Jeff Wolf and Evan King will play each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 2 sets.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.112
Evan King -> 6.5
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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Evan King
This will be the 2nd time that Jeff Wolf and Evan King fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Wolf (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Wolf won 2-6 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Fairfield Challenger back in 2018.
Jeff Wolf
Ranked no. 196, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Sasi Kumar Mukund 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Jeff had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-3 6-2). During the match, Wolf scored 71 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 52. Wolf was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Wolf struck 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jeff Wolf was very efficient on serve to win 78% (32/41) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jeff broke Kumar Mukund 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Wolf has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (80-56). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Wolf has an overall37-17 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Wolf has a composed 3-6 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament twice in 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Evan King
Ranked no. 528, Evan reached the 2nd round after beating Donald Young 7-5 4-6 6-4, Evan Song 6-4 6-3 and Jc Aragone 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, King had a good straight sets win against Aragone (6-4 6-4). During the match King scored 64 points vs Aragone’s 55. King was very aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, King bagged 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Evan King lost the serve twice. Furthermore, King put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (14/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Aragone 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The American has a composed 4-8 win-loss record in 2021, 3-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Wolf | King |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 71 |
| Pts | 71-52 | 232-207 |
| Total Points | 123 | 439 |
| Winners | 32 | 104 |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% |
Wolf played 1 match while King competed in 3 matches. King started his run from the qualifications while Wolf had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Evan King dropped 1 set while Jeff Wolf hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Wolf has played 5 set(s) less than King (2 vs 7). Therefore, Wolf played 54 games less than King. Wolf scored 32 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Evan struck 104 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Wolf | King |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 142/214 |
| %1st in | 66% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 104/142 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 36/72 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 50% |
Wolf recorded 6 aces . King struck 19 aces (6.3 per match). Wolf won 78% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, King won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Wolf | King |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 12/23 |
| % Converted | 60% | 52% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
Wolf broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The American quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The American broke his opponents 12 times with a 52% conversion rate. King conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Wolf | |||
| R1 Kumar Mukund | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/62 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 32/41 | 32/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/21 | 11/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| King | |||||
| Q1 Young | Q3 Song | R1 Aragone | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 4-6 6-4 | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 20 | 71 | |
| pts | 104-99 | 64-53 | 64-55 | 232-207 | |
| Total points | 203 | 117 | 119 | 439 | |
| Winners | 49 | 33 | 22 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 52% | 34% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 63/98 | 47/60 | 32/56 | 142/214 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 78% | 57% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 49/63 | 33/47 | 22/32 | 104/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 70% | 69% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/35 | 7/13 | 14/24 | 36/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 54% | 58% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 12/23 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 67% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 2/3 | 0/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 67% | 0% | 117% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Nicolas MejiaMejia – Dayne KellyKelly (6-4 0-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Max PurcellPurcell – Ryan PenistonPeniston (6-3 7-67) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex BoltBolt – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (7-65 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (7-64 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evan KingKing – Jeff WolfWolf (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Nicolas MejiaMejia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H and prediction