H2H, prediction of Elmar Ejupovic vs Stefan Kozlov in Merida Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 20th March 2024

PREVIEW. Merida Challenger. Ejupovic and Kozlov will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Wednesday the 20th of March

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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Stefan Kozlov

Elmar Ejupovic and Stefan Kozlov will square off in the 2nd round of the Merida Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:00 pm on ESTADIO LORENZO MOLINA. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.63
Elmar Ejupovic -> 2.19

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Soccer Tonic Predictions

Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Stefan Kozlov

There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Elmar Ejupovic

Elmar Ejupovic
Elmar Ejupovic

4 - 8win/loss

Clay
1-1
Carpet
0-1
Rank
549
High
273
LWWWLWLWWL
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-27 7-5 19-12 7-8 0-0 1-2
2023 30-34 4-7 16-17 7-7 0-0 3-3
2022 46-28 4-2 32-19 3-5 0-0 7-2
2021 34-25 1-2 23-17 6-5 0-0 4-1
2020 18-8 0-0 2-2 6-3 0-0 10-3
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Ranked no. 476, Elmar reached the 2nd round after beating Trey Hilderbrand 7-63 6-3.

In the 1st round, Elmar had a good straight sets win against Hilderbrand (7-63 6-3). During the match, Ejupovic scored 78 points vs Hilderbrand’s 65. Ejupovic was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ejupovic struck 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 68% of his first serves in, winning 70% (31/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the 2nd serve. Ejupovic broke Hilderbrand 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Ejupovic has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (308-230). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has a composed 148-121 record in the last years on clay.

Ejupovic’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Glasgow Challenger.

Ejupovic has a composed 4-7 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Merida Challenger

Elmar has never competed in this tournament before.

Ejupovic
Merida Challenger
Ejupovic's Record

Stefan Kozlov

Stefan Kozlov
Stefan Kozlov

16 - 6win/loss

Hard
4-3
I Hard
3-1
Clay
9-2
Rank
355
High
103
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-19 16-9 17-8 4-2 0-0 0-0
2023 6-12 1-6 0-0 5-6 0-0 0-0
2022 21-34 14-18 0-5 4-5 3-6 0-0
2021 41-15 20-12 5-2 16-1 0-0 0-0
2020 13-13 7-8 0-0 6-5 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 653, Kozlov got to the 2nd round after defeating Federico Gaio 6-4 4-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Kozlov defeated Gaio (6-4 4-6 6-2). During the match Kozlov scored 98 points vs Gaio’s 84. Kozlov was pretty aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about serving, Kozlov couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 7 double faults. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 67% of his first serves in, winning 69% (44/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Gaio 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).

Stefan’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Kigali 1 Challenger.

The American has a compiled 15-6 win-loss record in 2024, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Kozlov
Merida Challenger
Kozlov's Record
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Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Ejupovic
S.Kozlov
2h:01
2h:01
Time on court​
2h:36
2h:36
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
!
2h:36
2h:36
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
28
28
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
78
78
Total points​
98
98
78
78
Avg point​
98
98
31
31
Winners
44
44
31
31
Avg Winners​
44
44
40%
40%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
0
0
10
10
Avg Aces
0
0
2
2
Double Faults
7
7
2
2
Avg Double Faults
!
7
7
31/44
31/44
1st won total​
44/64
44/64
70%
70%
1st won %
69%
69%
14/21
14/21
2nd won total​
17/31
17/31
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
55%
55%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
5/9
5/9
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
5/9
5/9
38%
38%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
11
11
5
5
Avg Conceded
11
11
1
1
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
3
3
4
4
Saved
8
8
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ejupovic Kozlov
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 22 28
Pts 78-65 98-84
Total Points 143 182
Winners 31 44
%Winners 40% 45%

Both Ejupovic and Kozlov played 1 match. At the moment, Stefan Kozlov lost 1 set while Elmar Ejupovic hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set(s) less than Kozlov (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ejupovic played 6 games less than Kozlov. Elmar scored 31 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 44 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ejupovic Kozlov
Aces 10 0
Avg per match 10 0
1st in 44/65 64/95
%1st in 68% 67%
1st pts 31/44 44/64
%1st pts 70% 69%
2nd pts 14/21 17/31
%2nd pts 67% 55%

Ejupovic struck 10 aces . Kozlov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Ejupovic won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Ejupovic Kozlov
Won 3 5
Converted 3/8 5/9
% Converted 38% 56%
Conceded 5 11
Saved 4 8
% Saved 80% 73%
Times Broken 1 3

Elmar broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Elmar surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Kozlov broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Stefan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.

Ejupovic
R1
Hilderbrand		 Total
Score 7-63 6-3
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 22 22
pts 78-65 78-65
Total points 143 143
Winners 31 31
%Winners 40% 40%
SERVE
Aces 10 10
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 44/65 44/65
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 31/44 31/44
% 1st pts 70% 70%
2nd pts 14/21 14/21
% 2nd pts 67% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 3
Converted 3/8 3/8
Converted % 38% 38%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1
Kozlov
R1
Gaio		 Total
Score 6-4 4-6 6-2
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 28 28
pts 98-84 98-84
Total points 182 182
Winners 44 44
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 7 7
1st in 64/95 64/95
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 44/64 44/64
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 17/31 17/31
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/9 5/9
Converted % 56% 56%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 8/11 8
Saved % 73% 73%
Times Broken 3 3

Head 2 Head

Elmar Ejupovic
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 0Chall
  • 8Minor
Stefan Kozlov
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 5Chall
  • 4Minor

Elmar
Ejupovic

0:1

Stefan
Kozlov

Rank

549

High

273

0Clay1

Rank

355

High

103

Win Loss
Ejupovic
LWWWLWLWWL
Kozlov
LWLWWLWWLW
2024 2023 2022
34 - 27
37 - 19
7-5
Hard
16-9
7-8
I Hard
4-2
19-12
Clay
17-8
1-2
Carpet
0-0

Tennis Scores in Merida Challenger

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