Roman Safiullin and David Goffin will play each other in the semifinal of the Cary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.85
David Goffin -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. David Goffin

There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and David Goffin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 66, Safiullin got to the semifinal after defeating Matteo Gigante 7-5 2-6 6-4, Terence Atmane 6-4 3-6 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Roman had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (6-4 6-4). During the match, Safiullin scored 54 points vs Eubanks’s 39. Roman was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Regarding the service games, Safiullin recorded 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Roman Safiullin was very efficient on serve to win 82% (23/28) of his 1st serve and 83% (15/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Eubanks 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Roman has lost 2 set in this event to conquer 52% of the points he played.

Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (335-195). 8-8 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Safiullin has an overall 182-83 match record in the last years on hard.

Safiullin’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane and the Aix En Provence Challenger.

Roman has an aggregate 15-20 win-loss record in 2024, 8-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

The Russian has never competed in this tournament before.

David Goffin

Ranked no. 92, David reached the semifinal after defeating Nicolas Moreno De Alboran 6-4 4-6 6-2, Ethan Quinn 6-4 6-1 and Otto Virtanen 6-4 7-6(1).

In the quarter, Goffin had a good straight sets win against Virtanen (6-4 7-6¹). During the match Goffin scored 77 points vs Virtanen’s 68. The Belgian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Goffin bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, David Goffin was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Virtanen twice after converting 18% of his break points (2/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Goffin has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Ilkley Challenger where he beat Harold Mayot in the final 6-4 6-2.

David has an aggregate 34-21 win-loss record in 2024, 14-7 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Safiullin	Goffin
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	8	7
Tot Games	79	68
Pts	251-231	240-195
Total Points	482	435
Winners	99	94
%Winners	39%	39%

Both Safiullin and Goffin played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Roman Safiullin dropped 2 sets, while David Goffin lost 1 set. Safiullin has played 1 set more than Goffin (8 vs 7). Therefore, Safiullin played 11 games more than Goffin. The Russian scored 99 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Belgian struck 94 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Safiullin	Goffin
Aces	20	9
Avg per match	6.7	3
1st in	126/237	121/208
%1st in	53%	58%
1st pts	99/126	94/121
%1st pts	79%	78%
2nd pts	63/111	46/87
%2nd pts	57%	53%

Safiullin bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Goffin struck 9 aces (3 per match). Safiullin won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Goffin won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Safiullin	Goffin
Won	9	12
Converted	9/23	12/29
% Converted	39%	41%
Conceded	15	10
Saved	9	5
% Saved	60%	50%
Times Broken	6	5

Roman broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Safiullin surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. David broke his opponents 12 times with a 41% conversion rate. David conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Safiullin
	R1 Gigante	R2 Atmane	1/4 Eubanks	Total
Score	7-5 2-6 6-4	6-4 3-6 6-4	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	3	3	2	8
Tot Games	30	29	20	79
pts	102-103	95-89	54-39	251-231
Total points	205	184	93	482
Winners	42	34	23	99
%Winners	41%	36%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	11	3	6	20
Double Faults	7	3	1	11
1st in	51/115	47/76	28/46	126/237
% 1st in	44%	62%	61%	53%
1st pts	42/51	34/47	23/28	99/126
% 1st pts	82%	72%	82%	79%
2nd pts	29/64	19/29	15/18	63/111
% 2nd pts	45%	66%	83%	57%
Breaks
Won	3	3	3	9
Converted	3/7	3/12	3/4	9/23
Converted %	43%	25%	75%	39%
Conceded	11	2	2	15
Saved	8/11	0/2	1/2	9
Saved %	73%	0%	50%	41%
Times Broken	3	2	1	6

Goffin
	R1 Moreno De Alboran	R2 Quinn	1/4 Virtanen	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2	6-4 6-1	6-4 7-61
Tot Set	3	2	2	7
Tot Games	28	17	23	68
pts	104-89	59-38	77-68	240-195
Total points	193	97	145	435
Winners	39	22	33	94
%Winners	38%	37%	43%	39%
SERVE
Aces	4	3	2	9
Double Faults	6	2	3	11
1st in	53/98	24/41	44/69	121/208
% 1st in	54%	59%	64%	58%
1st pts	39/53	22/24	33/44	94/121
% 1st pts	74%	92%	75%	78%
2nd pts	23/45	8/17	15/25	46/87
% 2nd pts	51%	47%	60%	53%
Breaks
Won	5	5	2	12
Converted	5/9	5/9	2/11	12/29
Converted %	56%	56%	18%	41%
Conceded	5	2	3	10
Saved	2/5	1/2	2/3	5
Saved %	40%	50%	67%	52%
Times Broken	3	1	1	5

Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger

• Gabriel DialloDiallo – Tristan BoyerBoyer (7-6⁶ 6-7¹ 6-4) – See score progression
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Otto VirtanenVirtanen (6-4 7-6¹) – See score progression
• Federico Agustin Gomez/Petros TsitsipasAgustin Gomez/Petros Tsitsipas – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (4-6 6-3 10-3) – See score progression
• Mattia BellucciBellucci – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-1 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction