Marc Polmans and Mikael Torpegaard will face off in the quarter of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:30 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mikael Torpegaard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mikael Torpegaard is the pick to win this match.
Mikael Torpegaard -> 1.57
Marc Polmans -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Mikael Torpegaard
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Mikael Torpegaard since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
Ranked no. 123, Marc got to the quarter after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 7-66 6-4 and Ji Sung Nam 6-3 7-5.
In the 3rd round, Marc had a good straight sets win against Sung Nam (6-3 7-5). During the match Polmans scored 71 points vs Sung Nam’s 53. Polmans was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Marc Polmans was extremely effective on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Polmans broke Sung Nam 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Polmans has a negative record in the last 8 years having won 38% of his matches (16-10). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Polmans has a 82-94 record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Marc has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
Marc didn’t play in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.
Mikael Torpegaard
Ranked no. 176, Torpegaard got to the quarter after beating Kevin King 6-75 6-4 6-4 and Zhe Li 7-62 4-6 6-4.
In the 3rd round, The Dane defeated Li (7-62 4-6 6-4). During the match Torpegaard scored 105 points vs Li’s 101. Mikael was extremely aggressive to blast 52 winners.
Talking about serving, Torpegaard blasted 12 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mikael Torpegaard lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Torpegaard put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (52/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. Mikael broke Li 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Torpegaard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Torpegaard has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 71% of his matches (230-93). 7-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Torpegaard has a 101-54 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The Dane’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Cleveland Challenger.
Torpegaard has a 7-3 win-loss record in 2020, 7-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Columbus Challenger
Torpegaard didn’t compete in the Columbus Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 66 |
| Pts | 150-120 | 221-210 |
| Total Points | 270 | 431 |
| Winners | 67 | 95 |
| %Winners | 45% | 43% |
Both Polmans and Torpegaard played 2 matches. At the moment, Mikael Torpegaard dropped 2 sets while Marc Polmans hasn’t conceded a set so far. Polmans has played 2 sets less than Torpegaard (4 vs 6). Therefore, Polmans played 22 games less than Torpegaard. Polmans scored 67 winners (45% on total points). On the other side, The Dane blasted 95 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 15 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 7.5 |
| 1st in | 84/132 | 132/222 |
| %1st in | 64% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 67/84 | 95/132 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 32/48 | 50/90 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 56% |
Polmans blasted 11 aces (5.5 per match). Torpegaard blasted 15 aces (7.5 per match). Polmans won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Torpegaard won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Polmans | Torpegaard |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 36% | 43% |
| Conceded | 5 | 16 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 80% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Marc broke his opponents 4 times with 36% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Dane broke his opponents 6 times with 43% conversion rate. Mikael conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | ||||
| R2 Kovacevic |
R3 Sung Nam |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-66 6-4 | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 21 | 44 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 71-53 | 150-120 | |
| Total points | 146 | 124 | 270 | |
| Winners | 40 | 27 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 38% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 37/60 | 84/132 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 27/37 | 67/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 73% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/25 | 18/23 | 32/48 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 78% | 67% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 3/7 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 43% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | -50 | |
| Torpegaard | ||||
| R2 King |
R3 Li |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | 7-62 4-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | 66 | |
| pts | 116-109 | 105-101 | 221-210 | |
| Total points | 225 | 206 | 431 | |
| Winners | 43 | 52 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 50% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 12 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 63/111 | 69/111 | 132/222 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 43/63 | 52/69 | 95/132 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 33/48 | 17/42 | 50/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 40% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 4/8 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 7/7 | 5/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 56% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 100 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Emilio GomezGomez (7-64 3-6 7-66) – See score progression
- Kaichi UchidaUchida – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-4 1-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Denis IstominIstomin – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Johannes HaerteisHaerteis (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (6-2 4-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Zhe LiLi (7-62 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-74 7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Zhe LiLi (7-6(2) 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – See H2H details
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Denis IstominIstomin (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jurij RodionovRodionov – Kaichi UchidaUchida (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe (0-0) – See H2H details
