’s 52. Milev was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Milev bagged 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Yanaki Milev lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Milev put 42% of his first serves in, winning 82% (23/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (17/38) on the 2nd serve. Yanaki was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Forejtek 4 times.
Milev’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
The Bulgarian has a compiled 24-15 win-loss record in 2023, 24-15 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Liberec Challenger
Yanaki has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vrbensky | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 19 |
| Pts | 60-33 | 62-52 |
| Total Points | 93 | 114 |
| Winners | 26 | 23 |
| %Winners | 43% | 37% |
Both Vrbensky and Milev played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vrbensky and Milev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vrbensky played 4 games less than Milev. The Czech scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Yanaki made 23 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vrbensky | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 28/66 |
| %1st in | 68% | 42% |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 23/28 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 17/38 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 45% |
Vrbensky struck 7 aces . Milev struck 3 aces . Vrbensky won 76% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Milev won 82% 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 | Vrbensky | Milev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 57% | 100% |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Czech broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Yanaki broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. The Bulgarian conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Kellovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 60-33 | 60-33 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/50 | 34/50 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 26/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Milev | |||
| Q1 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 62-52 | 62-52 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 28/66 | 28/66 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 23/28 | 23/28 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/38 | 17/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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