Tim Handel and Hynek Barton will play each other in the qualifications of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Hynek Barton who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Hynek Barton is the pick to win this match.
Hynek Barton -> 1.533
Tim Handel -> 2.39
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Prediction and head to head Tim Handel vs. Hynek Barton
This will be the 2nd time that Tim Handel and Hynek Barton square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Handel (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Handel won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in M15 Prostejov back in 2022.
Tim Handel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 27-26 | 2-2 | 22-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-30 | 2-3 | 41-19 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3-4 |
| 2022 | 32-22 | 5-2 | 22-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 43-22 | 9-9 | 31-11 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-5 | 7-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 465, the German got to the qualifications after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Tim had a good straight sets win against Oradini (6-3 6-3). During the match, Handel scored 59 points vs Oradini’s 43. Tim was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Handel managed to score 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Tim Handel lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Handel put 78% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (4/10) on the 2nd serve. Tim broke Oradini 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Handel has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 60% of his matches (170-111). 14-12 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Handel has a composed121-65 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Tim’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Lesa.
Tim has an overall 19-17 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Hynek Barton
19 - 16win/loss
450
393
LLWLLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 9-4 | 21-13 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 45-26 | 11-5 | 25-16 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2022 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 486, Hynek reached the qualifications after beating Pedro Sakamoto 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Barton had a good straight sets win against Sakamoto (6-3 6-2). During the match Barton scored 57 points vs Sakamoto’s 43. Hynek was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Barton made 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Hynek Barton was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (19/21) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Barton broke Sakamoto 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Barton’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Vale do Lobo.
Barton has a composed 19-16 win-loss record in 2024, 13-10 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
The Czech has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Handel | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 59-43 | 57-43 |
| Total Points | 102 | 100 |
| Winners | 31 | 19 |
| %Winners | 53% | 33% |
Both Handel and Barton played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Handel and Barton have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Handel played 1 game more than Barton. Handel scored 31 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Barton recorded 19 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Handel | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 36/46 | 21/45 |
| %1st in | 78% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 19/21 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 14/24 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 58% |
Handel fired 7 aces . Barton managed to score 6 aces . Handel won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Barton won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Handel | Barton |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 50% | 80% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Tim broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Barton broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The Czech was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Handel | |||
| Q1 Oradini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 59-43 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st in | 78% | 78% | |
| 1st pts | 31/36 | 31/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Barton | |||
| Q1 Sakamoto |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 57-43 | 57-43 | |
| Total points | 100 | 100 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 21/45 | 21/45 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 19/21 | 19/21 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 14/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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