Denis Kudla and Max Purcell will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Winston-Salem for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
Denis Kudla -> 1.56
Max Purcell -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Max Purcell face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Purcell won 3-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in the Savannah Challenger back in 2018.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 89, Kudla got to the qualifications after beating Sekou Bangoura 6-2 6-3.
In the qualifications, Denis had a good straight sets win against Bangoura (6-2 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 62 points vs Bangoura’s 43. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Denis Kudla was exceptionally effective on serve to win 81% (25/31) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kudla broke Bangoura 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Kudla has a good match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (351-258). 13-7 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a composed 163-125 record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Kudla has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2021, 13-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Winston-Salem
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See his history.
Max Purcell
Ranked no. 205, Purcell got to the qualifications after defeating John-Patrick Smith 3-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Smith, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Purcell scored 87 points vs Smith’s 72. Purcell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Purcell struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was very effective on serve to win 78% (36/46) of his 1st serve and 52% (17/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Max broke Smith 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Nur-Sultan 3 Challenger where he overcame Jay Clarke in the final 3-6 6-4 7-6(6).
Purcell has an aggregate 14-9 win-loss record in 2021, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 |
| Pts | 62-43 | 87-72 |
| Total Points | 105 | 159 |
| Winners | 25 | 36 |
| %Winners | 40% | 41% |
Both Kudla and Purcell played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Max Purcell surrendered 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t lost a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set(s) less than Purcell (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kudla played 9 games less than Purcell. The American scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Max struck 36 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 9 |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 46/79 |
| %1st in | 61% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 36/46 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 17/33 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 52% |
Kudla blasted 3 aces . Purcell blasted 9 aces . Kudla won 81% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 78% of the points on 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 | Kudla | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 40% | 57% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 75% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kudla broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Kudla dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. Purcell conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| Q1 Bangoura | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 62-43 | 62-43 | |
| Total points | 105 | 105 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/51 | 31/51 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 25/31 | 25/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Purcell | |||
| Q1 Smith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 87-72 | 87-72 | |
| Total points | 159 | 159 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 46/79 | 46/79 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 36/46 | 36/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/33 | 17/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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