Aleksandre Bakshi and Egor Agafonov will square off in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:00 pm on CENTER 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 Aleksandre Bakshi who should win in 3 sets.
Aleksandre Bakshi -> 1.6
Egor Agafonov -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandre Bakshi vs. Egor Agafonov
There is no head to head record between Aleksandre Bakshi and Egor Agafonov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Aleksandre Bakshi
24 - 17win/loss
521
521
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 24-17 | 23-13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 20-18 | 19-15 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 26-17 | 22-13 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 20-17 | 8-7 | 10-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 521 (career-high), Aleksandre got to the qualifications after beating Denys Klok 6-2 6-0.
In the qualifications, Aleksandre had a good straight sets win against Klok (6-2 6-0). During the match, Bakshi scored 50 points vs Klok’s 22. Aleksandre was extremely aggressive to blast 14 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bakshi scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Aleksandre Bakshi was very effective on serve to win 93% (14/15) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Georgean broke Klok 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Bakshi has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (121-87). 23-13 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bakshi has a compiled84-55 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
Aleksandre’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Kachreti Challenger.
The Georgean has an aggregate 24-17 win-loss record in 2024, 23-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Aleksandre has never competed in this tournament before.
Egor Agafonov
35 - 22win/loss
550
531
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 35-22 | 27-18 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 35-20 | 23-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 17-15 | 8-9 | 8-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 550, the Russian reached the qualifications after beating Aleksandr Braynin 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Braynin (7-63 6-3). During the match Agafonov scored 78 points vs Braynin’s 63. Agafonov was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Agafonov scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Egor Agafonov was quite effective on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Agafonov broke Braynin 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Agafonov’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Aktobe.
Egor has a composed 35-22 win-loss record in 2024, 27-18 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Bakshi | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
Tot Games | 14 | 22 |
Pts | 50-22 | 78-63 |
Total Points | 72 | 141 |
Winners | 14 | 33 |
%Winners | 28% | 42% |
Both Bakshi and Agafonov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Bakshi and Agafonov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Bakshi played 8 games less than Agafonov. Aleksandre scored 14 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, Egor blasted 33 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Bakshi | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 3 |
Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
1st in | 15/35 | 45/72 |
%1st in | 43% | 63% |
1st pts | 14/15 | 33/45 |
%1st pts | 93% | 73% |
2nd pts | 14/20 | 15/27 |
%2nd pts | 70% | 56% |
Bakshi managed to score 1 ace . Agafonov also bagged 3 aces . Bakshi won 93% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Agafonov won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Bakshi | Agafonov |
---|---|---|
Won | 5 | 3 |
Converted | 5/6 | 3/6 |
% Converted | 83% | 50% |
Conceded | 0 | 5 |
Saved | 0 | 3 |
% Saved | 0% | 60% |
Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Georgean broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Bakshi had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Egor broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Egor conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
Bakshi | |||
Q1 Klok | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
pts | 50-22 | 50-22 | |
Total points | 72 | 72 | |
Winners | 14 | 14 | |
%Winners | 28% | 28% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
1st in | 15/35 | 15/35 | |
% 1st in | 43% | 43% | |
1st pts | 14/15 | 14/15 | |
% 1st pts | 93% | 93% | |
2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
% 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
Saved % | – | 0% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Agafonov | |||
Q1 Braynin | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
pts | 78-63 | 78-63 | |
Total points | 141 | 141 | |
Winners | 33 | 33 | |
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 3 | 3 | |
Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
1st in | 45/72 | 45/72 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 33/45 | 33/45 | |
% 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
2nd pts | 15/27 | 15/27 | |
% 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
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