Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Mikael Torpegaard will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 Prajnesh Gunneswaran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the pick to win this match.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.75
Mikael Torpegaard -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Mikael Torpegaard
There is no head to head record between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Mikael Torpegaard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 167, the Indian reached the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 3-6 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Kovacevic, Gunneswaran recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 7-5). During the match, Gunneswaran scored 87 points vs Kovacevic’s 86. Prajnesh was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (48/63) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Indian broke Kovacevic twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Gunneswaran has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (271-171). 8-4 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gunneswaran has a compiled 13-15 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Prajnesh’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger and the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Indian has a composed 16-23 win-loss record in 2021, 8-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017. See his history.
Mikael Torpegaard
Ranked no. 226, the Dane reached the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-3 6-73 7-65.
In the 1st round, Torpegaard defeated Mochizuki (6-3 6-73 7-65).-109) than Mochizuki. In fact, the world no. 167 won 109 points vs Mochizuki’s. That means that Torpegaard was more focused during the important points. Mikael was extremely aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Torpegaard made 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Mikael Torpegaard lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Torpegaard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (50/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Torpegaard broke Mochizuki 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Torpegaard has a composed 8-17 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2016. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 35 |
| Pts | 87-86 | 109-113 |
| Total Points | 173 | 222 |
| Winners | 48 | 50 |
| %Winners | 55% | 46% |
Both Gunneswaran and Torpegaard played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 1 set, while Mikael Torpegaard lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Gunneswaran and Torpegaard have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gunneswaran played 5 games less than Torpegaard. The Indian scored 48 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Torpegaard blasted 50 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 13 |
| 1st in | 63/96 | 71/115 |
| %1st in | 66% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 50/71 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 22/44 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Gunneswaran bagged 8 aces . Torpegaard struck 13 aces . Gunneswaran won 76% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Torpegaard won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 3 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 33% |
| Conceded | 5 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Indian broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. Prajnesh dropped his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Mikael broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Torpegaard conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 87-86 | 87-86 | |
| Total points | 173 | 173 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 63/96 | 63/96 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 48/63 | 48/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Torpegaard | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-73 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 109-113 | 109-113 | |
| Total points | 222 | 222 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 71/115 | 71/115 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 50/71 | 50/71 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
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- Alex BoltBolt – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Dayne KellyKelly (6-4 0-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evan KingKing – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction
