Valentin Vacherot and Andrew Paulson will face off in the quarter of the Prague 3 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.63
Andrew Paulson -> 2.21
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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Andrew Paulson
There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Andrew Paulson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Valentin Vacherot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-13 | 19-3 | 15-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 6-4 | 49-25 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-22 | 27-12 | 18-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-14 | 36-8 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 285, Valentin reached the quarter after defeating Kirill Kivattsev 6-4 6-4 and Facundo Mena 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Vacherot had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-2 6-4). During the match, Vacherot scored 61 points vs Mena’s 48. Valentin was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vacherot scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Valentin Vacherot was exceptionally effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 56% (9/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Mena 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vacherot hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Vacherot has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 66% of his matches (179-92). 36-14 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vacherot has an overall90-46 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The French player best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Montauban,Bresse and M25 Ystad.
Vacherot has a composed 38-19 win-loss record in 2023, 36-14 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350 (career-high), Andrew reached the quarter after beating Pawel Cias 6-4 6-4 and Mathys Erhard 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Paulson had a good straight sets win against Erhard (6-3 6-3). During the match Paulson scored 72 points vs Erhard’s 54. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Paulson couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 4 double faults. Andrew Paulson lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Paulson put 64% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (9/25) on the 2nd serve. Paulson broke Erhard 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Czech’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Poprad,M25+H Kassel and M25 Lodz.
Andrew has a composed 22-12 win-loss record in 2023, 21-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 3 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vacherot | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 38 | 38 |
| Pts | 126-101 | 143-118 |
| Total Points | 227 | 261 |
| Winners | 56 | 62 |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% |
Both Vacherot and Paulson played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vacherot and Paulson have played the same amount of sets 4. They also played the same amount of games (38). Vacherot scored 56 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Andrew made 62 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vacherot | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 65/100 | 84/134 |
| %1st in | 65% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 56/65 | 62/84 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/50 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 42% |
Vacherot fired 4 aces (2 per match). Paulson scored 5 aces (2.5 per match). Vacherot won 86% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Paulson won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vacherot | Paulson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 9 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 33% | 45% |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Valentin broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. Vacherot quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vacherot | ||||
| R1 Kivattsev | R2 Mena | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 65-53 | 61-48 | 126-101 | |
| Total points | 118 | 109 | 227 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 32/51 | 33/49 | 65/100 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/32 | 28/33 | 56/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 85% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 9/16 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 56% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 3/7 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paulson | ||||
| R1 Cias | R2 Erhard | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 18 | 38 | |
| pts | 71-64 | 72-54 | 143-118 | |
| Total points | 135 | 126 | 261 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 45/70 | 84/134 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/39 | 31/45 | 62/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 69% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 9/25 | 21/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 36% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 6/8 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 75% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 59% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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