Vadym Ursu and Blaz Rola will play each other in the qualifications of the Salzburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 3:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Blaz Rola who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Blaz Rola is the pick to win this match.
Blaz Rola -> 1.28
Vadym Ursu -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Vadym Ursu vs. Blaz Rola
There is no head to head record between Vadym Ursu and Blaz Rola since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Vadym Ursu
25 - 16win/loss
384
299
LWLWWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43-34 | 40-28 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-12 | 34-9 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 339 (career-high), Ursu got to the qualifications after beating Syl Gaxherri 5-7 7-6(4) 6-4 and Blaz Rola .
In the qualifications against Gaxherri, Ursu recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-64 6-4). During the match, Ursu and Gaxherri scored the same amount of points (122). However, the world no. 339 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The Ukrainian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ursu fired 3 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Vadym Ursu lost the serve 6 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Ursu put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (48/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. Vadym broke Gaxherri 6 times after converting 40% of his break points (6/15).
Ursu has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 59% of his matches (137-97). 1-2 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ursu has a compiled23-29 record in the last 8 years on clay.
Vadym’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Ursu has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
The Ukrainian has never competed in this tournament before.
Blaz Rola
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 0-0 | 13-9 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-11 | 9-1 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-27 | 5-5 | 15-13 | 3-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-12 | 4-5 | 5-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 545, Blaz reached the qualifications after defeating Patrick Zahraj 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications, Blaz had a good straight sets win against Zahraj (6-3 6-1). During the match Rola scored 56 points vs Zahraj’s 35. Blaz was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Rola managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Blaz Rola lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rola put 67% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the 2nd serve. Rola broke Zahraj 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Rola’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Celje.
The Slovenian has a composed 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Salzburg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ursu | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 16 |
| Pts | 122-122 | 56-35 |
| Total Points | 244 | 91 |
| Winners | 48 | 23 |
| %Winners | 39% | 41% |
Both Ursu and Rola played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Vadym Ursu dropped 1 set while Blaz Rola hasn’t conceded a set so far. Ursu has played 1 set more than Rola (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ursu played 19 games more than Rola. The Ukrainian scored 48 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Slovenian made 23 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ursu | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4 |
| 1st in | 73/123 | 33/49 |
| %1st in | 59% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 48/73 | 23/33 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 10/16 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 63% |
Ursu managed to score 3 aces . Rola blasted 4 aces . Ursu won 66% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Rola won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ursu | Rola |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/15 | 5/6 |
| % Converted | 40% | 83% |
| Conceded | 18 | 2 |
| Saved | 12 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Ursu broke his opponent 6 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Ukrainian surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Slovenian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Blaz conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ursu | |||
| Q1 Gaxherri |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 122-122 | 122-122 | |
| Total points | 244 | 244 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 73/123 | 73/123 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 48/73 | 48/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 6/15 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 18 | 18 | |
| Saved | 12/18 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Rola | |||
| Q1 Zahraj |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 56-35 | 56-35 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/49 | 33/49 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/33 | 23/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/16 | 10/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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