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
26 - 27win/loss
60
36
LWWWWWWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 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
Marc-Andrea Huesler
41 - 26win/loss
159
47
LLWLWWLLWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-28 | 11-6 | 16-10 | 10-9 | 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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | |
Head 2 Head
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