Vladyslav Orlov and Blaise Bicknell will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTER 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 Blaise Bicknell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaise Bicknell is the pick to win this match.
Blaise Bicknell -> 1.48
Vladyslav Orlov -> 2.52
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Prediction and head to head Vladyslav Orlov vs. Blaise Bicknell
There is no head to head record between Vladyslav Orlov and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Vladyslav Orlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-12 | 4-3 | 15-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-39 | 23-21 | 14-17 | 1-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-24 | 22-8 | 16-15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-33 | 6-7 | 21-21 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 33-14 | 23-8 | 10-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, Orlov reached the qualifications after beating Berk Ilkel 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Ukrainian had a good straight sets win against Ilkel (6-2 6-2). During the match, Orlov scored 57 points vs Ilkel’s 33. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Orlov struck 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Vladyslav Orlov was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Ukrainian broke Ilkel 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Orlov has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 56% of his matches (265-212). 12-11 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Orlov has a compiled142-102 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Ukrainian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Poprad.
Orlov has an aggregate 25-27 win-loss record in 2023, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Orlov has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaise Bicknell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 6-7 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 22-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-22 | 13-10 | 15-9 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-9 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 466 (career-high), the American reached the qualifications after beating Boris Butulija 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Bicknell had a good straight sets win against Butulija (6-2 6-2). During the match Bicknell scored 68 points vs Butulija’s 44. Blaise was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Bicknell blasted 3 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Blaise Bicknell was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bicknell broke Butulija 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Bicknell’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 San Diego,M25 Laval and the Lima Challenger.
Bicknell has a compiled 23-6 win-loss record in 2023, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Orlov | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 |
| Pts | 57-33 | 68-44 |
| Total Points | 90 | 112 |
| Winners | 21 | 24 |
| %Winners | 37% | 35% |
Both Orlov and Bicknell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Orlov and Bicknell have played the same amount of sets 2. They also played the same amount of games (16). Orlov scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Bicknell bagged 24 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Orlov | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 31/41 |
| %1st in | 59% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 24/31 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 8/10 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 80% |
Orlov fired 3 aces . Bicknell struck 3 aces . Orlov won 81% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 80% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Orlov | Bicknell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/12 |
| % Converted | 71% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 0 |
| Saved | 2 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Vladyslav broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Ukrainian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Bicknell broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Blaise was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Orlov | |||
| Q1 Ilkel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 57-33 | 57-33 | |
| Total points | 90 | 90 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 26/44 | 26/44 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 10/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bicknell | |||
| Q1 Butulija |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 68-44 | 68-44 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/41 | 31/41 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 24/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/10 | 8/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 80% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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