Henri Laaksonen and Kirill Kivattsev will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Sibiu Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on COURT 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.52
Kirill Kivattsev -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Henri Laaksonen vs. Kirill Kivattsev
There is no head to head record between Henri Laaksonen and Kirill Kivattsev since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Henri Laaksonen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 11-23 | 1-2 | 9-16 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-35 | 5-12 | 5-11 | 12-9 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-25 | 8-5 | 19-10 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-15 | 1-3 | 9-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 316, Laaksonen got to the qualifications after beating Jesse Flores 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Flores (6-3 6-1). During the match, Laaksonen scored 59 points vs Flores’s 40. The Swiss was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Laaksonen recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Henri Laaksonen was extremely effective on serve to win 75% (18/24) of his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Henri broke Flores 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Laaksonen has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (330-290). 7-12 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Laaksonen has a composed 132-125 record in the last years on clay.
Laaksonen has an aggregate 9-18 win-loss record in 2023, 7-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sibiu Challenger
The Swiss has never competed in this tournament before.
Kirill Kivattsev
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-29 | 0-0 | 30-21 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2023 | 51-32 | 8-5 | 29-18 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 27-27 | 11-8 | 13-15 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-15 | 6-6 | 6-7 | 1-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 4-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 487, Kirill got to the qualifications after beating Alexander Zgirovsky 6-3 7-5.
In the qualifications, Kirill had a good straight sets win against Zgirovsky (6-3 7-5). During the match Kivattsev scored 71 points vs Zgirovsky’s 58. Kivattsev was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Kivattsev blasted 2 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Kirill Kivattsev lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kivattsev put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (26/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 59% (16/27) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Zgirovsky 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Kivattsev’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Vilnius,M15 Brcko,M25 Kiseljak,M15 Wroclaw,M25 Padova and M25 Maribor.
The Russian has an overall 41-24 win-loss record in 2023, 24-13 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Laaksonen | Kivattsev |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 21 |
| Pts | 59-40 | 71-58 |
| Total Points | 99 | 129 |
| Winners | 18 | 26 |
| %Winners | 31% | 37% |
Both Laaksonen and Kivattsev 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, Laaksonen and Kivattsev have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Laaksonen played 5 games less than Kivattsev. The Swiss scored 18 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Kirill blasted 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Laaksonen | Kivattsev |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 40/67 |
| %1st in | 52% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 26/40 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/27 |
| %2nd pts | 73% | 59% |
Laaksonen fired 2 aces . Kivattsev fired 2 aces . Laaksonen won 75% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kivattsev won 65% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Laaksonen | Kivattsev |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 50% | 44% |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Swiss pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 1 break points. Kivattsev broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kivattsev conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Laaksonen | |||
| Q1 Flores |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 59-40 | 59-40 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 24/46 | 24/46 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/22 | 16/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 73% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kivattsev | |||
| Q1 Zgirovsky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 40/67 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 26/40 | 26/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 16/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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