Denis Kudla and Federico Gaio will square off in the qualifications of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:30 am on STADIUM 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.33
Federico Gaio -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Federico Gaio
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Federico Gaio square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kudla won 6-2 7-5 6-4 in the qualifications in at the Wimbledon back in June 2021.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 94, Kudla reached the qualifications after beating Zachary Svajda 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the qualifications against Svajda, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match, Kudla scored 88 points vs Svajda’s 79. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (41/54) of his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Svajda 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kudla has a positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (357-261). 19-10 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an overall 169-128 record in the last years on hard.
Kudla’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
The American has a compiled 36-22 win-loss record in 2021, 19-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in San Diego
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Federico Gaio
Ranked no. 157, Gaio reached the qualifications after defeating Steve Johnson 3-6 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications against Johnson, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-64 6-3). During the match Gaio scored 100 points vs Johnson’s 94. Gaio was very aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Gaio made 8 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Federico Gaio lost the serve twice and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Gaio put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (37/54) of the points behind his 1st serve and 67% (26/39) on the 2nd serve. Gaio broke Johnson 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The Italian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Todi Challenger.
The Italian has an overall 31-30 win-loss record in 2021, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 31 |
| Pts | 88-79 | 100-94 |
| Total Points | 167 | 194 |
| Winners | 41 | 37 |
| %Winners | 47% | 37% |
Both Kudla and Gaio played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla conceded 1 set, while Federico Gaio dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Gaio have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kudla played 4 games less than Gaio. Kudla scored 41 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Gaio scored 37 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 8 |
| 1st in | 54/83 | 54/93 |
| %1st in | 65% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 37/54 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 26/39 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 67% |
Kudla bagged 3 aces . Gaio fired 8 aces . Kudla won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Gaio won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Gaio |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 8 | 14 |
| Saved | 7 | 12 |
| % Saved | 88% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kudla broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kudla conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Federico conceded his serve twice and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| Q1 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-79 | 88-79 | |
| Total points | 167 | 167 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 54/83 | 54/83 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 41/54 | 41/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Gaio | |||
| Q1 Johnson |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 100-94 | 100-94 | |
| Total points | 194 | 194 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 54/93 | 54/93 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 37/54 | 37/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/39 | 26/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 14 | 14 | |
| Saved | 12/14 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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