Max Purcell and Gabriel Diallo will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Busan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:15 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.55
Gabriel Diallo -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Gabriel Diallo
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Gabriel Diallo since this will be the first time that they will clash 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. 87, the Australian reached the semifinal after defeating Yuki Mochizuki 6-3 6-3, Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-4 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 6-4 7-5.
In the quarter, Max had a good straight sets win against Uchiyama (6-4 7-5). During the match, Purcell scored 71 points vs Uchiyama’s 67. Max was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell bagged 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the 2nd serve. Purcell broke Uchiyama 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Purcell has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (247-167). 32-6 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an overall182-116 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he overcame Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Purcell has an aggregate 37-8 win-loss record in 2023, 32-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Gabriel Diallo
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 38-21 | 25-10 | 7-6 | 3-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-28 | 8-11 | 2-2 | 24-10 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-10 | 17-6 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-4 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 162 (career-high), the Canadian reached the semifinal after beating Ji Sung Nam 6-3 6-3, Yunseong Chung 7-65 7-64 and Jordan Thompson 6-3 7-5.
In the quarter, The Canadian had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-3 7-5). During the match Diallo scored 69 points vs Thompson’s 60. Diallo was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Diallo blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Gabriel Diallo was very efficient on serve to win 73% (33/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Canadian broke Thompson twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Diallo’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Montreal.
Gabriel has an overall 19-11 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
The Canadian has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 58 | 65 |
| Pts | 201-169 | 223-186 |
| Total Points | 370 | 409 |
| Winners | 85 | 100 |
| %Winners | 42% | 45% |
Both Purcell and Diallo played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Diallo have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Purcell played 7 games less than Diallo. The Australian scored 85 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Canadian recorded 100 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 118/183 | 134/205 |
| %1st in | 64% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 85/118 | 100/134 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 36/65 | 41/71 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 58% |
Purcell bagged 12 aces (4 per match). Diallo bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Purcell won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Diallo won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Diallo |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 8/17 |
| % Converted | 50% | 47% |
| Conceded | 16 | 15 |
| Saved | 13 | 12 |
| % Saved | 81% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Purcell lost his serve 3 times and he saved 81% of the break points that he conceded. Gabriel broke his opponents 8 times with a 47% conversion rate. The Canadian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||
| R1 Mochizuki |
R2 Hsiou |
1/4 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 22 | 58 | |
| pts | 64-46 | 66-56 | 71-67 | 201-169 | |
| Total points | 110 | 122 | 138 | 370 | |
| Winners | 26 | 32 | 27 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 38% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 31/50 | 46/69 | 41/64 | 118/183 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 67% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 32/46 | 27/41 | 85/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 70% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 13/23 | 12/23 | 36/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 57% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 | 5/11 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 45% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 7 | 16 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 9/9 | 4/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 57% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Diallo | |||||
| R1 Sung Nam |
R2 Chung |
1/4 Thompson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 7-65 7-64 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 26 | 21 | 65 | |
| pts | 59-43 | 95-83 | 69-60 | 223-186 | |
| Total points | 102 | 178 | 129 | 409 | |
| Winners | 22 | 45 | 33 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 47% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 11 | 5 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 59/89 | 45/68 | 134/205 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 66% | 66% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 45/59 | 33/45 | 100/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 76% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 15/30 | 14/23 | 41/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 50% | 61% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 2/3 | 2/8 | 8/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | 25% | 47% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 | 1 | 15 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 8/10 | 1/1 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 100% | 85% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLWWWWWL Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Christopher EubanksEubanks (6-74 7-63 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Li TuTu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Arjun Kadhe/Ji Sung NamKadhe/Ji Sung Nam – Jaesung Choe/Uisung ParkChoe/Uisung Park (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon HoltHolt – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
