Ramkumar Ramanathan and Kris Van Wyk will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Shenzhen Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on COURT 3. 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 Ramkumar Ramanathan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ramkumar Ramanathan is the pick to win this match.
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.49
Kris Van Wyk -> 2.48
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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Kris Van Wyk
There is no head to head record between Ramkumar Ramanathan and Kris Van Wyk since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ramkumar Ramanathan
23 - 22win/loss
394
111
LLLWLWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-25 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-21 | 25-12 | 0-6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 15-34 | 4-13 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 4-6 | 1-1 |
| 2021 | 45-32 | 23-11 | 8-7 | 5-8 | 7-4 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 8-18 | 3-8 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 5-2 |
Ranked no. 279, the Indian reached the 2nd round after defeating Ugo Blanchet 7-6(4) 6-7(6) 7-6(8).
In the 1st round, The Indian defeated Blanchet (7-64 6-76 7-68). During the match, Ramanathan scored 115 points vs Blanchet’s 113. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.
Talking about the service games, Ramanathan overwhelmed his opponent with 25 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Ramkumar Ramanathan was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (58/69) of his 1st serve and 67% (31/46) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Ramanathan has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (324-296). 22-20 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ramanathan has a compiled 201-157 record in the last years on hard.
The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M15 Chandigarh.
Ramanathan has an overall 23-22 win-loss record in 2024, 22-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shenzhen Challenger
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65-39 | 64-38 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 385, the South African got to the 2nd round after beating Mitsuki Wei Kang Leong 7-6(4) 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The South African defeated Wei Kang Leong (7-64 2-6 7-5).During the match Van scored less points (4) than Wei Kang Leong. In fact, the world no. 279 won 103 points vs Wei Kang Leong’s. That means that Van was more focused during the important points. Kris was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Van managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Kris Van Wyk lost the serve 7 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Van put 54% of his first serves in, winning 63% (37/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (23/50) on the 2nd serve. Van broke Wei Kang Leong 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Van’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir,M15 Hillcrest and M25 Guiyang.
Kris has an overall 54-31 win-loss record in 2024, 54-31 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ramanathan | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 33 |
| Pts | 115-113 | 103-107 |
| Total Points | 228 | 210 |
| Winners | 58 | 37 |
| %Winners | 50% | 36% |
Both Ramanathan and Van played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Ramkumar Ramanathan surrendered 1 set, while Kris Van Wyk conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Ramanathan and Van have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Ramanathan played 6 games more than Van. Ramkumar scored 58 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Kris managed to score 37 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ramanathan | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 25 | 4 |
| 1st in | 69/115 | 59/109 |
| %1st in | 60% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 58/69 | 37/59 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 31/46 | 23/50 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 46% |
Ramanathan bagged 25 aces . Van scored 4 aces . Ramanathan won 84% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Van won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 46% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ramanathan | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 0 | 6 |
| Converted | 0/1 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 0% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 12 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 42% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 7 |
The Indian hasn’t manged yet to break his opponent. He didn’t manage to even clinch a single break point. The Indian pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points without even conceding a single break point. Kris broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Van conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 42% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ramanathan | |||
| R1 Blanchet |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-76 7-68 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 39 | 39 | |
| pts | 115-113 | 115-113 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 58 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 25 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 69/115 | 69/115 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 58/69 | 58/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 0 | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Converted % | 0% | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van | |||
| R1 Wei Kang Leong |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 103-107 | 103-107 | |
| Total points | 210 | 210 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 59/109 | 59/109 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 37/59 | 37/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/50 | 23/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/12 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 42% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 7 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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