Roman Safiullin and Christopher Eubanks will fight against each other in the 3rd round of the Winston-Salem for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.4
Christopher Eubanks -> 2.96
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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Christopher Eubanks
This will be the 3rd time that Roman Safiullin and Christopher Eubanks fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Safiullin won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in the Cary Challenger back in August 2024.
Roman Safiullin
18 - 20win/loss
59
36
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 11-8 | 5-8 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 23-12 | 6-2 | 4-5 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 59, the Russian got to the 3rd round after beating Corentin Moutet 6-1 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Moutet (6-1 7-5). During the match, Safiullin scored 63 points vs Moutet’s 47. Roman was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Safiullin made 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 73% (29/40) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Russian broke Moutet 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (338-195). 11-8 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Safiullin has a composed 185-83 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he defeated Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.
Safiullin has a composed 18-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Christopher Eubanks
13 - 21win/loss
120
29
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-21 | 7-8 | 0-7 | 2-1 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 14-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-26 | 24-16 | 1-2 | 14-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-21 | 19-13 | 0-1 | 11-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-8 | 12-6 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 120, Eubanks got to the 3rd round after defeating Adam Walton 2-6 7-5 6-4 and Hugo Gaston 6-1 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Eubanks had a good straight sets win against Gaston (6-1 6-4). During the match Eubanks scored 61 points vs Gaston’s 37. Eubanks was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Eubanks managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Christopher Eubanks was quite efficient on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Christopher broke Gaston 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Newport.
Christopher has a composed 13-21 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Safiullin | Eubanks |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 47 |
| Pts | 63-47 | 154-124 |
| Total Points | 110 | 278 |
| Winners | 29 | 67 |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% |
Safiullin played 1 match while Eubanks competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Christopher Eubanks surrendered 1 set while Roman Safiullin hasn’t conceded a set so far. Safiullin has played 3 set(s) less than Eubanks (2 vs 5). Therefore, Safiullin played 28 games less than Eubanks. The Russian scored 29 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 67 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Safiullin | Eubanks |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10 |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 80/138 |
| %1st in | 68% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 67/80 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 33/58 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Safiullin struck 2 aces . Eubanks managed to score 20 aces (10 per match). Safiullin won 73% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Eubanks won 84% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Safiullin | Eubanks |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 80% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Safiullin broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Russian lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Christopher broke his opponents 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. Christopher conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Safiullin | |||
| R2 Moutet | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 63-47 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 40/59 | 40/59 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 29/40 | 29/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 11/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Eubanks | ||||
| R1 Walton | R2 Gaston | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 17 | 47 | |
| pts | 93-87 | 61-37 | 154-124 | |
| Total points | 180 | 98 | 278 | |
| Winners | 38 | 29 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 47/89 | 33/49 | 80/138 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 67% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 38/47 | 29/33 | 67/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 88% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/42 | 10/16 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 63% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 3/7 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 43% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 100% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
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