Michael Vrbensky and Vlad Andrei Dancu will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Iasi Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:30 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Vrbensky who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Vrbensky is the pick to win this match.
Michael Vrbensky -> 1.181
Vlad Andrei Dancu -> 4.45
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Prediction and head to head Michael Vrbensky vs. Vlad Andrei Dancu
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Vrbensky and Vlad Andrei Dancu square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Vrbensky (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Vrbensky won 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in M25 Telavi back in 2023.
Michael Vrbensky
28 - 16win/loss
370
277
LLLLWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-27 | 4-4 | 32-18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 58-28 | 11-6 | 44-21 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 54-27 | 7-3 | 37-16 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 17-24 | 2-1 | 14-21 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 2-2 | 14-10 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 278 (career-high), Vrbensky reached the qualifications after beating Bogdan Pavel 6-3 6-3 and Vlad Andrei Dancu .
In the qualifications, Vrbensky had a good straight sets win against Pavel (6-3 6-3). During the match, Vrbensky scored 60 points vs Pavel’s 43. Vrbensky was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vrbensky blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Vrbensky was quite effective on serve to win 95% (21/22) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Czech broke Pavel 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Vrbensky has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (274-170). 21-10 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vrbensky has a compiled194-113 match record in the last 8 years on clay.
The Czech’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Split and M15 Saarlouis.
The Czech has an aggregate 27-16 win-loss record in 2024, 21-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Vlad Andrei Dancu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-25 | 0-0 | 21-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-28 | 2-4 | 41-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-2 |
| 2022 | 21-18 | 1-3 | 20-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 527, Andrei got to the qualifications after defeating Stefan Palosi 6-7(4) 6-1 4-1 ret..
In the qualifications against Palosi, Andrei had a free pass after Palosi retired on a 6-74 6-1 4-1 . scoreline.
Vlad’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Larnaca.
The Romanian has a composed 20-17 win-loss record in 2024, 20-17 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Iasi Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vrbensky | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 60-43 | 90-73 |
| Total Points | 103 | 163 |
| Winners | 21 | 28 |
| %Winners | 35% | 31% |
Both Vrbensky and Andrei played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vlad Andrei Dancu surrendered 1 set while Michael Vrbensky hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vrbensky has played 2 set(s) less than Andrei (2 vs 4). Therefore, Vrbensky played 7 games less than Andrei. The Czech scored 21 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Andrei blasted 28 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vrbensky | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 22/49 | 41/74 |
| %1st in | 45% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 28/41 |
| %1st pts | 95% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 19/33 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 58% |
Vrbensky scored 6 aces . Andrei bagged 7 aces . Vrbensky won 95% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Andrei won 68% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vrbensky | Andrei |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 38% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Vrbensky broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Vrbensky was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Andrei broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Andrei conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vrbensky | |||
| Q1 Pavel |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-43 | 60-43 | |
| Total points | 103 | 103 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 22/49 | 22/49 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 21/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 95% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/27 | 17/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrei | |||
| Q1 Palosi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-1 4-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 90-73 | 90-73 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 41/74 | 41/74 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 28/41 | 28/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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