Dane Sweeny and Maks Kasnikowski will play each other in the 2nd round of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Maks Kasnikowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maks Kasnikowski is the pick to win this match.
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.666
Dane Sweeny -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. Maks Kasnikowski
There is no head to head record between Dane Sweeny and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 18-18 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 218, Dane got to the 2nd round after defeating Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-1 7-64.
In the 1st round against Janvier, Dane recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 7-64). During the match, Sweeny scored 101 points vs Janvier’s 92. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sweeny couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Dane Sweeny was extremely effective on serve to win 72% (38/53) of his 1st serve and 62% (23/37) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Dane broke Janvier 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Sweeny has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (154-111). 10-5 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Sweeny has an overall128-78 match record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Burnie 2 Challenger.
Sweeny has an overall 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Maks Kasnikowski
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-28 | 6-8 | 22-13 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261 (career-high), the Pole reached the 2nd round after beating Seong Chan Hong 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, Kasnikowski had a good straight sets win against Chan Hong (6-4 6-2). During the match Kasnikowski scored 65 points vs Chan Hong’s 47. The Pole was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Kasnikowski blasted 3 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Maks Kasnikowski was pretty effective on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 86% (19/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maks broke Chan Hong 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he overcame Gastao Elias in the final 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3.
Kasnikowski has an overall 12-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
The Pole has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sweeny | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 18 |
| Pts | 101-92 | 65-47 |
| Total Points | 193 | 112 |
| Winners | 38 | 22 |
| %Winners | 38% | 34% |
Both Sweeny and Kasnikowski played 1 match. At the moment, Dane Sweeny lost 1 set while Maks Kasnikowski hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Sweeny has played 1 set more than Kasnikowski (3 vs 2). Therefore, Sweeny played 12 games more than Kasnikowski. The Australian scored 38 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Maks struck 22 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sweeny | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 3 |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 31/53 |
| %1st in | 59% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 22/31 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 19/22 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 86% |
Sweeny didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kasnikowski bagged 3 aces . Sweeny won 72% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 86% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sweeny | Kasnikowski |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 23% | 38% |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 |
| Saved | 3 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 23% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Maks broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The Pole was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Sweeny | |||
| R1 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 101-92 | 101-92 | |
| Total points | 193 | 193 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 53/90 | 53/90 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/53 | 38/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/37 | 23/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 3/13 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 23% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kasnikowski | |||
| R1 Chan Hong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 65-47 | 65-47 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 31/53 | 31/53 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 86% | 86% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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