Roman Safiullin and Marc-Andrea Huesler will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.67
Marc-Andrea Huesler -> 2.1

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Marc-Andrea Huesler

There is no head to head record between Roman Safiullin and Marc-Andrea Huesler since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Roman Safiullin

Roman Safiullin

26 - 27win/loss

Hard
18-14
I Hard
1-2
Clay
5-8
Grass
2-3
Rank
59
High
36
WLLWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 26-27 18-14 5-8 1-2 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, Safiullin reached the 2nd round after defeating Milos Karol 7-6(7) 7-6(5).

In the 1st round, Roman had a good straight sets win against Karol (7-67 7-65). During the match, Safiullin scored 81 points vs Karol’s 74. The Russian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.

Talking about the service games, Safiullin scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Roman Safiullin was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (43/52) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Safiullin has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (346-202). 1-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Safiullin has a composed 72-47 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cary Challenger where he overcame Mattia Bellucci in the final 1-6 7-5 7-5.

The Russian has a compiled 26-27 win-loss record in 2024, 1-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger

Bratislava 2 Challenger
Safiullin's Record

Marc-Andrea Huesler

Marc-Andrea Huesler

41 - 26win/loss

Hard
11-6
I Hard
10-7
Clay
16-10
Grass
4-3
Rank
148
High
47
WLWWLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 41-26 11-6 16-10 10-7 4-3 0-0
2023 20-31 7-9 2-10 5-8 4-3 2-1
2022 45-28 9-8 18-6 11-10 7-4 0-0
2021 30-33 3-6 14-15 9-7 1-3 3-2
2020 21-7 0-0 12-3 2-3 0-0 7-1

Ranked no. 148, Marc-Andrea reached the 2nd round after defeating Hynek Barton 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Barton (6-2 6-4). During the match Huesler scored 69 points vs Barton’s 53. Marc-Andrea was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

About the serving games, Huesler recorded 4 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Marc-Andrea Huesler lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Huesler put 59% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (11/23) on the 2nd serve. Marc-Andrea broke Barton 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

His best result of the current season was winning the title the Grodzisk Mazowiecki Challenger where he overcame Vit Kopriva in the final 6-1 6-4.

The Swiss has an aggregate 41-26 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Bratislava 2 Challenger
Huesler's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Safiullin
M.Huesler
1h:42
1h:42
Time on court​
1h:23
1h:23
1h:42
1h:42
Last match​
1h:23
1h:23
1
1
Match played
1
1
26
26
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
81
81
Total points​
69
69
81
81
Avg point​
69
69
43
43
Winners
26
26
43
43
Avg Winners​
26
26
53%
53%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
4
4
1
1
Avg Aces
4
4
1
1
Double Faults
0
0
1
1
Avg Double Faults
0
0
43/52
43/52
1st won total​
26/33
26/33
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
17/26
17/26
2nd won total​
11/23
11/23
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
48%
48%
-- Break Points --
0/2
0/2
BP won
4/9
4/9
0/2
0/2
Avg BP won
4/9
4/9
!
0%
0%
Won
44%
44%
1
1
Conceded
5
5
1
1
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Safiullin Huesler
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 18
Pts 81-74 69-53
Total Points 155 122
Winners 43 26
%Winners 53% 38%

Both Safiullin and Huesler played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Safiullin and Huesler have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Safiullin played 8 games more than Huesler. The Russian scored 43 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss recorded 26 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Safiullin Huesler
Aces 1 4
Avg per match 1 4
1st in 52/78 33/56
%1st in 67% 59%
1st pts 43/52 26/33
%1st pts 83% 79%
2nd pts 17/26 11/23
%2nd pts 65% 48%

Safiullin blasted 1 ace . Huesler also made 4 aces . Safiullin won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Huesler won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Safiullin Huesler
Won 0 4
Converted 0/2 4/9
% Converted 0% 44%
Conceded 1 5
Saved 1 4
% Saved 100% 80%
Times Broken 0 1

The Russian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. Roman was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points without even conceding a single break point. Huesler broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Marc-Andrea conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Safiullin
R1
Karol
Total
Score 7-67 7-65
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 26 26
pts 81-74 81-74
Total points 155 155
Winners 43 43
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 52/78 52/78
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 43/52 43/52
% 1st pts 83% 83%
2nd pts 17/26 17/26
% 2nd pts 65% 65%
Breaks
Won 0 0
Converted 0/2 0/2
Converted % 0% 0%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 1/1 1
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0
Huesler
R1
Barton
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 69-53 69-53
Total points 122 122
Winners 26 26
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 4 4
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 33/56 33/56
% 1st in 59% 59%
1st pts 26/33 26/33
% 1st pts 79% 79%
2nd pts 11/23 11/23
% 2nd pts 48% 48%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 4/5 4
Saved % 80% 80%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Bratislava 2 Challenger

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