Jannik Sinner and Denis Kudla will square off in the 3rd round of the Indian Wells Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on STADIUM 5. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jannik Sinner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jannik Sinner is the pick to win this match.
Jannik Sinner -> 1.40
Denis Kudla -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Jannik Sinner vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Jannik Sinner and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Jannik Sinner
Ranked no. 71, Sinner got to the 3rd round after defeating Sem Verbeek 6-0 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Sinner had a good straight sets win against Verbeek (6-0 6-1). During the match Sinner scored 52 points vs Verbeek’s 19. Jannik was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Sinner blasted 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jannik Sinner was extremely effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Verbeek 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Sinner has a losing win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 40% of his matches (43-29). 2-3 on hard in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Sinner has a 97-52 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
Sinner has a 4-6 win-loss record in 2020, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
The Italian didn’t compete in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 114, the American got to the 3rd round after beating Maxime Janvier 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Janvier (6-2 6-1). During the match Kudla scored 65 points vs Janvier’s 43. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudla scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 52% of his first serves in, win 69% (18/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Janvier 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Kudla has a winning record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (766-650). 5-2 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has a 347-262 record in the last 10 years on hard.
Kudla’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Dallas Challenger.
The American has a 11-4 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Indian Wells Challenger
The American didn’t play in the Indian Wells Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sinner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 15 |
| Pts | 52-19 | 65-43 |
| Total Points | 71 | 108 |
| Winners | 18 | 18 |
| %Winners | 35% | 28% |
Both Sinner and Kudla played 1 matche. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Sinner and Kudla have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Sinner played 2 games less than Kudla. The Italian scored 18 winners (35% on total points). On the other side, Kudla blasted 18 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sinner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 20/34 | 26/50 |
| %1st in | 59% | 52% |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/26 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 17/24 |
| %2nd pts | 71% | 71% |
Sinner blasted 2 aces . Kudla blasted 1 ace . Sinner won 90% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 69% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sinner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 4/9 |
| % Converted | 56% | 44% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | NAN% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Jannik broke his opponent 5 times with 56% conversion rate. Sinner was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponent 4 times with 44% conversion rate. Kudla was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Sinner | |||
| R2 Verbeek |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 52-19 | 52-19 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 20/34 | 20/34 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Kudla | |||
| R2 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/50 | 26/50 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 18/26 | 18/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLWWLWL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells Challenger
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-1 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Sem VerbeekVerbeek (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Romain ArneodoArneodo (4-6 6-1 7-68) – See score progression
- Gregoire BarrereBarrere – Mischa ZverevZverev (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (7-5 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Lucas PouillePouille (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Michael RedlickiRedlicki (7-64 6-0) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Ugo HumbertHumbert (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Taro DanielDaniel (0-0) – See H2H details
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – See H2H details
- Roberto MarcoraMarcora – Marcos GironGiron (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Noah RubinRubin (1-0) – See H2H details
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jack SockSock – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (1-0) – See H2H details
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (0-1) – See H2H details
