Max Purcell and Kyle Seelig will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.26
Kyle Seelig -> 3.7
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Kyle Seelig
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Kyle Seelig since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, Purcell reached the 2nd round after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 7-63 7-63.
In the 1st round against Gunneswaran, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-63 7-63). During the match, Purcell scored 122 points vs Gunneswaran’s 106. Max was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell managed to score 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 62% of his first serves in, winning 76% (53/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 49% (21/43) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Gunneswaran 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Purcell has a winning record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (208-158). 19-14 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an aggregate148-109 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
The Australian has a composed 34-28 win-loss record in 2022, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Purcell has never competed in this tournament before.
Kyle Seelig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16-11 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-25 | 32-20 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 50-17 | 47-15 | 2-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 10-6 | 1-1 | 6-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, Kyle got to the 2nd round after beating Yusuke Takahashi 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Seelig had a good straight sets win against Takahashi (7-5 6-4). During the match Seelig scored 76 points vs Takahashi’s 64. Seelig was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Seelig scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kyle Seelig lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Seelig put 64% of his first serves in, winning 64% (30/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the 2nd serve. Kyle broke Takahashi 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Netanya,M15 Pittsburgh and M25 Darwin.
The American has an overall 39-22 win-loss record in 2022, 27-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 36 | 22 |
| Pts | 122-106 | 76-64 |
| Total Points | 228 | 140 |
| Winners | 53 | 30 |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% |
Both Purcell and Seelig played 1 match. At the moment, Max Purcell surrendered 1 set while Kyle Seelig hasn’t lost a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Seelig (3 vs 2). Therefore, Purcell played 14 games more than Seelig. Purcell scored 53 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 30 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 1 |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 47/73 |
| %1st in | 62% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 53/70 | 30/47 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 64% |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 14/26 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 54% |
Purcell struck 16 aces . Seelig bagged 1 ace . Purcell won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Seelig won 64% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 43% | 56% |
| Conceded | 9 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 3 |
| % Saved | 56% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
Purcell broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Kyle conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 36 | |
| pts | 122-106 | 122-106 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 16 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 70/113 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 53/70 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 21/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 49% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Seelig | |||
| R1 Takahashi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/73 | 47/73 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/26 | 14/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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