Vit Kopriva and Oriol Roca Batalla will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vit Kopriva who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Vit Kopriva is the pick to win this match.
Vit Kopriva -> 1.33
Oriol Roca Batalla -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Oriol Roca Batalla
This will be the 2nd time that Vit Kopriva and Oriol Roca Batalla clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kopriva (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kopriva won 7-6(7) 6-1 in the 1st round in the Parma Challenger back in 2022.
Vit Kopriva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-11 | 9-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148, Vit got to the 2nd round after beating Jan Choinski 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Choinski (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kopriva scored 70 points vs Choinski’s 56. Vit was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kopriva scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Vit Kopriva lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 67% of his first serves in, winning 62% (26/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Kopriva broke Choinski 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Kopriva has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (297-208). 24-16 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopriva has a compiled225-145 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Verona Challenger where he overcame Vitaliy Sachko in the final 1-6 7-6(3) 6-2 and the Tulln Challenger where he defeated Sumit Nagal in the final 6-2 6-4.
Kopriva has an aggregate 25-22 win-loss record in 2023, 24-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Oriol Roca Batalla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-14 | 5-6 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-38 | 8-4 | 42-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-26 | 0-0 | 50-25 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-21 | 0-1 | 25-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-10 | 0-1 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Roca Batalla got to the 2nd round after beating Tim Handel 6-3 6-78 7-65, Toby Alex Kodat 6-3 2-2 ret. and Pedro Martinez Portero 7-62 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, Oriol defeated Martinez Portero (7-62 1-6 6-3). During the match Roca Batalla and Martinez Portero scored the same amount of points (93). However, the world no. 148 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Roca Batalla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about serving, Roca Batalla fired 6 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Oriol Roca Batalla lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Roca Batalla put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (42/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (14/31) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Martinez Portero 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Torello and the Augsburg Challenger.
Roca Batalla has a compiled 32-30 win-loss record in 2023, 24-26 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kopriva | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 77 |
| Pts | 70-56 | 257-234 |
| Total Points | 126 | 491 |
| Winners | 26 | 118 |
| %Winners | 37% | 46% |
Kopriva played 1 match while Roca Batalla competed in 3 matches. Roca Batalla started his run from the qualifications while Kopriva had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Oriol Roca Batalla surrendered 2 sets while Vit Kopriva hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kopriva has played 7 set(s) less than Roca Batalla (2 vs 9). Therefore, Kopriva played 60 games less than Roca Batalla. Vit scored 26 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 118 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kopriva | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 159/242 |
| %1st in | 67% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 118/159 |
| %1st pts | 62% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 48/83 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 58% |
Kopriva recorded 6 aces . Roca Batalla managed to score 13 aces (4.3 per match). Kopriva won 62% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Roca Batalla won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kopriva | Roca Batalla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 55% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 |
| Saved | 5 | 6 |
| % Saved | 71% | 55% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 |
Kopriva broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Vit lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Roca Batalla conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kopriva | |||
| R1 Choinski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 70-56 | 70-56 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/63 | 42/63 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 26/42 | 26/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 62% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Roca Batalla | |||||
| Q1 Handel |
Q3 Alex Kodat |
R1 Martinez Portero |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-78 7-65 | 6-3 2-2 ret. | 7-62 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 13 | 29 | 77 | |
| pts | 120-108 | 44-33 | 93-93 | 257-234 | |
| Total points | 228 | 77 | 186 | 491 | |
| Winners | 52 | 24 | 42 | 118 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 30/39 | 59/90 | 159/242 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 77% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 52/70 | 24/30 | 42/59 | 118/159 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 80% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/43 | 6/9 | 14/31 | 48/83 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 67% | 45% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 1/2 | 3/8 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 1/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 20% | 103% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
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