Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Tomas Machac will square off in the semifinal of the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.25
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 3.95
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 134, the Indian reached the semifinal after defeating Julian Lenz 3-6 6-2 6-3, Tatsuma Ito 6-3 2-0 ret. and James Duckworth 6-4 2-6 7-61.
In the quarter, Gunneswaran defeated Duckworth (6-4 2-6 7-61). During the match Gunneswaran scored 99 points vs Duckworth’s 92. Gunneswaran was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gunneswaran scored 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 60% of his first serves in, winning 70% (38/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the 2nd serve. Prajnesh broke Duckworth 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Prajnesh has dropped 2 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Gunneswaran has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (262-153). 6-2 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gunneswaran has a 11-13 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Gunneswaran’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger.
Prajnesh has a 7-5 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sultan 2 Challenger
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 166 (career high), the Czech reached the semifinal after beating Henri Laaksonen 7-5 6-2, Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-1 and Soon-Woo Kwon 6-2 6-1.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Kwon (6-2 6-1). During the match Machac scored 58 points vs Kwon’s 30. Tomas was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac bagged 6 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Tomas Machac was pretty effective on serve to win 81% (22/27) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Machac broke Kwon 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Tomas has a 9-3 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 57 | 52 |
| Pts | 176-155 | 207-148 |
| Total Points | 331 | 355 |
| Winners | 71 | 68 |
| %Winners | 40% | 33% |
Gunneswaran played 2 matches while Machac competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Prajnesh Gunneswaran conceded 2 sets while Tomas Machac hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Gunneswaran and Machac have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Gunneswaran played 5 games more than Machac. Prajnesh scored 71 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Tomas blasted 68 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 4.3 |
| 1st in | 94/157 | 90/155 |
| %1st in | 60% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 71/94 | 68/90 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 38/63 | 37/65 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 57% |
Gunneswaran fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Machac scored 13 aces (4.3 per match). Gunneswaran won 76% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 14 |
| Converted | 6/16 | 14/33 |
| % Converted | 38% | 42% |
| Conceded | 11 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 55% | 79% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 3 |
Prajnesh broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Prajnesh dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded. Tomas broke his opponents 14 times with a 42% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 79% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||||
| R1 Lenz |
R2 Ito |
1/4 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-3 | 6-3 2-0 ret. | 6-4 2-6 7-61 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 11 | 31 | 68 | |
| pts | 77-63 | 45-24 | 99-92 | 221-179 | |
| Total points | 140 | 69 | 191 | 400 | |
| Winners | 33 | 14 | 38 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 31% | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 11 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 40/67 | 17/29 | 54/90 | 111/186 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 33/40 | 14/17 | 38/54 | 85/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 82% | 70% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 11/12 | 20/36 | 49/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 92% | 56% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/2 | 3/9 | 8/18 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 33% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 5/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 56% | 35% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| Machac | |||||
| R1 Laaksonen |
R2 Mcdonald |
1/4 Kwon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 17 | 15 | 52 | |
| pts | 86-69 | 63-49 | 58-30 | 207-148 | |
| Total points | 155 | 112 | 88 | 355 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | 22 | 68 | |
| %Winners | 27% | 37% | 38% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 30/58 | 33/60 | 27/37 | 90/155 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 55% | 73% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/33 | 22/27 | 68/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 70% | 81% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 13/27 | 7/10 | 37/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 48% | 70% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 5/10 | 5/7 | 14/33 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 71% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 78% | – | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
LLLWWWLLLW Tennis Scores in Sultan 2 Challenger
- Nathaniel Lammons/Jack WithrowLammons/Jack Withrow – Peter Polansky/Brayden SchnurPolansky/Brayden Schnur (0-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nathan Pasha/Max Jacob SchnurPasha/Max Jacob Schnur – Aleksandr Nedovesov/Viktor TroickiNedovesov/Viktor Troicki (7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Sebastian OfnerOfner – Taro DanielDaniel (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tomas MachacMachac – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-0) – H2H and prediction
