Nicola Kuhn and Matteo Martineau will square off in the qualifications of the Szczecin Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Martineau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.88
Nicola Kuhn -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Nicola Kuhn vs. Matteo Martineau
This will be the 2nd time that Nicola Kuhn and Matteo Martineau square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kuhn (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kuhn won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in the Lille Challenger back in March 2021.
Nicola Kuhn
Ranked no. 277, Nicola got to the qualifications after defeating Nathaniel Lammons 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Kuhn had a good straight sets win against Lammons (6-3 6-4). During the match, Kuhn scored 66 points vs Lammons’s 51. The Spaniard was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuhn blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Nicola Kuhn lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kuhn put 65% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the 2nd serve. Nicola broke Lammons 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kuhn has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 52% of his matches (116-106). 5-11 on clay in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuhn has an overall64-55 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Nicola has an aggregate 11-21 win-loss record in 2021, 5-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Szczecin Challenger
Kuhn has never competed in this tournament before.
Matteo Martineau
Ranked no. 371, will start his run in the Szczecin Challenger after he played his last match in the Szczecin Challenger where he overcame 7-6(3) 0-0 ret. to Doumbia in the qualifications on the 12th of September.
Martineau has an overall 36-19 win-loss record in 2021, 22-11 on clay (See FULL STATS).
The French player best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15+H Bressuire,M25 Reus and M25+H Lesa.
In terms of his career, Matteo has an overall 159-118 record. He has a positive 61-51 record on clay.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuhn | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 13 |
| Pts | 66-51 | 53-47 |
| Total Points | 117 | 100 |
| Winners | 26 | 19 |
| %Winners | 39% | 36% |
Both Kuhn and Martineau played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Kuhn has played 1 set(s) less than Martineau (2 vs 3). However, it’s interesting to notice that Kuhn played 6 games more than Martineau. Nicola scored 26 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 19 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuhn | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 26/44 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 19/26 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 10/18 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 56% |
Kuhn managed to score 3 aces . Martineau scored 3 aces . Kuhn won 70% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Martineau won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuhn | Martineau |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 1/8 |
| % Converted | 75% | 13% |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
Nicola broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kuhn surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Matteo broke his opponent once with a 13% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuhn | |||
| Q1 Lammons |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-51 | 66-51 | |
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 37/57 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 26/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Martineau | |||
| Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | |||
| Tot Set | 0 | ||
| Tot Games | 0 | ||
| pts | 0-0 | ||
| Total points | 0 | ||
| Winners | 0 | ||
| %Winners | – | ||
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | ||
| Double Faults | 0 | ||
| 1st in | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st in | NAN% | ||
| 1st pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 1st pts | NAN% | ||
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | ||
| % 2nd pts | NAN% | ||
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | ||
| Converted | 0/0 | ||
| Converted % | NAN% | ||
| Conceded | 0 | ||
| Saved | 0 | ||
| Saved % | 0% | ||
| Times Broken | 0 | ||
Head 2 Head
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