Denis Kudla and Aidan Mchugh will face off in the qualifications of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.21
Aidan Mchugh -> 4.2
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Aidan Mchugh
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Aidan Mchugh since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 90, Kudla reached the qualifications after defeating Toby Alex Kodat 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Alex Kodat (6-2 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 57 points vs Alex Kodat’s 37. The American was very aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Denis Kudla was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Alex Kodat 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Kudla has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (359-265). 2-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has an overall 78-47 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Kudla has an aggregate 38-26 win-loss record in 2021, 2-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2012. See his history.
Aidan Mchugh
Ranked no. 374 (career-high), the Brit reached the qualifications after defeating Robert Galloway 1-6 6-3 6-1.
In the qualifications against Galloway, Aidan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-1). During the match Mchugh scored 76 points vs Galloway’s 62. Aidan was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Mchugh blasted 2 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Aidan Mchugh lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Mchugh put 68% of his first serves in, winning 61% (27/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the 2nd serve. Mchugh broke Galloway 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Mchugh’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 Indore,M25 Santo Domingo,M25 Decatur and M25+H Rodez.
Mchugh has a compiled 48-25 win-loss record in 2021, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kudla | Mchugh |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
Tot Games | 16 | 23 |
Pts | 57-37 | 76-62 |
Total Points | 94 | 138 |
Winners | 18 | 27 |
%Winners | 32% | 36% |
Both Kudla and Mchugh played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Aidan Mchugh dropped 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set(s) less than Mchugh (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kudla played 7 games less than Mchugh. Denis scored 18 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, Mchugh fired 27 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kudla | Mchugh |
---|---|---|
Aces | 1 | 2 |
Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
1st in | 20/44 | 44/65 |
%1st in | 45% | 68% |
1st pts | 18/20 | 27/44 |
%1st pts | 90% | 61% |
2nd pts | 15/24 | 12/21 |
%2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Kudla struck 1 ace . Mchugh also blasted 2 aces . Kudla won 90% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Mchugh won 61% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Kudla | Mchugh |
---|---|---|
Won | 4 | 5 |
Converted | 4/5 | 5/9 |
% Converted | 80% | 56% |
Conceded | 1 | 7 |
Saved | 1 | 4 |
% Saved | 100% | 57% |
Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kudla broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Aidan broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Aidan conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
Kudla | |||
Q1 Alex |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
pts | 57-37 | 57-37 | |
Total points | 94 | 94 | |
Winners | 18 | 18 | |
%Winners | 32% | 32% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
1st in | 20/44 | 20/44 | |
% 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
% 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
2nd pts | 15/24 | 15/24 | |
% 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 4 | 4 | |
Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Mchugh | |||
Q1 Galloway |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 1-6 6-3 6-1 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
pts | 76-62 | 76-62 | |
Total points | 138 | 138 | |
Winners | 27 | 27 | |
%Winners | 36% | 36% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 2 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
1st in | 44/65 | 44/65 | |
% 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
1st pts | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
% 1st pts | 61% | 61% | |
2nd pts | 12/21 | 12/21 | |
% 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 5 | 5 | |
Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Head 2 Head
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