Andreas Seppi and Max Purcell will clash against each other in the quarter of the Nature Valley International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:30 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Andreas Seppi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Andreas Seppi is the pick to win this match.
Andreas Seppi -> 1.45
Max Purcell -> 2.93
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Prediction and head to head Andreas Seppi vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 2nd time that Andreas Seppi and Max Purcell play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Seppi (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they competed against each other, Seppi won 1-6 6-2 6-4 in the qualifications in Kitzbuhel back in 2020.
Andreas Seppi
Ranked no. 95, Andreas got to the quarter after beating Christian Harrison 6-3 6-3, Yoshihito Nishioka 7-65 6-1 and Emil Ruusuvuori 6-2 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Seppi had a good straight sets win against Ruusuvuori (6-2 6-3). During the match, Seppi scored 61 points vs Ruusuvuori’s 46. The Italian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Seppi scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Andreas Seppi was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (30/36) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Ruusuvuori 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Seppi started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 56% of the points he played.
Seppi has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (271-255). 5-3 on grass in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Seppi has a compiled 44-31 match record in the last years on grass.
Seppi’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Biella 3 Challenger.
Andreas has a compiled 16-10 win-loss record in 2021, 5-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2011. See his history.
Max Purcell
Ranked no. 283, Max reached the quarter after defeating Kevin Anderson 7-67 4-6 6-3, James Duckworth 6-2 3-6 7-65 and Gael Monfils 6-4 5-7 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Purcell defeated Monfils (6-4 5-7 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 111 points vs Monfils’s 103. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Purcell bagged 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was quite efficient on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Australian broke Monfils 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Max has an overall 5-5 win-loss record in 2021, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Seppi | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 55 | 94 |
| Pts | 211-164 | 304-292 |
| Total Points | 375 | 596 |
| Winners | 78 | 133 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Seppi and Purcell played 3 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Purcell lost 3 sets while Andreas Seppi hasn’t conceded a set so far. Seppi has played 3 set(s) less than Purcell (6 vs 9). Therefore, Seppi played 39 games less than Purcell. The Italian scored 78 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 133 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Seppi | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 34 |
| Avg per match | 2.7 | 11.3 |
| 1st in | 104/171 | 168/297 |
| %1st in | 61% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 78/104 | 133/168 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 36/67 | 67/129 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 52% |
Seppi recorded 8 aces (2.7 per match). Purcell scored 34 aces (11.3 per match). Seppi won 75% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Seppi | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 8 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 46% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 14 |
| Saved | 6 | 8 |
| % Saved | 60% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
Andreas broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Italian dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Seppi | ||||||
| Q1 Harrison |
Q3 Kukushkin |
R1 Nishioka |
R2 Ruusuvuori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-2 7-5 | 7-65 6-1 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 75 | |
| pts | 68-54 | – | 82-64 | 61-46 | 211-164 | |
| Total points | 122 | 0 | 146 | 107 | 375 | |
| Winners | 29 | 19 | 30 | 78 | ||
| %Winners | 43% | NAN% | 23% | 49% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 1st in | 38/59 | / | 30/61 | 36/51 | 104/171 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | – | 49% | 71% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | / | 19/30 | 30/36 | 78/104 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | – | 63% | 83% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | / | 16/31 | 8/15 | 36/67 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | – | 52% | 53% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Converted | 3/10 | / | 7/13 | 3/5 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 30% | – | 54% | 60% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/ | 3/7 | 2/2 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 43% | 100% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Purcell | ||||||
| Q1 Anderson |
Q3 Ivashka |
R1 Duckworth |
R2 Monfils |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 4-6 6-3 | 6-76 6-2 6-1 | 6-2 3-6 7-65 | 6-4 5-7 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 122 | |
| pts | 101-104 | – | 92-85 | 111-103 | 304-292 | |
| Total points | 205 | 0 | 177 | 214 | 596 | |
| Winners | 54 | 38 | 41 | 133 | ||
| %Winners | 53% | NAN% | 41% | 37% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 12 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 34 | |
| Double Faults | 10 | 1 | 5 | 16 | ||
| 1st in | 68/112 | / | 46/85 | 54/100 | 168/297 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | – | 54% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 54/68 | / | 38/46 | 41/54 | 133/168 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | – | 83% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | / | 22/39 | 24/46 | 67/129 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | – | 56% | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Converted | 1/4 | / | 3/7 | 4/9 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 25% | – | 43% | 44% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | ||
| Saved | 3/4 | 0/ | 1/3 | 4/7 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 75% | – | 33% | 57% | 41% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
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