Steve Johnson and Kyle Seelig will square off in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 5:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.196
Kyle Seelig -> 4.25
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Prediction and head to head Steve Johnson vs. Kyle Seelig
There is no head to head record between Steve Johnson and Kyle Seelig since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 128, Steve reached the 2nd round after defeating Jonas Forejtek 6-4 7-62.
In the 1st round, Steve had a good straight sets win against Forejtek (6-4 7-62). During the match, Johnson scored 69 points vs Forejtek’s 63. Steve was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Johnson scored 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Steve Johnson conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 57% of his first serves in, win 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 81% (22/27) on the 2nd serve. Johnson broke Forejtek once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Johnson has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (262-212). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Johnson has an overall 23-22 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Steve has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Steve 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. 406, Seelig reached the 2nd round after beating Keegan Smith 2-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Smith, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Seelig scored 93 points vs Smith’s 85. The American was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Seelig scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Kyle Seelig lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Seelig put 71% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Smith 3 times after converting 27% of his break points (3/11).
Kyle has a composed 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Johnson | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 |
| Pts | 69-63 | 93-85 |
| Total Points | 132 | 178 |
| Winners | 25 | 40 |
| %Winners | 36% | 43% |
Both Johnson and Seelig played 1 match. At the moment, Kyle Seelig lost 1 set while Steve Johnson hasn’t lost a set so far. Johnson has played 1 set(s) less than Seelig (2 vs 3). Therefore, Johnson played 5 games less than Seelig. Johnson scored 25 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 40 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Johnson | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 1 |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 57/80 |
| %1st in | 57% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 40/57 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 22/27 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 81% | 52% |
Johnson made 10 aces . Seelig recorded 1 ace . Johnson won 69% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 81% of the points. On the other side, Seelig won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Johnson | Seelig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 3 |
| Converted | 1/3 | 3/11 |
| % Converted | 33% | 27% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Steve broke his opponent once with a 33% conversion rate. Johnson extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kyle broke his opponent 3 times with a 27% conversion rate. Kyle conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Johnson | |||
| R1 Forejtek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 69-63 | 69-63 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 36/63 | 36/63 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/27 | 22/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 81% | 81% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/3 | 1/3 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Seelig | |||
| R1 Smith |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 93-85 | 93-85 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 57/80 | 57/80 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 3/11 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Elmar EjupovicEjupovic (6-2 6-74 7-64) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Alafia AyeniAyeni (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (7-5 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Evan ZhuZhu (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Matija PecoticPecotic (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-4 7-68) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jack SockSock (7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Jack Pinnington JonesPinnington Jones – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-2 3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alex RybakovRybakov (7-67 6-77 6-2) – See score progression
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Keegan SmithSmith (2-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Ezekiel ClarkClark (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-4 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Alfredo PerezPerez (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Jack SockSock (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Jaimee Floyd AngeleFloyd Angele (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Yibing WuWu – Aidan MayoMayo (6-1 0-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Illya MarchenkoMarchenko – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Kyle SeeligSeelig (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Yibing WuWu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-1) – H2H and prediction
