Olaf Pieczkowski and Alexander Kotzen will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Drummondville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT CENTRAL. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Olaf Pieczkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Olaf Pieczkowski is the pick to win this match.
Olaf Pieczkowski -> 1.83
Alexander Kotzen -> 1.9
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Prediction and head to head Olaf Pieczkowski vs. Alexander Kotzen
This will be the 2nd time that Olaf Pieczkowski and Alexander Kotzen fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Pieczkowski (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Pieczkowski won 6-2 2-6 10-8 in the qualifications in M15 Gdynia back in 2021.
Olaf Pieczkowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-26 | 16-13 | 16-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-23 | 23-10 | 12-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-14 | 9-11 | 6-3 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 602 (career-high), Olaf reached the qualifications after beating Marko Stakusic 7-65 5-7 6-2.
In the qualifications, Olaf defeated Stakusic (7-65 5-7 6-2). During the match, Pieczkowski scored 121 points vs Stakusic’s 104. Olaf was exceptionally aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Pieczkowski scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Olaf Pieczkowski was extremely efficient on serve to win 77% (47/61) of his 1st serve and 57% (21/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Pole broke Stakusic 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Pieczkowski has a winning record in the last 3 years having won 58% of his matches (56-40). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Pieczkowski has an aggregate3-2 win-loss record in the last 3 years on indoor hard courts.
Olaf’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Szczawno.
Olaf has an aggregate 33-20 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Drummondville Challenger
Olaf has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Kotzen
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-9 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-18 | 34-13 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 13-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 849, will start his run in the Drummondville Challenger after he played his last match in the Drummondville Challenger where he defeated 6-3 6-1 to Horvat in the qualifications on the 12th of November.
Kotzen has an overall 14-13 win-loss record in 2023, 1-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Alexander’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 San Diego.
In terms of his career, The American has an overall 86-54 record. He has a flat 5-5 record on indoor hard courts.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pieczkowski | Kotzen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 16 |
| Pts | 121-104 | 61-36 |
| Total Points | 225 | 97 |
| Winners | 47 | 19 |
| %Winners | 39% | 31% |
Both Pieczkowski and Kotzen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Olaf Pieczkowski conceded 1 set while Alexander Kotzen hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pieczkowski has played 1 set more than Kotzen (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pieczkowski played 17 games more than Kotzen. Olaf scored 47 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 19 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pieczkowski | Kotzen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 1 |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 26/49 |
| %1st in | 62% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 47/61 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 15/23 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 65% |
Pieczkowski struck 6 aces . Kotzen struck 1 ace . Pieczkowski won 77% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Kotzen won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pieczkowski | Kotzen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 29% | 83% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Olaf broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Pieczkowski conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Kotzen broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Alexander conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Pieczkowski | |||
| Q1 Stakusic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 5-7 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 121-104 | 121-104 | |
| Total points | 225 | 225 | |
| Winners | 47 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 61/98 | 61/98 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/61 | 47/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 21/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kotzen | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | 0% | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | 0% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | 0% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | 0% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | 0% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
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