Saba Purtseladze and Lukas Pokorny will face off in the quarter of the Astana Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:00 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 Lukas Pokorny who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Lukas Pokorny is the pick to win this match.
Lukas Pokorny -> 1.615
Saba Purtseladze -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Saba Purtseladze vs. Lukas Pokorny
This will be the 3rd time that Saba Purtseladze and Lukas Pokorny square off. The head to head is 1-1 for Purtseladze and Pokorny (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Pokorny won 6-7(5) 6-2 3-0 ret. in the quarter in M15 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2023.
Saba Purtseladze
26 - 20win/loss
441
395
LLLLWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-34 | 25-20 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 533, Purtseladze reached the quarter after beating Dominik Palan 6-4 6-4, Amir Omarkhanov 6-3 6-4 and Lukas Pokorny .
In the 2nd round, Purtseladze had a good straight sets win against Omarkhanov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Purtseladze scored 74 points vs Omarkhanov’s 58. The Georgean was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purtseladze made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Saba Purtseladze was quite efficient on serve to win 74% (29/39) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Georgean broke Omarkhanov 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Saba hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Purtseladze has a winning win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (146-134). 17-10 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purtseladze has a compiled118-82 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Purtseladze’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Saba has a compiled 26-20 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Lukas Pokorny
20 - 13win/loss
509
460
LWWLLLLLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-26 | 20-13 | 8-6 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-26 | 21-13 | 4-7 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 36-27 | 22-9 | 12-13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 12-4 | 8-11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 536 (career-high), Lukas got to the quarter after beating Khumoun Sultanov 6-4 6-4 and Ilia Simakin 7-6(6) 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Lukas had a good straight sets win against Simakin (7-66 6-2). During the match Pokorny scored 72 points vs Simakin’s 56. The Slovakian was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Pokorny recorded 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Lukas Pokorny was very efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Pokorny broke Simakin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Lukas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Slovakian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir.
Pokorny has an aggregate 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Astana Challenger
Pokorny has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purtseladze | Pokorny |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 41 |
| Pts | 140-110 | 139-116 |
| Total Points | 250 | 255 |
| Winners | 56 | 69 |
| %Winners | 40% | 50% |
Both Purtseladze and Pokorny played 2 matches. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purtseladze and Pokorny have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Purtseladze played 2 games less than Pokorny. The Georgean scored 56 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Pokorny bagged 69 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purtseladze | Pokorny |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 72/111 | 86/128 |
| %1st in | 65% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 56/72 | 69/86 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 23/39 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 50% |
Purtseladze managed to score 20 aces (10 per match). Pokorny blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Purtseladze won 78% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Pokorny won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purtseladze | Pokorny |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/15 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 47% | 38% |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 |
| Saved | 9 | 4 |
| % Saved | 82% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The Georgean broke his opponents 7 times with a 47% conversion rate. Saba dropped his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded. Pokorny broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Lukas conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purtseladze | ||||
| R1 Palan |
R2 Omarkhanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 | 39 | |
| pts | 66-52 | 74-58 | 140-110 | |
| Total points | 118 | 132 | 250 | |
| Winners | 27 | 29 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 39/59 | 72/111 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 27/33 | 29/39 | 56/72 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 74% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 11/20 | 23/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 55% | 59% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 4/12 | 7/15 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 5/6 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 83% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pokorny | ||||
| R1 Sultanov |
R2 Simakin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 7-66 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 67-60 | 72-56 | 139-116 | |
| Total points | 127 | 128 | 255 | |
| Winners | 37 | 32 | 69 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 44% | 50% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 9 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/66 | 43/62 | 86/128 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 69% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 37/43 | 32/43 | 69/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 13/19 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 68% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 3/6 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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