Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sam Riffice will square off in the 2nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm on COURT 15. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sam Riffice who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sam Riffice is the pick to win this match.
Sam Riffice -> 1.89
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.909
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Sam Riffice
There is no head to head record between Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Sam Riffice since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 156, Gunneswaran reached the 2nd round after beating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-3 3-2 ret..
In the 1st round, Prajnesh had a good straight sets win against Kwiatkowski (6-3 3-2 ret.). During the match, Gunneswaran scored 41 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 30. Gunneswaran was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gunneswaran blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 58% (7/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Indian broke Kwiatkowski 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Gunneswaran has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (265-165). 4-6 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gunneswaran has a composed 180-90 match record in the last years on hard.
The Indian’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger and the Sultan 2 Challenger.
The Indian has an aggregate 10-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2020. See his history.
Sam Riffice
Ranked no. 562, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Tatsuma Ito 6-73 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Ito, Sam recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 7-5). During the match Riffice scored 117 points vs Ito’s 107. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Riffice blasted 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Sam Riffice lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Riffice put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (42/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. Riffice broke Ito 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Orlando 2 Challenger and M25 Tulsa.
The American has an overall 7-2 win-loss record in 2021, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 35 |
| Pts | 41-30 | 117-107 |
| Total Points | 71 | 224 |
| Winners | 19 | 42 |
| %Winners | 46% | 36% |
Both Gunneswaran and Riffice played 1 match. At the moment, Sam Riffice conceded 1 set while Prajnesh Gunneswaran hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Gunneswaran and Riffice have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Gunneswaran played 21 games less than Riffice. Prajnesh scored 19 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Sam scored 42 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 9 |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 52/96 |
| %1st in | 66% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 42/52 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 20/44 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 45% |
Gunneswaran blasted 5 aces . Riffice managed to score 9 aces . Gunneswaran won 83% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Riffice won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Riffice |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
The Indian broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Prajnesh dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Sam broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Riffice conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 3-2 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 41-30 | 41-30 | |
| Total points | 71 | 71 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 23/35 | 23/35 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/12 | 7/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Riffice | |||
| R1 Ito |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 117-107 | 117-107 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/96 | 52/96 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 42/52 | 42/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 20/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Govind NandaNanda – Brayden SchnurSchnur (3-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Maxime CressyCressy (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Jack SockSock (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
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