Drazen Petrovic vs Zekai Li Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Petrovic 1 - 0 Li

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Petrovic has won 40.8% of points on their second serve, while Li has won 50%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Petrovic, in recent form, has won 51.72% of their opponent's second serve points, while Li has won 53.22%. The same stats for first serve returns are 37.77% and 33.94% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Petrovic has saved 46.6% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Li has saved 59.18% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Petrovic has won 50% of matches played (W/L 17/ 17), with Li winning 48.65% (W/L 18/ 19) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Petrovic has their best career surface win % on Hard, winning 50% (W/L 2/ 2), and worse career win % on Clay, winning 47% (W/L 43/ 49). Li has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 55% (W/L 12/ 10), and worse career win % on Hard, winning 46% (W/L 12/ 14).
• Player level: In the last year, Petrovic has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 51.52% of matches (W/L 17/ 16), where as Li has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 48.65% of matches (W/L 18/ 19). When comparing stats between players to predict the favorite, it is of course all relative to the event level they have been playing at.
• Direct H2H matches: They have played 1 times before with Petrovic winning 1 times and Li being victorious 0 times. They have played 3 sets in total, with Petrovic winning 2 and Li winning 1. The last match between Petrovic and Li was at the M25 Zlatibor, 27-09-2023, Q2 round, Clay with Drazen Petrovic getting the victory 3-6 6-3 10-3.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 1:48:0.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Petrovic and Li have played a deciding set 1 times, with Petrovic winning 1 times and Li 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 0 tiebreaks against each other with Petrovic winning 0, and Li 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Petrovic has played against opponents with an average rank of 39.03 while Li has played against players with an average rank of 19.19.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Petrovic has won 25% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Li has won 18% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Petrovic has converted 51.32% of breakpoint opportunities, and Li has converted 52.08% of their chances to break their opponents serve. A telling stat for in-game live betting tips when either player has a breakpoint opportunity.
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