Andrew Paulson and Joel Schwaerzler will face off in the quarter of the Skopje Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Joel Schwaerzler who should win in 3 sets.
Joel Schwaerzler -> 1.86
Andrew Paulson -> 1.86
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Prediction and head to head Andrew Paulson vs. Joel Schwaerzler
There is no head to head record between Andrew Paulson and Joel Schwaerzler since this will be the first time that they will clash 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, the Czech got to the quarter after defeating Jiri Vesely 6-4 7-65 and Mirza Basic 6-4 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Paulson had a good straight sets win against Basic (6-4 6-3). During the match, Paulson scored 66 points vs Basic’s 54. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Paulson made 2 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Andrew Paulson was very effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 56% (14/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Basic 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Andrew hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Paulson has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (157-91). 2-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Paulson has an overall81-47 win-loss record in the last 7 years on clay.
Andrew has a compiled 2-0 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
Joel Schwaerzler
17 - 9win/loss
329
329
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-23 | 3-3 | 21-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-9 | 1-2 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 664 (career-high), Joel got to the quarter after defeating Sergey Fomin 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret. and Ergi Kirkin 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian had a good straight sets win against Kirkin (6-2 6-1). During the match Schwaerzler scored 54 points vs Kirkin’s 29. Schwaerzler was exceptionally aggressive to blast 19 winners.
About the serving games, Schwaerzler scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Joel Schwaerzler was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Austrian broke Kirkin 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Joel’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Antalya.
Schwaerzler has a compiled 16-9 win-loss record in 2024, 13-6 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Skopje Challenger
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Paulson | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 42 |
| Pts | 139-120 | 159-123 |
| Total Points | 259 | 282 |
| Winners | 58 | 51 |
| %Winners | 42% | 32% |
Both Paulson and Schwaerzler played 2 matches. At the moment, Joel Schwaerzler conceded 1 set while Andrew Paulson hasn’t conceded a set so far. Paulson has played 2 set(s) less than Schwaerzler (4 vs 6). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (42). The Czech scored 58 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Austrian bagged 51 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Paulson | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 1.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 69/128 | 68/112 |
| %1st in | 54% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 58/69 | 51/68 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 35/59 | 27/44 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 61% |
Paulson bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Schwaerzler managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Paulson won 84% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Schwaerzler won 75% 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 | Paulson | Schwaerzler |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 10 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 10/27 |
| % Converted | 29% | 37% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 6 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Paulson broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Andrew pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 6 break points. Schwaerzler broke his opponents 10 times with a 37% conversion rate. Joel conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Paulson | ||||
| R1 Vesely | R2 Basic | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-65 | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 19 | 42 | |
| pts | 73-66 | 66-54 | 139-120 | |
| Total points | 139 | 120 | 259 | |
| Winners | 31 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/69 | 34/59 | 69/128 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 58% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 27/34 | 58/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 79% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 14/25 | 35/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/12 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 25% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 4/4 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Schwaerzler | ||||
| R1 Fomin | R2 Kirkin | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-5 3-0 ret. | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 | 42 | |
| pts | 105-94 | 54-29 | 159-123 | |
| Total points | 199 | 83 | 282 | |
| Winners | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 35% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 45/78 | 23/34 | 68/112 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/45 | 19/23 | 51/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/33 | 9/11 | 27/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 82% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/19 | 5/8 | 10/27 | |
| Converted % | 26% | 63% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
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