Gastao Elias vs Marko Nikolic Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Elias 1 - 0 Nikolic

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Elias has won 49.68% of points on their second serve, while Nikolic has won 35.43%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Elias, in recent form, has won 53.73% of their opponent's second serve points, while Nikolic has won 40.86%. The same stats for first serve returns are 32.63% and 37.82% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Elias has saved 61.9% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Nikolic has saved 48.78% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Elias has won 58.46% of matches played (W/L 38/ 27), with Nikolic winning 42.86% (W/L 12/ 16) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Elias has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 58% (W/L 352/ 255), and worse career win % on Grass, winning 25% (W/L 3/ 9). Nikolic has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 46% (W/L 13/ 15), and worse career win % on Hard, winning 0% (W/L 0/ 3).
• Player level: In the last year, Elias has played most of their matches on the Challengers/ITF tournaments > $10K, winning 59.02% of matches (W/L 36/ 25), where as Nikolic has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 44.44% of matches (W/L 12/ 15). 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 Elias winning 1 times and Nikolic being victorious 0 times. They have played 2 sets in total, with Elias winning 2 and Nikolic winning 0. The last match between Elias and Nikolic was at the Manama Challenger, 11-02-2024, Q1 round, Hard with Gastao Elias getting the victory 6-3 6-1.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 0:54:25.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Elias and Nikolic have played a deciding set 0 times, with Elias winning 0 times and Nikolic 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 Elias winning 0, and Nikolic 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Elias has played against opponents with an average rank of 252.29 while Nikolic has played against players with an average rank of 7.82.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Elias has won 65% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Nikolic has won 70% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Elias has converted 39.53% of breakpoint opportunities, and Nikolic has converted 61.11% 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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