Vit Kopriva and Ignacio Buse will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Braga Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vit Kopriva who should win in 3 sets.
Vit Kopriva -> 1.84
Ignacio Buse -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Vit Kopriva vs. Ignacio Buse
This will be the 3rd time that Vit Kopriva and Ignacio Buse clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kopriva and Buse (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kopriva won 6-1 6-7(3) 6-1 in the qualifications in Kitzbuhel back in July 2024.
Vit Kopriva
33 - 23win/loss
131
111
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 39-26 | 13-9 | 21-15 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
2023 | 35-27 | 1-4 | 34-21 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2022 | 39-28 | 7-5 | 30-18 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 36-26 | 1-3 | 32-21 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 24-15 | 0-0 | 17-11 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 142, the Czech got to the 2nd round after beating Eric Vanshelboim 3-6 6-2 6-1.
In the 1st round against Vanshelboim, The Czech recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-1). During the match, Kopriva scored 81 points vs Vanshelboim’s 63. Kopriva was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kopriva scored just 1 ace throughout the encounter and he committed only 7 double faults. Vit Kopriva lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kopriva put 62% of his first serves in, winning 64% (27/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Vit broke Vanshelboim 7 times after converting 70% of his break points (7/10).
Kopriva has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (339-236). 14-12 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kopriva has an aggregate249-162 record in the last 9 years on clay.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Szczecin Challenger where he overcame Andrea Pellegrino in the final 7-5 6-2.
Vit has a compiled 32-23 win-loss record in 2024, 14-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Braga Challenger
Ignacio Buse
45 - 25win/loss
221
209
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 47-28 | 3-3 | 44-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 35-19 | 7-3 | 28-16 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 13-8 | 4-2 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209 (career-high), Ignacio reached the 2nd round after beating Arthur Gea 7-5 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ignacio had a good straight sets win against Gea (7-5 6-3). During the match Buse scored 76 points vs Gea’s 57. The Peruvian was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Buse managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Ignacio Buse was quite efficient on serve to win 71% (32/45) of his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Ignacio broke Gea 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The Peruvian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Tarragona,M25 Vic and the Como Challenger.
The Peruvian has an aggregate 45-24 win-loss record in 2024, 42-20 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kopriva | Buse |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
Tot Games | 24 | 21 |
Pts | 81-63 | 76-57 |
Total Points | 144 | 133 |
Winners | 27 | 32 |
%Winners | 33% | 42% |
Both Kopriva and Buse played 1 match. At the moment, Vit Kopriva conceded 1 set while Ignacio Buse hasn’t lost a set so far. Kopriva has played 1 set more than Buse (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kopriva played 3 games more than Buse. The Czech scored 27 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Ignacio struck 32 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kopriva | Buse |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 5 |
Avg per match | 1 | 5 |
1st in | 42/68 | 45/77 |
%1st in | 62% | 58% |
1st pts | 27/42 | 32/45 |
%1st pts | 64% | 71% |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 17/32 |
%2nd pts | 54% | 53% |
Kopriva recorded 1 ace . Buse also blasted 5 aces . Kopriva won 64% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Buse won 71% 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 | Kopriva | Buse |
---|---|---|
Won | 7 | 4 |
Converted | 7/10 | 4/6 |
% Converted | 70% | 67% |
Conceded | 9 | 6 |
Saved | 5 | 4 |
% Saved | 56% | 67% |
Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Vit broke his opponent 7 times with a 70% conversion rate. The Czech dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. Ignacio broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Buse conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
Kopriva | |||
R1 Vanshelboim | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 3-6 6-2 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
pts | 81-63 | 81-63 | |
Total points | 144 | 144 | |
Winners | 27 | 27 | |
%Winners | 33% | 33% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
1st in | 42/68 | 42/68 | |
% 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
1st pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
% 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 7 | 7 | |
Converted | 7/10 | 7/10 | |
Converted % | 70% | 70% | |
Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Buse | |||
R1 Gea | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 7-5 6-3 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
pts | 76-57 | 76-57 | |
Total points | 133 | 133 | |
Winners | 32 | 32 | |
%Winners | 42% | 42% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 5 | 5 | |
Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
1st in | 45/77 | 45/77 | |
% 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
1st pts | 32/45 | 32/45 | |
% 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
% 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
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