Mitchell Krueger and Max Purcell will square off in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on JOHN HARRIS COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
Max Purcell -> 1.85
Mitchell Krueger -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Mitchell Krueger vs. Max Purcell
There is no head to head record between Mitchell Krueger and Max Purcell since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mitchell Krueger
Ranked no. 175, Mitchell got to the qualifications after beating Andrew Fenty 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Fenty (6-4 6-4). During the match, Krueger scored 67 points vs Fenty’s 53. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Krueger blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mitchell Krueger lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Krueger put 63% of his first serves in, winning 86% (30/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Krueger broke Fenty 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Krueger has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (311-269). 12-6 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Krueger has an overall 195-163 match record in the last years on hard.
Mitchell’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Cary Challenger.
Mitchell has an aggregate 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 12-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2017 and 2018. See his history.
Max Purcell
Ranked no. 198, Max got to the qualifications after defeating Evgeny Donskoy 7-65 6-4.
In the qualifications, Max had a good straight sets win against Donskoy (7-65 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 80 points vs Donskoy’s 78. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Purcell managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 48% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (15/37) on the 2nd serve. Max broke Donskoy 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Sultan 3 Challenger.
Max has an aggregate 13-7 win-loss record in 2021, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Krueger | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 |
| Pts | 67-53 | 80-78 |
| Total Points | 120 | 158 |
| Winners | 30 | 28 |
| %Winners | 45% | 35% |
Both Krueger and Purcell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Krueger and Purcell have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Krueger played 3 games less than Purcell. The American scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian made 28 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Krueger | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 7 |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 34/71 |
| %1st in | 63% | 48% |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 28/34 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 15/37 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 41% |
Krueger made 9 aces . Purcell scored 7 aces . Krueger won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 82% of the points on 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 | Krueger | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 50% | 38% |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 2 |
| % Saved | 67% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Krueger broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Krueger | |||
| Q1 Fenty | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 67-53 | 67-53 | |
| Total points | 120 | 120 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 35/56 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 30/35 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Purcell | |||
| Q1 Donskoy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 80-78 | 80-78 | |
| Total points | 158 | 158 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 34/71 | 34/71 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 48% | |
| 1st pts | 28/34 | 28/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/37 | 15/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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