Andrew Paulson and Mirza Basic will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 11:30 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andrew Paulson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andrew Paulson is the pick to win this match.
Andrew Paulson -> 1.45
Mirza Basic -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Andrew Paulson vs. Mirza Basic
There is no head to head record between Andrew Paulson and Mirza Basic since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Andrew Paulson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-22 | 1-3 | 31-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2022 | 53-27 | 6-3 | 30-15 | 15-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 47-26 | 19-8 | 11-11 | 15-6 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 328, Paulson got to the 2nd round after defeating Jiri Vesely 6-4 7-65.
In the 1st round, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Vesely (6-4 7-65). During the match, Paulson scored 73 points vs Vesely’s 66. Paulson was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paulson scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Andrew Paulson was pretty efficient on serve to win 89% (31/35) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Paulson broke Vesely once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Paulson has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (156-91). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Paulson has a composed80-47 match record in the last 7 years on clay.
The Czech has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Mirza Basic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 4-7 | 21-13 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-19 | 0-1 | 23-12 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 17-29 | 1-6 | 6-11 | 8-9 | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 37-27 | 9-7 | 17-13 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2020 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 725, the Bosnian got to the 2nd round after beating Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 7-67 6-1.
In the 1st round, Mirza had a good straight sets win against Vincent Ruggeri (7-67 6-1). During the match Basic scored 71 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 58. Mirza was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Basic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mirza Basic was pretty effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 68% (21/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mirza was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Vincent Ruggeri twice.
The Bosnian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Dubrovnik.
Basic has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2024, 8-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Basic has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paulson | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 |
| Pts | 73-66 | 71-58 |
| Total Points | 139 | 129 |
| Winners | 31 | 28 |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% |
Both Paulson and Basic played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Paulson and Basic have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Paulson played 3 games more than Basic. Andrew scored 31 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Bosnian bagged 28 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paulson | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 1 |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 39/70 |
| %1st in | 51% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 28/39 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/31 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 68% |
Paulson recorded 1 ace . Basic also scored 1 ace . Paulson won 89% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Basic won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Paulson | Basic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 2 |
| Converted | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Paulson broke his opponent once with a 50% conversion rate. Andrew very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Basic broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Basic was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.
| Paulson | |||
| R1 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 73-66 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 35/69 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 31/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Basic | |||
| R1 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/70 | 39/70 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 21/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLWWWWLWW Tennis Scores in Skopje Challenger
- Marco CecchinatoCecchinato – Alexandar LazarovLazarov (7-65 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Joel SchwaerzlerSchwaerzler – Sergey FominFomin (5-7 7-5 3-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Ryan NijboerNijboer (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-67 6-1) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Matej DodigDodig – Alexis GautierGautier (7-5 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Gauthier OnclinOnclin (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Federico CinaCina (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski – Orlando LuzLuz (6-75 7-69 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Gerard Campana LeeCampana Lee – Jay ClarkeClarke (6-1 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexander WeisWeis – Johan NiklesNikles (3-6 7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (1-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Mirza BasicBasic – Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri (7-6(7) 6-1) – See score progression
- Andrew PaulsonPaulson – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Ergi KirkinKirkin – Luka MikrutMikrut (6-4 7-6(8)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mirza BasicBasic – Andrew PaulsonPaulson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Alexander WeisWeis (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip Cristian JianuCristian Jianu – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan SeggermanSeggerman – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jonas ForejtekForejtek – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (0-0) – H2H and prediction
