Kalin Ivanovski and Yan Bai will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Kobe Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 3:30 pm on COURT C. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Yan Bai who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Yan Bai is the pick to win this match.
Yan Bai -> 1.87
Kalin Ivanovski -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Kalin Ivanovski vs. Yan Bai
There is no head to head record between Kalin Ivanovski and Yan Bai since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Kalin Ivanovski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-30 | 19-11 | 19-12 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-21 | 23-12 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 1-9 | 0-1 | 1-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 330, the Malawian got to the 1st round after defeating Ryuki Matsuda 6-72 6-2 6-2 and James Kent Trotter 5-7 7-65 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kent Trotter, The Malawian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-65 6-4). During the match, Ivanovski scored 125 points vs Kent Trotter’s 117. Kalin was pretty aggressive to blast 64 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ivanovski fired 11 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Kalin Ivanovski lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Ivanovski put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (64/87) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. The Malawian broke Kent Trotter once after converting 20% of his break points (1/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kalin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 2 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Ivanovski has a winning match record in the last 5 years having won 56% of his matches (81-63). 12-6 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ivanovski has a composed12-7 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Ivanovski’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir,M25 Kursumlijska Banja,M25 Skopje and M25 Kramsach.
Ivanovski has an aggregate 47-27 win-loss record in 2023, 12-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
The Malawian has never competed in this tournament before.
Yan Bai
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 52-21 | 47-19 | 4-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-16 | 42-13 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 6-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 393, Bai reached the 1st round after defeating Arthur Weber 6-2 6-4.
The Chinese’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Tianjin and M25 Guiyang.
The Chinese has an aggregate 44-14 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ivanovski | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 18 |
| Pts | 229-198 | 61-39 |
| Total Points | 427 | 100 |
| Winners | 103 | 23 |
| %Winners | 45% | 38% |
Ivanovski played 2 matches while Bai competed in 1 match. At the moment, Kalin Ivanovski surrendered 2 sets while Yan Bai hasn’t lost a set so far. Ivanovski has played 4 sets more than Bai (6 vs 2). Therefore, Ivanovski played 46 games more than Bai. Ivanovski scored 103 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Yan blasted 23 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ivanovski | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 12.5 | 1 |
| 1st in | 142/215 | 30/45 |
| %1st in | 66% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 103/142 | 23/30 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 39/73 | 10/15 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 67% |
Ivanovski struck 25 aces (12.5 per match). Bai fired 1 ace . Ivanovski won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Bai won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ivanovski | Bai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/21 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 33% | 83% |
| Conceded | 14 | 3 |
| Saved | 11 | 1 |
| % Saved | 79% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Ivanovski broke his opponents 7 times with a 33% conversion rate. Ivanovski conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded. The Chinese broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Yan conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ivanovski | ||||
| Q1 Matsuda |
Q3 Kent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-72 6-2 6-2 | 5-7 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 35 | 64 | |
| pts | 104-81 | 125-117 | 229-198 | |
| Total points | 185 | 242 | 427 | |
| Winners | 39 | 64 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 51% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 11 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/84 | 87/131 | 142/215 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 64/87 | 103/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 74% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/29 | 21/44 | 39/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 48% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Converted | 6/16 | 1/5 | 7/21 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 20% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 8/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 89% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Bai | ||||
| Q1 Weber |
Q3 Fenty |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 | 47 | |
| pts | 61-39 | – | 61-39 | |
| Total points | 100 | 0 | 100 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 0% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | ||
| 1st in | 30/45 | / | 30/45 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 0% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | / | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 0% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | / | 10/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 0% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | ||
| Converted | 5/6 | / | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 0% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | ||
| Saved | 1/3 | 0/ | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | – | 17% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | ||
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