Damien Wenger and Daniel Cukierman will clash against each other in the quarter of the Kigali 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 10:30 am on COURT 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Damien Wenger who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Damien Wenger is the pick to win this match.
Damien Wenger -> 1.51
Daniel Cukierman -> 2.41
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Prediction and head to head Damien Wenger vs. Daniel Cukierman
There is no head to head record between Damien Wenger and Daniel Cukierman since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Damien Wenger
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 34-23 | 4-2 | 30-21 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 46-26 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
2022 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 46-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2021 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 63-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 16-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 395, Damien reached the quarter after beating Nicholas David Ionel 7-5 6-1 and Aziz Ouakaa 3-6 6-4 3-0 ret..
In the 2nd round against Ouakaa, Damien had a free pass after Ouakaa retired on a 3-6 6-4 3-0 . scoreline.
Wenger has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 65% of his matches (244-130). 10-5 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wenger has an overall235-116 win-loss record in the last 8 years on clay.
Wenger has a composed 10-5 win-loss record in 2024, 10-5 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kigali 2 Challenger
Daniel Cukierman
5 - 5win/loss
528
339
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 21-18 | 5-5 | 16-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 34-25 | 17-11 | 6-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 49-28 | 39-14 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 23-13 | 3-4 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2020 | 16-7 | 9-6 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 460, Cukierman got to the quarter after beating Ernest Habiyambere 6-2 6-0 and Alafia Ayeni 4-6 6-0 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Ayeni, The Israeli recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 7-5). During the match Cukierman scored 108 points vs Ayeni’s 91. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Cukierman wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 10 double faults. Daniel Cukierman lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Cukierman put 58% of his first serves in, winning 64% (37/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (25/42) on the 2nd serve. The Israeli broke Ayeni 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Daniel has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 60% of the points he played.
Daniel has an overall 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Wenger | Cukierman |
---|---|---|
Match played | 2 | 2 |
Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
Tot Games | 41 | 42 |
Pts | 144-117 | 158-107 |
Total Points | 261 | 265 |
Winners | 59 | 53 |
%Winners | 41% | 34% |
Both Wenger and Cukierman played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Damien Wenger conceded 1 set, while Daniel Cukierman dropped 1 set. Wenger has played 1 set more than Cukierman (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Wenger played 1 game less than Cukierman. Wenger scored 59 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Daniel recorded 53 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Wenger | Cukierman |
---|---|---|
Aces | 2 | 0 |
Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
1st in | 80/127 | 78/133 |
%1st in | 63% | 59% |
1st pts | 59/80 | 53/78 |
%1st pts | 74% | 68% |
2nd pts | 23/47 | 34/55 |
%2nd pts | 49% | 62% |
Wenger managed to score 2 aces (1 per match). Cukierman didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Wenger won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Cukierman won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks | Wenger | Cukierman |
---|---|---|
Won | 8 | 11 |
Converted | 8/14 | 11/18 |
% Converted | 57% | 61% |
Conceded | 11 | 8 |
Saved | 7 | 5 |
% Saved | 64% | 63% |
Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Swiss broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Damien dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. The Israeli broke his opponents 11 times with a 61% conversion rate. The Israeli conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
Wenger | ||||
R1 David |
R2 Ouakaa |
Total | ||
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Score | 7-5 6-1 | 3-6 6-4 3-0 ret. | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 19 | 22 | 41 | |
pts | 68-51 | 76-66 | 144-117 | |
Total points | 119 | 142 | 261 | |
Winners | 31 | 28 | 59 | |
%Winners | 46% | 37% | 41% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
1st in | 39/62 | 41/65 | 80/127 | |
% 1st in | 63% | 63% | 63% | |
1st pts | 31/39 | 28/41 | 59/80 | |
% 1st pts | 79% | 68% | 74% | |
2nd pts | 11/23 | 12/24 | 23/47 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 50% | 49% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
Converted | 4/6 | 4/8 | 8/14 | |
Converted % | 67% | 50% | 57% | |
Conceded | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
Saved | 3/4 | 4/7 | 7 | |
Saved % | 75% | 57% | 66% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Cukierman | ||||
R1 Habiyambere |
R2 Ayeni |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Score | 6-2 6-0 | 4-6 6-0 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Tot Games | 14 | 28 | 42 | |
pts | 50-16 | 108-91 | 158-107 | |
Total points | 66 | 199 | 265 | |
Winners | 16 | 37 | 53 | |
%Winners | 32% | 34% | 34% | |
SERVE | ||||
Aces | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Double Faults | 0 | 10 | 10 | |
1st in | 20/33 | 58/100 | 78/133 | |
% 1st in | 61% | 58% | 59% | |
1st pts | 16/20 | 37/58 | 53/78 | |
% 1st pts | 80% | 64% | 68% | |
2nd pts | 9/13 | 25/42 | 34/55 | |
% 2nd pts | 69% | 60% | 62% | |
Breaks | ||||
Won | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
Converted | 6/8 | 5/10 | 11/18 | |
Converted % | 75% | 50% | 61% | |
Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
Saved | 1/2 | 4/6 | 5 | |
Saved % | 50% | 67% | 59% | |
Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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