Frances Tiafoe and Denis Kudla will face off in the quarter of the Dallas Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 7:00 pm on HAMILTON FAMILY STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Frances Tiafoe who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Frances Tiafoe is the pick to win this match.
Frances Tiafoe -> 1.44
Denis Kudla -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Frances Tiafoe vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 2nd time that Frances Tiafoe and Denis Kudla clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Kudla won 7-65 7-61 in the quarter in Dallas Challenger back in 2017.
Frances Tiafoe
Ranked no. 79, Tiafoe got to the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 4-6 7-67 6-4 and Brandon Nakashima 3-6 7-62 7-5.
In the 3rd round against Nakashima, Tiafoe recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-62 7-5). During the match Tiafoe scored 120 points vs Nakashima’s 113. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Tiafoe blasted 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Frances Tiafoe lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Tiafoe put 67% of his first serves in, winning 67% (48/72) of the points behind his 1st serve and 51% (18/35) on the 2nd serve. Tiafoe broke Nakashima 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 50% of the points he played.
Tiafoe has won exactly 50% of his matches (118-116) in the last 7 years. 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tiafoe has a 174-140 win-loss record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Tiafoe has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
Francis didn’t compete in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 113, the American reached the quarter after beating Michael Redlicki 6-2 7-62 and Mitchell Krueger 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Krueger, Kudla recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Kudla scored 100 points vs Krueger’s 86. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudla blasted 16 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was extremely effective on serve to win 91% (41/45) of his 1st serve and 52% (22/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Denis broke Krueger twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudla has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Kudla has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 64% of his matches (376-210). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a 320-243 win-loss record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semi-finals in the Canberra Challenger.
Kudla has a 6-2 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Dallas Challenger
Denis didn’t play in the Dallas Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tiafoe | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 50 |
| Pts | 222-218 | 177-141 |
| Total Points | 440 | 318 |
| Winners | 105 | 70 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Tiafoe and Kudla played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Frances Tiafoe conceded 2 sets, while Denis Kudla dropper 1 set. Tiafoe has played 1 sets more than Kudla (6 vs 5). Therefore, Tiafoe played 17 games more than Kudla. Tiafoe scored 105 winners (47% on total points). On the other side, The American blasted 70 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tiafoe | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 13.5 |
| 1st in | 142/206 | 81/152 |
| %1st in | 69% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 105/142 | 70/81 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 29/64 | 38/71 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 54% |
Tiafoe blasted 20 aces (10 per match). Kudla blasted 27 aces (13.5 per match). Tiafoe won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 86% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tiafoe | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 5 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 41% | 36% |
| Conceded | 13 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 46% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Francis broke his opponents 7 times with 41% conversion rate. Tiafoe conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 46% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 5 times with 36% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tiafoe | ||||
| R2 Vukic |
R3 Nakashima |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-67 6-4 | 3-6 7-62 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| pts | 102-105 | 120-113 | 222-218 | |
| Total points | 207 | 233 | 440 | |
| Winners | 57 | 48 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 56% | 40% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 15 | 5 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 70/99 | 72/107 | 142/206 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 67% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 57/70 | 48/72 | 105/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 67% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 18/35 | 29/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 51% | 45% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 5/14 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 36% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 38% | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 5 | 250 | |
| Kudla | ||||
| R2 Redlicki |
R3 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-62 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 29 | 50 | |
| pts | 77-55 | 100-86 | 177-141 | |
| Total points | 132 | 186 | 318 | |
| Winners | 29 | 41 | 70 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 16 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/65 | 45/87 | 81/152 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 52% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 41/45 | 70/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 91% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 22/42 | 38/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/6 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 33% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5/6 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Dallas Challenger
- Emilio GomezGomez – Jason JungJung (4-6 6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Michael MmohMmoh (6-74 6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Denis IstominIstomin (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 7-62 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Bradley KlahnKlahn (3-6 7-66 7-65) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 7-6(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (4-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – See H2H details
- Joao MenezesMenezes – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Emilio GomezGomez (1-0) – See H2H details
