Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan vs Xin Gao Important H2H Prediction Stats:

Head-to-head: Virali-Murugesan 3 - 0 Gao

• Second serve performance recent form: In recent form (last 6 months), Virali-Murugesan has won 35.79% of points on their second serve, while Gao has won 0%. There is a high correlation between this stat and match prediction accuracy.
• Return game stats recent form: Return stats show Virali-Murugesan, in recent form, has won 53.85% of their opponent's second serve points, while Gao has won 0%. The same stats for first serve returns are 29.88% and 0% respectively and this has a high correlation to pick who is favored in this H2H matchup.
• Under pressure analysis: Virali-Murugesan has saved 43.24% of breakpoints in recent form, whereas Gao has saved 0% which is a useful statistic for in-game betting predictions.
• Performance overview: Over the last year Virali-Murugesan has won 52% of matches played (W/L 13/ 12), with Gao winning 50% (W/L 1/ 1) that gives us an overall head-to head prediction overview.
• Best surface: Virali-Murugesan has their best career surface win % on Clay, winning 54% (W/L 86/ 73), and worse career win % on I.hard, winning 50% (W/L 3/ 3). Gao has their best career surface win % on Hard, winning 45% (W/L 135/ 167), and worse career win % on Clay, winning 40% (W/L 16/ 24).
• Player level: In the last year, Virali-Murugesan has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 52% of matches (W/L 13/ 12), where as Gao has played most of their matches on the Futures/Satellites/ITF tournaments $10K, winning 50% of matches (W/L 1/ 1). 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 3 times before with Virali-Murugesan winning 3 times and Gao being victorious 0 times. They have played 7 sets in total, with Virali-Murugesan winning 6 and Gao winning 1. The last match between Virali-Murugesan and Gao was at the China F4, 05-04-2016, First, Hard with Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan getting the victory 0-6 6-4 6-3.
• Head to head match duration: In past head to head matches, the average match time between these players has been 0:43:40.
• Deciding set H2H prediction: Virali-Murugesan and Gao have played a deciding set 1 times, with Virali-Murugesan winning 1 times and Gao 0 times. Very useful for predicting the outcome if this match goes the distance.
• Head-to-Head extreme pressure situations: They have played 3 tiebreaks against each other with Virali-Murugesan winning 3, and Gao 0.
• Opponent quality stats: Over the last 12 months, Virali-Murugesan has played against opponents with an average rank of 163.12 while Gao has played against players with an average rank of 0.
• Deciding set performance vs all players: If you are interested in live predictions and betting, if this match goes into a deciding set, Virali-Murugesan has won 67% of deciding sets over the last 12 months, while Gao has won 0% in all matches played on tour.
• Break point conversion: In recent form, Virali-Murugesan has converted 63.16% of breakpoint opportunities, and Gao has converted 0% 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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