Egor Gerasimov and August Holmgren will face off in the qualifications of the Matsuyama Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on Court 8. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Egor Gerasimov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Egor Gerasimov is the pick to win this match.
Egor Gerasimov -> 1.53
August Holmgren -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Egor Gerasimov vs. August Holmgren
There is no head to head record between Egor Gerasimov and August Holmgren since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Egor Gerasimov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-19 | 10-8 | 0-3 | 11-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-25 | 18-15 | 1-3 | 7-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-16 | 8-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-32 | 5-10 | 2-8 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 18-15 | 6-6 | 1-3 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 368, the Belarussian reached the qualifications after beating Andrew Fenty 6-0 6-1.
In the qualifications, The Belarussian had a good straight sets win against Fenty (6-0 6-1). During the match, Gerasimov scored 55 points vs Fenty’s 25. Gerasimov was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gerasimov fired 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Egor Gerasimov lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gerasimov put 60% of his first serves in, winning 81% (17/21) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Fenty 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Gerasimov has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (297-222). 18-13 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gerasimov has an overall 140-96 record in the last years on hard.
Egor’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Hong Kong.
The Belarussian has a composed 26-22 win-loss record in 2023, 18-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Matsuyama Challenger
Egor has never competed in this tournament before.
August Holmgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-15 | 9-8 | 6-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-26 | 33-14 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 31-12 | 18-4 | 10-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455, Holmgren reached the qualifications after defeating Kentaro Otsuka 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Holmgren had a good straight sets win against Otsuka (6-4 6-1). During the match Holmgren scored 65 points vs Otsuka’s 41. The Dane was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Holmgren recorded 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, August Holmgren was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Dane broke Otsuka 5 times after converting 31% of his break points (5/16).
The Dane’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Nottingham and M25 Harlingen.
The Dane has a composed 33-22 win-loss record in 2023, 23-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gerasimov | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 |
| Pts | 55-25 | 65-41 |
| Total Points | 80 | 106 |
| Winners | 17 | 20 |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% |
Both Gerasimov and Holmgren played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gerasimov and Holmgren have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Gerasimov played 4 games less than Holmgren. Gerasimov scored 17 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, August bagged 20 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gerasimov | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7 |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 24/45 |
| %1st in | 60% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 20/24 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 11/21 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Gerasimov fired 5 aces . Holmgren blasted 7 aces . Gerasimov won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Holmgren won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gerasimov | Holmgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/10 | 5/16 |
| % Converted | 70% | 31% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Belarussian broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Belarussian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponent 5 times with a 31% conversion rate. The Dane conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gerasimov | |||
| Q1 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 55-25 | 55-25 | |
| Total points | 80 | 80 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 17/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
| Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Holmgren | |||
| Q1 Otsuka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-41 | 65-41 | |
| Total points | 106 | 106 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/45 | 24/45 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 20/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/16 | 5/16 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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