Soon-Woo Kwon and Tomas Machac will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Soon-Woo Kwon who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Soon-Woo Kwon is the pick to win this match.
Soon-Woo Kwon -> 1.73
Tomas Machac -> 2.11
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Prediction and head to head Soon-Woo Kwon vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Soon-Woo Kwon and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Soon-Woo Kwon
Ranked no. 78, Kwon got to the quarter after beating Blaz Rola 7-5 6-2 and Peter Polansky 7-67 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Korean had a good straight sets win against Polansky (7-67 6-4). During the match Kwon scored 84 points vs Polansky’s 72. Soon-Woo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kwon recorded 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Soon-Woo Kwon lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kwon put 63% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. The Korean broke Polansky 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Soon-Woo hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Kwon has a solid win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 64% of his matches (216-124). 9-1 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kwon has a 31-12 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Soon-Woo’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Biella 2 Challenger.
Kwon has a 10-4 win-loss record in 2021, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
Kwon has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 166 (career high), the Czech reached the quarter after defeating Henri Laaksonen 7-5 6-2 and Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Machac had a good straight sets win against Mcdonald (6-4 6-1). During the match Machac scored 63 points vs Mcdonald’s 49. Tomas was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Tomas Machac lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 55% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (13/27) on the 2nd serve. Machac broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Tomas has a 8-3 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwon | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 37 |
| Pts | 156-131 | 149-118 |
| Total Points | 287 | 267 |
| Winners | 59 | 46 |
| %Winners | 38% | 31% |
Both Kwon and Machac played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kwon and Machac have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Kwon played 6 games more than Machac. Kwon scored 59 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Machac fired 46 winners (31%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwon | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 82/145 | 63/118 |
| %1st in | 57% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 59/82 | 46/63 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 32/63 | 30/55 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 55% |
Kwon scored 10 aces (5 per match). Machac made 7 aces (3.5 per match). Kwon won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwon | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 9 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 9/26 |
| % Converted | 53% | 35% |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 71% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 3 |
The Korean broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Soon-Woo conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 9 times with a 35% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kwon | ||||
| R1 Rola |
R2 Polansky |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 72-59 | 84-72 | 156-131 | |
| Total points | 131 | 156 | 287 | |
| Winners | 23 | 36 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 8 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 34/69 | 48/76 | 82/145 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 63% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 23/34 | 36/48 | 59/82 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 75% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/35 | 14/28 | 32/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 51% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 3/7 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 43% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 3/5 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 60% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Machac | ||||
| R1 Laaksonen |
R2 Mcdonald |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 37 | |
| pts | 86-69 | 63-49 | 149-118 | |
| Total points | 155 | 112 | 267 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 31% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 33/60 | 63/118 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 55% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/33 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 13/27 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 5/10 | 9/26 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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