Saba Purtseladze and Ilya Snitari will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:00 pm on LIMAK COURT. 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 Ilya Snitari who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ilya Snitari is the pick to win this match.
Ilya Snitari -> 1.86
Saba Purtseladze -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Saba Purtseladze vs. Ilya Snitari
There is no head to head record between Saba Purtseladze and Ilya Snitari since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Saba Purtseladze
31 - 25win/loss
403
395
LLLWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-33 | 25-19 | 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. 455, the Georgean got to the qualifications after beating Marsel Ilhan 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Purtseladze had a good straight sets win against Ilhan (6-4 6-4). During the match, Purtseladze scored 70 points vs Ilhan’s 57. Purtseladze was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purtseladze made 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Saba Purtseladze was quite effective on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 53% (10/19) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Saba broke Ilhan 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Purtseladze has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (150-139). 20-12 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purtseladze has a composed121-84 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Purtseladze’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and the Astana Challenger.
Saba has an aggregate 30-25 win-loss record in 2024, 20-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Ilya Snitari
28 - 12win/loss
558
479
LLWWLWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-17 | 3-2 | 31-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-28 | 12-11 | 21-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 60-24 | 7-3 | 53-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 30-17 | 5-2 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, the Moldovan got to the qualifications after beating Mats Hermans 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Ilya had a good straight sets win against Hermans (6-2 6-3). During the match Snitari scored 71 points vs Hermans’s 50. Snitari was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Snitari struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ilya Snitari was very efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 79% (15/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ilya broke Hermans 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Snitari’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kursumlijska Banja,M15 Constanta and M15 Targu Jiu.
Snitari has an aggregate 28-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Ilya has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purtseladze | Snitari |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 |
| Pts | 70-57 | 71-50 |
| Total Points | 127 | 121 |
| Winners | 28 | 19 |
| %Winners | 40% | 27% |
Both Purtseladze and Snitari played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purtseladze and Snitari have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Purtseladze played 3 games more than Snitari. Purtseladze scored 28 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Ilya fired 19 winners (27%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purtseladze | Snitari |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 4 |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 23/42 |
| %1st in | 63% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 19/23 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 15/19 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 79% |
Purtseladze bagged 9 aces . Snitari recorded 4 aces . Purtseladze won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Snitari won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 79% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purtseladze | Snitari |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Purtseladze conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Ilya broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Snitari was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Purtseladze | |||
| Q1 Ilhan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-57 | 70-57 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/52 | 33/52 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/19 | 10/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Snitari | |||
| Q1 Hermans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 71-50 | 71-50 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 27% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/42 | 23/42 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/19 | 15/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 79% | 79% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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