Ramkumar Ramanathan and Alexis Galarneau will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.83
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Alexis Galarneau
There is no head to head record between Ramkumar Ramanathan and Alexis Galarneau since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Ranked no. 227, Ramkumar reached the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Indian defeated Kovacevic (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match, Ramanathan scored 102 points vs Kovacevic’s 95. Ramanathan was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ramanathan overwhelmed his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Ramkumar Ramanathan was exceptionally effective on serve to win 80% (45/56) of his 1st serve and 61% (23/38) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ramkumar broke Kovacevic twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Ramanathan has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (329-252). 5-3 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Ramanathan has an overall207-136 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Ramkumar has an overall 20-15 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020. See his history.
Alexis Galarneau
Ranked no. 440, Galarneau got to the 2nd round after defeating Connor Farren 6-73 6-3 6-1, Aidan Mchugh 6-4 6-2 and James Ward 7-61 6-0.
In the 1st round, Alexis had a good straight sets win against Ward (7-61 6-0). During the match Galarneau scored 66 points vs Ward’s 43. Galarneau was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
About the serving games, Galarneau fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Alexis Galarneau was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (21/25) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Galarneau broke Ward 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Galarneau has a composed 10-3 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 66 |
| Pts | 102-95 | 221-153 |
| Total Points | 197 | 374 |
| Winners | 45 | 80 |
| %Winners | 44% | 36% |
Ramanathan played 1 match while Galarneau competed in 3 matches. Galarneau started his run from the qualifications while Ramanathan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Ramkumar Ramanathan dropped 1 set, while Alexis Galarneau dropped 1 set. Ramanathan has played 4 set(s) less than Galarneau (3 vs 7). Therefore, Ramanathan played 34 games less than Galarneau. The Indian scored 45 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Alexis recorded 80 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 25 | 5.3 |
| 1st in | 56/94 | 96/178 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 45/56 | 80/96 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 48/82 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 59% |
Ramanathan bagged 25 aces . Galarneau struck 16 aces (5.3 per match). Ramanathan won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Galarneau won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Galarneau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 14 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 14/19 |
| % Converted | 25% | 74% |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 80% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Ramanathan broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Indian lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Galarneau broke his opponents 14 times with a 74% conversion rate. Galarneau conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 102-95 | 102-95 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 45 | 45 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 25 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/94 | 56/94 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 45/56 | 45/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/38 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Galarneau | |||||
| Q1 Farren |
Q3 Mchugh |
R1 Ward |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-2 | 7-61 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 18 | 19 | 66 | |
| pts | 96-72 | 59-38 | 66-43 | 221-153 | |
| Total points | 168 | 97 | 109 | 374 | |
| Winners | 38 | 21 | 21 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 36% | 32% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 1 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 46/82 | 25/45 | 25/51 | 96/178 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | 49% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 38/46 | 21/25 | 21/25 | 80/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 84% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/36 | 13/20 | 14/26 | 48/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 65% | 54% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/6 | 5/6 | 14/19 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 67% | 83% | 74% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 67% | 0% | 142% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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