Radu Albot and Daniel Masur will fight against each other in the quarter of the Lugano Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CENTRALE. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Radu Albot who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Radu Albot is the pick to win this match.
Radu Albot -> 1.39
Daniel Masur -> 2.79
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Prediction and head to head Radu Albot vs. Daniel Masur
There is no head to head record between Radu Albot and Daniel Masur since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Radu Albot
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-18 | 3-3 | 17-11 | 4-3 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-34 | 10-13 | 13-8 | 12-10 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-30 | 25-14 | 4-6 | 3-5 | 8-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-27 | 4-9 | 2-8 | 13-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-18 | 0-8 | 2-4 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 152, the Moldovan reached the quarter after beating Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4 6-3 and Alexander Ritschard 1-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Ritschard, Radu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4).During the match, Albot scored less points (6) than Ritschard. In fact, the world no. 152 won 88 points vs Ritschard’s. That means that Albot was more focused during the important points. Radu was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Albot bagged 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Radu Albot lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Albot put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (38/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (20/32) on the 2nd serve. Albot broke Ritschard twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Moldovan has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 51% of the points he played.
Albot has favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (320-272). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Albot has an aggregate 68-59 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Radu has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Daniel Masur
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-12 | 1-2 | 5-3 | 16-4 | 1-2 | 12-1 |
| 2023 | 34-24 | 7-8 | 9-7 | 9-5 | 0-1 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 25-28 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 4-9 | 5-3 | 4-2 |
| 2021 | 28-26 | 4-4 | 1-7 | 15-12 | 3-2 | 5-1 |
| 2020 | 15-14 | 3-2 | 2-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-2 |
Ranked no. 379, the German got to the quarter after defeating Mathias Bourgue 6-2 6-4, Riccardo Bonadio 6-3 6-2, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 6-4 and Arthur Gea 6-3 6-3.
In the 2nd round, The German had a good straight sets win against Gea (6-3 6-3). During the match Masur scored 65 points vs Gea’s 49. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Masur managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Daniel Masur conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Masur put 64% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (10/20) on the 2nd serve. Daniel broke Gea 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Daniel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.
The German’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Cadolzburg,M25 Nussloch and M25 Trento.
The German has a composed 23-2 win-loss record in 2024, 13-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Lugano Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Albot | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 46 | 73 |
| Pts | 152-146 | 244-178 |
| Total Points | 298 | 422 |
| Winners | 70 | 106 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Albot played 2 matches while Masur competed in 4 matches. Masur started his run from the qualifications while Albot had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Radu Albot dropped 1 set while Daniel Masur hasn’t conceded a set so far. Albot has played 3 set(s) less than Masur (5 vs 8). Therefore, Albot played 27 games less than Masur. The Moldovan scored 70 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Masur managed to score 106 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Albot | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3.8 |
| 1st in | 104/155 | 123/208 |
| %1st in | 67% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 70/104 | 106/123 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 52/85 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 61% |
Albot blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Masur made 15 aces (3.8 per match). Albot won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Masur won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Albot | Masur |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 11 |
| Converted | 5/13 | 11/30 |
| % Converted | 38% | 37% |
| Conceded | 15 | 4 |
| Saved | 12 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Radu broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Moldovan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Masur broke his opponents 11 times with a 37% conversion rate. The German was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Albot | ||||
| R1 Huesler |
R2 Ritschard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 46 | |
| pts | 64-52 | 88-94 | 152-146 | |
| Total points | 116 | 182 | 298 | |
| Winners | 32 | 38 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/62 | 61/93 | 104/155 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 38/61 | 70/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 62% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 20/32 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 2/7 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 9/11 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 82% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Masur | ||||||
| Q1 Bourgue |
Q3 Bonadio |
R1 Mpetshi |
R2 Gea |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 73 | |
| pts | 62-44 | 59-38 | 58-47 | 65-49 | 244-178 | |
| Total points | 106 | 97 | 105 | 114 | 422 | |
| Winners | 30 | 27 | 19 | 30 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 46% | 33% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 33/54 | 33/48 | 22/51 | 35/55 | 123/208 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 69% | 43% | 64% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 27/33 | 19/22 | 30/35 | 106/123 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 82% | 86% | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/15 | 22/29 | 10/20 | 52/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 67% | 76% | 50% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 2/7 | 3/9 | 11/30 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 29% | 33% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | – | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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