Dayne Kelly and Oliver Crawford will square off in the 2nd round of the Little Rock Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Oliver Crawford who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Oliver Crawford is the pick to win this match.
Oliver Crawford -> 1.47
Dayne Kelly -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Dayne Kelly vs. Oliver Crawford
There is no head to head record between Dayne Kelly and Oliver Crawford since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Dayne Kelly
Ranked no. 381, Kelly got to the 2nd round after defeating Patrick Kypson 4-6 6-3 6-2, Gage Brymer 6-2 6-1 and Nick Chappell 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Chappell (6-1 7-5). During the match, Kelly scored 70 points vs Chappell’s 54. Kelly was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kelly scored just 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Dayne Kelly lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kelly put 54% of his first serves in, winning 70% (26/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. The Australian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Chappell 4 times.
Kelly has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (259-153). 3-0 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kelly has a compiled 214-125 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Dayne has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2021, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Little Rock Challenger
Kelly has never competed in this tournament before.
Oliver Crawford
Ranked no. 453 (career-high), Oliver reached the 2nd round after defeating Peter Polansky 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Crawford had a good straight sets win against Polansky (7-5 6-2). During the match Crawford scored 63 points vs Polansky’s 54. The American was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Crawford struck 3 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Oliver Crawford conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 56% of his first serves in, win 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 68% (19/28) on the 2nd serve. Oliver broke Polansky 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Pune,M15 New Delhi and M15 Cairo.
Crawford has an overall 32-10 win-loss record in 2021, 20-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kelly | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 61 | 20 |
| Pts | 224-178 | 63-54 |
| Total Points | 402 | 117 |
| Winners | 91 | 24 |
| %Winners | 41% | 38% |
Kelly played 3 matches while Crawford competed in 1 match. Kelly started his run from the qualifications while Crawford had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Dayne Kelly lost 1 set while Oliver Crawford hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kelly has played 5 sets more than Crawford (7 vs 2). Therefore, Kelly played 41 games more than Crawford. Kelly scored 91 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 24 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kelly | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 3 |
| 1st in | 125/222 | 35/63 |
| %1st in | 56% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 91/125 | 24/35 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 50/97 | 19/28 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 68% |
Kelly bagged 19 aces (6.3 per match). Crawford recorded 3 aces . Kelly won 73% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Crawford won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kelly | Crawford |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 3 |
| Converted | 13/20 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 65% | 50% |
| Conceded | 20 | 0 |
| Saved | 16 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Kelly broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. Dayne surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Crawford broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Oliver was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kelly | |||||
| Q1 Kypson |
Q3 Brymer |
R1 Chappell |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-1 | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 15 | 19 | 61 | |
| pts | 93-87 | 61-37 | 70-54 | 224-178 | |
| Total points | 180 | 98 | 124 | 402 | |
| Winners | 39 | 26 | 26 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 55/100 | 33/54 | 37/68 | 125/222 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 61% | 54% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 39/55 | 26/33 | 26/37 | 91/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 70% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/45 | 12/21 | 18/31 | 50/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 44% | 57% | 58% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 4/5 | 4/4 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 80% | 100% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 4 | 4 | 20 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 100% | 75% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Crawford | |||||
| R1 Polansky |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |||
| pts | 63-54 | 63-54 | |||
| Total points | 117 | 117 | |||
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |||
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1st in | 35/63 | 35/63 | |||
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |||
| 1st pts | 24/35 | 24/35 | |||
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |||
| 2nd pts | 19/28 | 19/28 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |||
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |||
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |||
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |||
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |||
| Saved % | – | 0% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |||
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