Denis Istomin vs Rohan Bopanna Head to Head Stats

• How has Denis Istomin performed recently with his second serve? In the past six months, Istomin has not won any points on his second serve.
• What is the recent form of Rohan Bopanna's second serve? Bopanna, like Istomin, has also won 0% of his second serve points recently.
• Looking at their return game, both players have identical statistics, having won 0% of points on their opponent's second serves in recent matches.
• Denis Istomin has not been able to save any breakpoints in pressure situations lately. The same can be said for Rohan Bopanna.
• Are their career performance trends similar across different surfaces?
• Istomin has a 60% career win rate on hard courts, his best surface, while Bopanna also excels on grass courts with the same percentage.
• Both players have struggled over the past year, with Istomin winning 0% of his matches and Bopanna having not played at this level to record a win/loss ratio.
• Direct encounters favor Denis Istomin, who has won all four head-to-head matches against Bopanna, securing 9 out of 11 sets.
• The last encounter saw Istomin defeating Bopanna at the Chennai Open in 2009.
• When it comes to the ranking of their opponents, Istomin's average opponent rank has been 392, while Bopanna lacks recent records in competitive play.
• If the match enters a deciding set, neither player has shown success in recent times with a 0% win rate in such scenarios over the last 12 months.

Editorial Prediction (December 22, 2025, UTC):

As both Denis Istomin and Rohan Bopanna have shown similar struggles with their serve and return games, the match appears to be evenly balanced at a glance. However, when considering their head-to-head record, Istomin clearly holds a significant advantage, having defeated Bopanna in all their previous encounters.

Istomin's career performance on hard courts, albeit not recently distinguished, remains his strength, aligning with the surface this match is predicted to be played on. Bopanna, while excelling on grass, has not demonstrated competitive consistency in the recent period that would suggest an upset victory here.

Given these factors, while both players are not in peak form, the historical performance suggests Denis Istomin is more likely to win the upcoming match against Rohan Bopanna.