Roman Safiullin and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Aix En Provence Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 2:00 pm on COURT CREDIT AGRICOLE. 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 Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.73
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar -> 2
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Jaume Antoni Munar Clar fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they competed against each other, Safiullin won 7-5 6-1 in the 1st round in Monte carlo back in April 2024.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 5-7 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 42, Safiullin got to the semifinal after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-3 6-2 and Brandon Nakashima 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Nakashima (6-3 7-65). During the match, Safiullin scored 75 points vs Nakashima’s 66. Roman was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Safiullin managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 66% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 77% (17/22) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Nakashima 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Russian hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points he played.
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (328-186). 3-3 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has a compiled 66-51 match record in the last years on clay.
Roman’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.
Safiullin has an aggregate 8-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-3 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Aix En Provence Challenger
The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
15 - 14win/loss
68
52
LWLWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-16 | 2-5 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-30 | 1-7 | 26-19 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 14-10 | 27-12 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 38-27 | 1-4 | 36-19 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 24-17 | 6-7 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 73, Jaume Antoni got to the semifinal after beating Marcos Giron 6-1 6-3, Alexandre Muller 7-5 4-6 6-2 and Tomas Martin Etcheverry 6-3 6-4.
In the quarter, Jaume Antoni had a good straight sets win against Etcheverry (6-3 6-4). During the match Munar Clar scored 67 points vs Etcheverry’s 45. Munar Clar was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Munar Clar blasted 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Jaume Antoni Munar Clar was extremely efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 84% (21/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jaume Antoni broke Etcheverry twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
The Spaniard has an overall 15-14 win-loss record in 2024, 13-8 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Munar Clar |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 65 |
| Pts | 141-114 | 243-179 |
| Total Points | 255 | 422 |
| Winners | 61 | 99 |
| %Winners | 43% | 41% |
Safiullin played 2 matches while Munar Clar competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Jaume Antoni Munar Clar conceded 1 set while Roman Safiullin hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Safiullin has played 3 set(s) less than Munar Clar (4 vs 7). Therefore, Safiullin played 26 games less than Munar Clar. Roman scored 61 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard fired 99 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Munar Clar |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 2.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 84/124 | 125/200 |
| %1st in | 68% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 61/84 | 99/125 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 46/75 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 61% |
Safiullin blasted 5 aces (2.5 per match). Munar Clar managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Safiullin won 73% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Munar Clar won 79% 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 | Safiullin | Munar Clar |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 10 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 10/20 |
| % Converted | 50% | 50% |
| Conceded | 6 | 13 |
| Saved | 5 | 11 |
| % Saved | 83% | 85% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Safiullin broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Safiullin lost his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. Munar Clar broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve twice and he saved 85% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | ||||
| R2 Ramos-Vinolas |
1/4 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 75-66 | 141-114 | |
| Total points | 114 | 141 | 255 | |
| Winners | 32 | 29 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 39% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 42/64 | 84/124 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/42 | 29/42 | 61/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/18 | 17/22 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 77% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Munar Clar | |||||
| R1 Giron |
R2 Muller |
1/4 Etcheverry |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 7-5 4-6 6-2 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 30 | 19 | 65 | |
| pts | 65-39 | 111-95 | 67-45 | 243-179 | |
| Total points | 104 | 206 | 112 | 422 | |
| Winners | 19 | 59 | 21 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 53% | 31% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/39 | 76/111 | 25/50 | 125/200 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 68% | 50% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 19/24 | 59/76 | 21/25 | 99/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 78% | 84% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 15/35 | 21/25 | 46/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 43% | 84% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/6 | 2/6 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 50% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 9/10 | 2/2 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 90% | 100% | 95% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWWWWLWL Tennis Scores in Aix En Provence Challenger
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Valentin VacherotVacherot – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (1-0) – H2H and prediction
