Roman Safiullin and Raphael Collignon will play each other in the final of the Bratislava 2 Challenger for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Roman Safiullin who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Roman Safiullin is the pick to win this match.
Roman Safiullin -> 1.28
Raphael Collignon -> 3.4

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Prediction and head to head Roman Safiullin vs. Raphael Collignon

This will be the 2^nd time that Roman Safiullin and Raphael Collignon square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Safiullin won 5-7 6-3 6-0 in the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger back in 2023.

Roman Safiullin

Ranked no. 59, Safiullin reached the final after defeating Milos Karol 7-6(7) 7-6(5), Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4 6-3, Aslan Karatsev 6-3 6-2 and Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-3.

In the semifinal, Safiullin had a good straight sets win against Nishikori (6-4 6-3). During the match, Safiullin scored 72 points vs Nishikori’s 57. Safiullin was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Safiullin fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roman Safiullin lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Safiullin put 62% of his first serves in, winning 83% (33/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (11/25) on the 2nd serve. Safiullin broke Nishikori 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Roman hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.

Safiullin has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (349-202). 4-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Safiullin has an overall 75-47 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

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

Safiullin has an aggregate 29-27 win-loss record in 2024, 4-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Bratislava 2 Challenger

Raphael Collignon

Ranked no. 167, Raphael reached the final after defeating Jelle Sels 6-4 6-2, Adrian Andreev 6-4 7-5

, Hamad Medjedovic 6-3 3-6 6-3, Emilio Nava 6-7(3) 6-3 7-5, Gabriel Diallo 3-6 7-6(3) 7-5 and Dino Prizmic 3-6 6-3 7-6(4).

In the semifinal against Prizmic, Raphael recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-6⁴).During the match Collignon scored less points (2) than Prizmic. In fact, the world no. 59 won 96 points vs Prizmic’s. That means that Collignon was more focused during the important points. The Belgian was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Collignon made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Raphael Collignon lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Collignon put 65% of his first serves in, winning 77% (51/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (13/35) on the 2nd serve. Collignon broke Prizmic twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belgian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 4 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Luedenscheid Challenger where he overcame Botic Van De Zandschulp in the final 3-6 6-4 6-3.

Raphael has an overall 67-21 win-loss record in 2024, 16-10 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Safiullin	Collignon
Match played	4	6
Tot Set	8	16
Tot Games	81	166
Pts	273-217	522-463
Total Points	490	985
Winners	144	253
%Winners	53%	48%

Safiullin played 4 matches while Collignon competed in 6 matches. Collignon started his run from the qualifications while Safiullin had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Raphael Collignon conceded 4 sets while Roman Safiullin hasn’t dropped a set so far. Safiullin has played 8 set(s) less than Collignon (8 vs 16). Therefore, Safiullin played 85 games less than Collignon. Roman scored 144 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Raphael bagged 253 winners (48%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Safiullin	Collignon
Aces	33	35
Avg per match	8.3	5.8
1st in	170/258	338/491
%1st in	66%	69%
1st pts	144/170	253/338
%1st pts	85%	75%
2nd pts	46/88	92/153
%2nd pts	52%	60%

Safiullin bagged 33 aces (8.3 per match). Collignon made 35 aces (5.8 per match). Safiullin won 85% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Collignon won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Safiullin	Collignon
Won	8	16
Converted	8/16	16/35
% Converted	50%	46%
Conceded	7	15
Saved	6	7
% Saved	86%	47%
Times Broken	1	8

Roman broke his opponents 8 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian surrendered his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Raphael broke his opponents 16 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded.

Safiullin
	R1 Karol	R2 Huesler	1/4 Karatsev	1/2 Nishikori	Total
Score	7-67 7-65	6-4 6-3	6-3 6-2	6-4 6-3
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	26	19	17	19	81
pts	81-74	60-50	60-36	72-57	273-217
Total points	155	110	96	129	490
Winners	43	38	30	33	144
%Winners	53%	63%	50%	46%	53%
SERVE
Aces	1	10	13	9	33
Double Faults	1	2	3	2	8
1st in	52/78	43/63	35/52	40/65	170/258
% 1st in	67%	68%	67%	62%	66%
1st pts	43/52	38/43	30/35	33/40	144/170
% 1st pts	83%	88%	86%	83%	85%
2nd pts	17/26	8/20	10/17	11/25	46/88
% 2nd pts	65%	40%	59%	44%	52%
Breaks
Won	0	2	3	3	8
Converted	0/2	2/2	3/5	3/7	8/16
Converted %	0%	100%	60%	43%	50%
Conceded	1	2	0	4	7
Saved	1/1	2/2	0/0	3/4	6
Saved %	100%	100%	–	75%	69%
Times Broken	0	0	0	1	1

Collignon
	Q1 Sels	Q3 Andreev	R1 Medjedovic	R2 Nava	1/4 Diallo	1/2 Prizmic	Total
Score	6-4 6-2	6-4 7-5	6-3 3-6 6-3	6-73 6-3 7-5	3-6 7-63 7-5	3-6 6-3 7-64
Tot Set	2	2	3	3	3	3	16
Tot Games	18	22	27	34	34	31	166
pts	62-38	72-63	84-65	108-98	100-101	96-98	522-463
Total points	100	135	149	206	201	194	985
Winners	25	30	36	60	51	51	253
%Winners	40%	42%	43%	56%	51%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	5	3	8	8	2	9	35
Double Faults	0	4	2	1	3	1	11
1st in	32/45	46/74	44/70	81/103	69/98	66/101	338/491
% 1st in	71%	62%	63%	79%	70%	65%	69%
1st pts	25/32	30/46	36/44	60/81	51/69	51/66	253/338
% 1st pts	78%	65%	82%	74%	74%	77%	75%
2nd pts	12/13	16/28	20/26	14/22	17/29	13/35	92/153
% 2nd pts	92%	57%	77%	64%	59%	37%	60%
Breaks
Won	3	4	2	3	2	2	16
Converted	3/4	4/8	2/3	3/9	2/4	2/7	16/35
Converted %	75%	50%	67%	33%	50%	29%	46%
Conceded	0	3	2	3	4	3	15
Saved	0/0	1/3	1/2	2/3	2/4	1/3	7
Saved %	–	33%	50%	67%	50%	33%	58%
Times Broken	0	2	1	1	2	2	8

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