Denis Kudla and Steve Johnson will play each other in the 1st round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.69
Denis Kudla -> 2.22
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Steve Johnson
This will be the 8th time that Denis Kudla and Steve Johnson clash against each other. The head to head is 5-2 for Johnson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudla won 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in Newport back in 2021.
Highlights Denis Kudla vs Steve Johnson – Newport 12-July-2021
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, the American will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(4) to Kokkinakis in the 3rd round on the 27th of March.
Denis has a composed 13-10 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the year on clay.
Denis’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 441-329 record. He has a negative 65-66 record on clay.
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2016 and 2018. See his history.
Steve Johnson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 20-20 | 15-11 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-28 | 20-18 | 6-4 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-17 | 8-12 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-11 | 18-7 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 108, Johnson will start his run in Houston after he played his last match in Miami where he lost 6-2 6-2 to Sock in the qualifications on the 22nd of March.
Steve has a composed 9-8 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on clay.
In terms of his career, Johnson has an overall 327-256 record. He has a positive 46-43 record on clay.
Head 2 Head
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LLLWW Tennis Scores in Houston
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Steven DiezDiez (4-6 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Moez EcharguiEchargui (4-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (5-7 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Michael MmohMmoh (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter GojowczykGojowczyk – Tommy PaulPaul (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Denis KudlaKudla (5-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Juan Pablo VarillasPablo Varillas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Steven DiezDiez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Jack SockSock (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Pablo CuevasCuevas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marcos GironGiron (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Feliciano LopezLopez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
