Jack Sock and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will square off in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jack Sock who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Sock is the pick to win this match.
Jack Sock -> 1.41
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.91
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Prediction and head to head Jack Sock vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
This will be the 3rd time that Jack Sock and Prajnesh Gunneswaran face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Sock and Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Sock won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Orlando Challenger back in April 2021.
Jack Sock
Ranked no. 149, Jack got to the 2nd round after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-64 7-5.
In the 1st round, Jack had a good straight sets win against Kovacevic (7-64 7-5). During the match, Sock scored 77 points vs Kovacevic’s 70. Jack was quite aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sock struck 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jack Sock was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 66% (21/32) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Kovacevic once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Sock has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (250-185). 7-5 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sock has a compiled 55-37 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title in the Little Rock Challenger where he beat Emilio Gomez in the final 7-5 6-4.
The American has a composed 21-15 win-loss record in 2021, 7-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2012 and 2013. See his history.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 180, Gunneswaran got to the 2nd round after beating Mikael Torpegaard 6-2 7-62.
In the 1st round, Gunneswaran had a good straight sets win against Torpegaard (6-2 7-62). During the match Gunneswaran scored 70 points vs Torpegaard’s 54. Gunneswaran was quite aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Gunneswaran fired 7 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 63% of his first serves in, winning 70% (28/40) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. The Indian broke Torpegaard 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger and the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Indian has a compiled 19-25 win-loss record in 2021, 11-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sock | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 21 |
| Pts | 77-70 | 70-54 |
| Total Points | 147 | 124 |
| Winners | 35 | 28 |
| %Winners | 45% | 40% |
Both Sock and Gunneswaran played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sock and Gunneswaran have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sock played 4 games more than Gunneswaran. Jack scored 35 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Gunneswaran bagged 28 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sock | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 40/64 |
| %1st in | 56% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 28/40 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 66% | 71% |
Sock bagged 9 aces . Gunneswaran bagged 7 aces . Sock won 85% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sock | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Sock broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Jack very solid his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. Gunneswaran broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sock | |||
| R1 Kovacevic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 77-70 | 77-70 | |
| Total points | 147 | 147 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 41/73 | 41/73 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 35/41 | 35/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/32 | 21/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Torpegaard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 70-54 | 70-54 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 40/64 | 40/64 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/40 | 28/40 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Jack SockSock – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Vasek PospisilPospisil (2-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Tatsuma ItoIto (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Blaz RolaRola – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Jeff WolfWolf (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jc AragoneAragone (5-7 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Go SoedaSoeda – Malek JaziriJaziri (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Jason JungJung – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (3-6 7-63 7-64) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (6-2 7-62) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Jc AragoneAragone (5-7 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason JungJung – Christian HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Blaz RolaRola – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Go SoedaSoeda (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aidan MchughMchugh – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
