Steve Johnson and Marc Polmans will square off in the 2nd round of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 10:00 am on STADIUM 5. Here you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Johnson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Steve Johnson is the pick to win this match.
Steve Johnson -> 1.44
Marc Polmans -> 2.62
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Steve Johnson
Ranked no. 75, Johnson will start his run in the Indian Wells Challenger after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 to Lajovic in the 1st round the 25th of February.
Johnson has a 13-6 win-loss record in 2020, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Bendigo Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, Steve has an overall 266-215 record. He has positive 161-126 record on hard.
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Marc Polmans
Ranked no. 119 (career high), Polmans got to the 2nd round after beating Govind Nanda 6-2 6-3.
In the 1st round, Polmans had a good straight sets win against Nanda (6-2 6-3). During the match Polmans scored 59 points vs Nanda’s 42. Marc was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Marc Polmans was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (26/32) of his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Polmans broke Nanda 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Polmans has a negative record in the last 8 years having won 47% of his matches (283-313). 2-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Polmans has a 83-95 record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian has a 4-5 win-loss record in 2020, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
Polmans didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
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