Thai Kwiatkowski and Ulises Blanch will square off in the 2nd round of the Orlando 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Thai Kwiatkowski who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Thai Kwiatkowski is the pick to win this match.
Thai Kwiatkowski -> 1.46
Ulises Blanch -> 2.72
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Prediction and head to head Thai Kwiatkowski vs. Ulises Blanch
This will be the 2nd time that Thai Kwiatkowski and Ulises Blanch square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kwiatkowski (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kwiatkowski won 6-4 7-6(3) in the 2nd round in the Biella 6 Challenger back in May 2021.
Thai Kwiatkowski
Ranked no. 219, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Ernesto Escobedo 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, Thai had a good straight sets win against Escobedo (6-4 7-64). During the match, Kwiatkowski scored 77 points vs Escobedo’s 68. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kwiatkowski fired 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Thai Kwiatkowski lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kwiatkowski put 51% of his first serves in, winning 79% (30/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (18/36) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Escobedo 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Kwiatkowski has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (165-114). 3-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kwiatkowski has a compiled 106-66 match record in the last years on hard.
Kwiatkowski has an aggregate 13-12 win-loss record in 2021, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Orlando 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2020 and 2021. See his history.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 254, Ulises got to the 2nd round after beating Kevin King 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against King (6-4 6-4). During the match Blanch scored 75 points vs King’s 60. Blanch was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ulises Blanch was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke King twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Blanch has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kwiatkowski | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 20 |
| Pts | 77-68 | 75-60 |
| Total Points | 145 | 135 |
| Winners | 30 | 34 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Kwiatkowski and Blanch played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kwiatkowski and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kwiatkowski played 3 games more than Blanch. Kwiatkowski scored 30 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 34 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kwiatkowski | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 38/74 | 42/55 |
| %1st in | 51% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 34/42 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 8/13 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 62% |
Kwiatkowski scored 8 aces . Blanch blasted 7 aces . Kwiatkowski won 79% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kwiatkowski | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/9 |
| % Converted | 75% | 22% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 67% | NAN% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ulises broke his opponent twice with a 22% conversion rate. Ulises was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kwiatkowski | |||
| R1 Escobedo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 77-68 | 77-68 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 38/74 | 38/74 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 30/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/36 | 18/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Blanch | |||
| R1 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/55 | 42/55 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/13 | 8/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/9 | 2/9 | |
| Converted % | 22% | 22% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Orlando 2 Challenger
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-62 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Jack SockSock (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (6-2 4-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Dayne KellyKelly (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Darian KingKing (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Sam RifficeRiffice – Paolo LorenziLorenzi (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Nicolas JarryJarry – Jason JungJung (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Kevin KingKing (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Donald YoungYoung (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6(2) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Dayne KellyKelly (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Jack SockSock (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Peter PolanskyPolansky – Nicolas JarryJarry (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Christopher EubanksEubanks (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Ulises BlanchBlanch (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Roberto CidCid – Sam RifficeRiffice (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jc AragoneAragone – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
