Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Go Soeda will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 12:00 pm on GRANDSTAND 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 Prajnesh Gunneswaran who should win in 3 sets.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.47
Go Soeda -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs. Go Soeda
This will be the 4th time that Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Go Soeda face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Soeda (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Soeda won 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in the Jinan Challenger back in 2019.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
Ranked no. 155, Gunneswaran got to the qualifications after beating Luke Saville 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications, Prajnesh had a good straight sets win against Saville (6-2 6-2). During the match, Gunneswaran scored 58 points vs Saville’s 40. Gunneswaran was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gunneswaran scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Prajnesh Gunneswaran was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Gunneswaran broke Saville 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Gunneswaran has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (267-167). 6-8 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Gunneswaran has a compiled 182-92 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Gunneswaran’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Sultan 1 Challenger and the Sultan 2 Challenger.
Prajnesh has an overall 12-19 win-loss record in 2021, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
The Indian has never competed in this tournament before.
Go Soeda
Ranked no. 178, Go reached the qualifications after beating Jason Jung 6-4 6-72 6-4.
In the qualifications, Go defeated Jung (6-4 6-72 6-4). During the match Soeda scored 111 points vs Jung’s 103. Soeda was extremely aggressive to blast 49 winners.
About the serving games, Soeda blasted 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Go Soeda lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Soeda put 66% of his first serves in, winning 70% (49/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 61% (22/36) on the 2nd serve. Soeda broke Jung 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Soeda has an overall 3-11 win-loss record in 2021, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gunneswaran | Soeda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 33 |
| Pts | 58-40 | 111-103 |
| Total Points | 98 | 214 |
| Winners | 24 | 49 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Gunneswaran and Soeda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Go Soeda conceded 1 set while Prajnesh Gunneswaran hasn’t lost a set so far. Gunneswaran has played 1 set(s) less than Soeda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Gunneswaran played 17 games less than Soeda. Gunneswaran scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese fired 49 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gunneswaran | Soeda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 4 |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 70/106 |
| %1st in | 64% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 49/70 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 22/36 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 61% |
Gunneswaran bagged 2 aces . Soeda recorded 4 aces . Gunneswaran won 80% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Soeda won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gunneswaran | Soeda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 30% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Prajnesh broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Gunneswaran extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Japanese broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Japanese conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gunneswaran | |||
| Q1 Saville | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 58-40 | 58-40 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Soeda | |||
| Q1 Jung | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-72 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 111-103 | 111-103 | |
| Total points | 214 | 214 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 70/106 | 70/106 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/70 | 49/70 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/36 | 22/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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