H2H, PREDICTION Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs Martin Klizan | Sultan 1 Challenger odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Martin Klizan

Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Martin Klizan will play each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 1 Challenger for the 2nd time of their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 1:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Martin Klizan who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Martin Klizan is the pick to win this match.
Martin Klizan -> 1.63
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.28

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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Martin Klizan

This will be the 2nd time that Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Martin Klizan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Klizan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.

The last time that they played, Klizan won 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications in Tokyo back in 2018.

Prajnesh Gunneswaran

Ranked no. 138, the Indian reached the quarter after defeating Dostanbek Tashbulatov 6-2 6-3 and Brayden Schnur 3-6 6-3 6-0.

In the 2nd round against Schnur, Gunneswaran recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-0). During the match Gunneswaran scored 85 points vs Schnur’s 73. Prajnesh was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran struck 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 66% (23/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Prajnesh broke Schnur 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Prajnesh has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Gunneswaran has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (258-152). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Gunneswaran has a 7-12 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Indian has a 3-4 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sultan 1 Challenger

Gunneswaran has never competed in this tournament before.

Gunneswaran
Sultan 1 Challenger
Gunneswaran's Record

Martin Klizan

Ranked no. 159, Martin got to the quarter after beating Timofey Skatov 6-4 4-6 7-65 and Ulises Blanch 6-77 6-2 7-65.

In the 2nd round against Blanch, Klizan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 6-2 7-65). During the match Klizan scored 107 points vs Blanch’s 101. Martin was exceptionally aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Klizan struck 10 aces and he committed only 8 double faults. Overall, Martin Klizan was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 77% (51/66) of his 1st serve and 55% (26/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Martin broke Blanch 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Klizan has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.

The Slovakian has a 3-3 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Klizan
Sultan 1 Challenger
Klizan's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Gunneswaran Klizan
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 6
Tot Games 41 67
Pts 146-117 229-221
Total Points 263 450
Winners 57 101
%Winners 39% 44%

Both Gunneswaran and Klizan played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Prajnesh Gunneswaran conceded 1 set, while Martin Klizan conceded 2 sets. Gunneswaran has played 1 set(s) less than Klizan (5 vs 6). Therefore, Gunneswaran played 26 games less than Klizan. Prajnesh scored 57 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Klizan blasted 101 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Gunneswaran Klizan
Aces 9 18
Avg per match 4.5 9
1st in 80/128 138/241
%1st in 63% 57%
1st pts 57/80 101/138
%1st pts 71% 73%
2nd pts 31/48 49/103
%2nd pts 65% 48%

Gunneswaran recorded 9 aces (4.5 per match). Klizan struck 18 aces (9 per match). Gunneswaran won 71% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Klizan won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Gunneswaran Klizan
Won 8 9
Converted 8/20 9/19
% Converted 40% 47%
Conceded 11 23
Saved 10 16
% Saved 91% 70%
Times Broken 1 7

Prajnesh broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. Prajnesh conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded. Klizan broke his opponents 9 times with a 47% conversion rate. Klizan conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.

Gunneswaran
R1
Tashbulatov
R2
Schnur
Total
Score 6-2 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-0
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 17 24 41
pts 61-44 85-73 146-117
Total points 105 158 263
Winners 29 28 57
%Winners 48% 33% 39%
SERVE
Aces 4 5 9
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 41/54 39/74 80/128
% 1st in 76% 53% 63%
1st pts 29/41 28/39 57/80
% 1st pts 71% 72% 71%
2nd pts 8/13 23/35 31/48
% 2nd pts 62% 66% 65%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/8 4/12 8/20
Converted % 50% 33% 40%
Conceded 3 8 11
Saved 3/3 7/8 10
Saved % 100% 88% 94%
Times Broken 0 1 1
Klizan
R1
Skatov
R2
Blanch
Total
Score 6-4 4-6 7-65 6-77 6-2 7-65
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 33 34 67
pts 122-120 107-101 229-221
Total points 242 208 450
Winners 50 51 101
%Winners 41% 48% 44%
SERVE
Aces 8 10 18
Double Faults 5 8 13
1st in 72/128 66/113 138/241
% 1st in 56% 58% 57%
1st pts 50/72 51/66 101/138
% 1st pts 69% 77% 73%
2nd pts 23/56 26/47 49/103
% 2nd pts 41% 55% 48%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/13 4/6 9/19
Converted % 38% 67% 47%
Conceded 18 5 23
Saved 13/18 3/5 16
Saved % 72% 60% 66%
Times Broken 5 2 7

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Gunneswaran
Klizan
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2024 2023 2022
0 - 0
48 - 20
0-0
Hard
11-2
0-0
I Hard
2-4
0-0
Clay
35-14
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