Max Purcell and Jay Clarke will clash against each other in the final of the Nur-Sultan 3 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.68
Jay Clarke -> 2.19

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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Jay Clarke

This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Jay Clarke face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Clarke (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Clarke won 7-6(2) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Nanchang Challenger back in 2019.

Max Purcell

Ranked no. 234, Purcell reached the final after beating Alessandro Bega 2-6 6-2 7-5, Tung-Lin Wu 3-6 7-64 6-2, Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-2 6-1 and Peter Polansky 7-5 3-6 7-63.

In the semifinal, The Australian defeated Polansky (7-5 3-6 7-63). During the match, Purcell scored 109 points vs Polansky’s 102. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 48 winners.

Talking about the service games, Purcell scored 19 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (48/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Polansky 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Max started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has dropped 3 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.

Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (166-124). 6-2 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an aggregate125-90 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Purcell’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Eastbourne and the Sultan 3 Challenger.

Purcell has an aggregate 10-6 win-loss record in 2021, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Sultan 3 Challenger

Max has never competed in this tournament before.

Sultan 3 Challenger
Purcell's Record

Jay Clarke

Ranked no. 243, Clarke got to the final after beating Artem Dubrivnyy 7-5 7-63, Beibit Zhukayev 6-3 6-3, Jason Murray Kubler 3-6 7-5 7-61 and Borna Gojo 6-4 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Gojo (6-4 6-4). During the match Clarke scored 64 points vs Gojo’s 45. Jay was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Clarke made 3 aces and he was pretty steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jay Clarke was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 78% (14/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Clarke broke Gojo twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Jay started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Jay’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 3 Challenger.

Clarke has an overall 11-16 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Sultan 3 Challenger
Clarke's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

M.Purcell
J.Clarke
8h:09
8h:09
Time on court​
6h:44
6h:44
!
2h:28
2h:28
Last match​
1h:12
1h:12
4
4
Match played
4
4
107
107
Games Played​
97
97
11
11
Set played​​
9
9
383
383
Total points​
315
315
95.8
95.8
Avg point​
78.8
78.8
147
147
Winners
115
115
36.8
36.8
Avg Winners​
28.8
28.8
38%
38%
Ratio winners
37%
37%
-- Serve --
45
45
Aces
13
13
!
11.3
11.3
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
8
8
Double Faults
4
4
2
2
Avg Double Faults
1
1
147/200
147/200
1st won total​
115/148
115/148
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
78%
78%
76/149
76/149
2nd won total​
76/117
76/117
51%
51%
2nd won %
!
65%
65%
-- Break Points --
18/39
18/39
BP won
11/29
11/29
4.5/9.8
4.5/9.8
Avg BP won
2.8/7.3
2.8/7.3
46%
46%
Won
38%
38%
34
34
Conceded
15
15
8.5
8.5
Avg Conceded
3.8
3.8
11
11
Broken
5
5
2.8
2.8
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
23
23
Saved
10
10
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Purcell Clarke
Match played 4 4
Tot Set 11 9
Tot Games 107 97
Pts 383-340 315-266
Total Points 723 581
Winners 147 115
%Winners 38% 37%

Both Purcell and Clarke played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 3 sets, while Jay Clarke conceded 1 set. Purcell has played 2 sets more than Clarke (11 vs 9). Therefore, Purcell played 10 games more than Clarke. The Australian scored 147 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Jay scored 115 winners (37%).

Serve Performance

Serve Purcell Clarke
Aces 45 13
Avg per match 11.3 3.3
1st in 200/349 148/265
%1st in 57% 56%
1st pts 147/200 115/148
%1st pts 74% 78%
2nd pts 76/149 76/117
%2nd pts 51% 65%

Purcell managed to score 45 aces (11.3 per match). Clarke bagged 13 aces (3.3 per match). Purcell won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Clarke won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Purcell Clarke
Won 18 11
Converted 18/39 11/29
% Converted 46% 38%
Conceded 34 15
Saved 23 10
% Saved 68% 67%
Times Broken 11 5

Max broke his opponents 18 times with a 46% conversion rate. Purcell conceded his serve 11 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded. Jay broke his opponents 11 times with a 38% conversion rate. Clarke conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Purcell
R1
Bega		 R2
Wu		 1/4
Hsiou		 1/2
Polansky		 Total
Score 2-6 6-2 7-5 3-6 7-64 6-2 6-2 6-1 7-5 3-6 7-63
Tot Set 3 3 2 3 11
Tot Games 28 30 15 34 107
pts 107-101 98-92 69-45 109-102 383-340
Total points 208 190 114 211 723
Winners 37 43 19 48 147
%Winners 35% 44% 28% 44% 38%
SERVE
Aces 12 12 2 19 45
Double Faults 5 1 1 1 8
1st in 50/110 61/89 25/42 64/108 200/349
% 1st in 45% 69% 60% 59% 57%
1st pts 37/50 43/61 19/25 48/64 147/200
% 1st pts 74% 70% 76% 75% 74%
2nd pts 28/60 16/28 10/17 22/44 76/149
% 2nd pts 47% 57% 59% 50% 51%
Breaks
Won 4 4 6 4 18
Converted 4/13 4/9 6/10 4/7 18/39
Converted % 31% 44% 60% 57% 46%
Conceded 14 7 3 10 34
Saved 11/14 4/7 2/3 6/10 23
Saved % 79% 57% 67% 60% 66%
Times Broken 3 3 1 4 11
Clarke
R1
Dubrivnyy		 R2
Zhukayev		 1/4
Murray Kubler		 1/2
Gojo		 Total
Score 7-5 7-63 6-3 6-3 3-6 7-5 7-61 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 3 2 9
Tot Games 25 18 34 20 97
pts 76-62 67-48 108-111 64-45 315-266
Total points 138 115 219 109 581
Winners 28 25 36 26 115
%Winners 37% 37% 33% 41% 37%
SERVE
Aces 3 3 4 3 13
Double Faults 2 1 1 0 4
1st in 33/63 31/48 55/107 29/47 148/265
% 1st in 52% 65% 51% 62% 56%
1st pts 28/33 25/31 36/55 26/29 115/148
% 1st pts 85% 81% 65% 90% 78%
2nd pts 19/30 12/17 31/52 14/18 76/117
% 2nd pts 63% 71% 60% 78% 65%
Breaks
Won 3 3 3 2 11
Converted 3/4 3/8 3/12 2/5 11/29
Converted % 75% 38% 25% 40% 38%
Conceded 3 2 10 0 15
Saved 1/3 2/2 7/10 0/0 10
Saved % 33% 100% 70% – 51%
Times Broken 2 0 3 0 5

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