Denis Kudla and Federico Gaio will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Nottingham 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.16
Federico Gaio -> 5.00
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Federico Gaio
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Federico Gaio since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 118, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Kevin Anderson 7-5 1-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Anderson (7-5 1-6 6-3).-81) than Anderson. In fact, the world no. 118 won 81 points vs Anderson’s. That means that Kudla was more focused during the important points. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla bagged 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Denis Kudla lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 52% of his first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (25/44) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Anderson twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Kudla has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (340-253). 5-1 on grass in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an overall 59-36 win-loss record in the last years on grass.
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Kudla has a composed 18-13 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Nottingham 2 Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2021. See his history.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 141, Gaio got to the 2nd round after beating Marc Polmans 6-4 7-67.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-4 7-67). During the match Gaio scored 85 points vs Polmans’s 73. Gaio was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Gaio managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Federico Gaio lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 70% of his first serves in, winning 82% (42/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (9/22) on the 2nd serve. Federico broke Polmans twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Gaio’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Biella 1 Challenger.
Gaio has an overall 20-20 win-loss record in 2021, 1-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 23 |
| Pts | 81-87 | 85-73 |
| Total Points | 168 | 158 |
| Winners | 33 | 42 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Kudla and Gaio played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Kudla surrendered 1 set while Federico Gaio hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set more than Gaio (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kudla played 5 games more than Gaio. Kudla scored 33 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Gaio struck 42 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 10 |
| 1st in | 47/91 | 51/73 |
| %1st in | 52% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 42/51 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 9/22 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 41% |
Kudla blasted 3 aces . Gaio recorded 10 aces . Kudla won 70% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 29% |
| Conceded | 9 | 2 |
| Saved | 7 | 1 |
| % Saved | 78% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Denis broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded. Gaio broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Anderson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 81-87 | 81-87 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 47/91 | 47/91 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 33/47 | 33/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/44 | 25/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 7/9 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 78% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Gaio | |||
| R1 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 85-73 | 85-73 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/73 | 51/73 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 42/51 | 42/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 9/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 2/7 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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