Denis Kudla and Jeff Wolf will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on BRENDA MYERS 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 Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.78
Denis Kudla -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Jeff Wolf
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Jeff Wolf clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Wolf won 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the 2nd round in the Las Vegas Challenger back in October 2021.
Denis Kudla
Ranked no. 89, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Toby Alex Kodat 6-2 6-2, Aidan Mchugh 6-2 7-5 and Mitchell Krueger 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Krueger (6-3 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 59 points vs Krueger’s 42. The American was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 63% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Krueger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kudla has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (361-265). 4-3 on indoor hard courts in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has an overall 80-47 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kudla’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Orlando Challenger and the Nottingham 1 Challenger.
Kudla has a composed 40-26 win-loss record in 2021, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2012. See his history.
Jeff Wolf
Ranked no. 159, Wolf got to the 2nd round after defeating Martin Damm 7-5 6-4.
In the 1st round, Wolf had a good straight sets win against Damm (7-5 6-4). During the match Wolf scored 62 points vs Damm’s 54. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Wolf scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Jeff Wolf lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Wolf put 59% of his first serves in, winning 77% (27/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Damm 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Las Vegas Challenger where he overcame Stefan Kozlov in the final 6-4 6-4.
The American has a compiled 11-8 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 22 |
| Pts | 174-124 | 62-54 |
| Total Points | 298 | 116 |
| Winners | 71 | 27 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Kudla played 3 matches while Wolf competed in 1 match. Kudla started his run from the qualifications while Wolf had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kudla has played 4 sets more than Wolf (6 vs 2). Therefore, Kudla played 31 games more than Wolf. The American scored 71 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The American bagged 27 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 3.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 87/147 | 35/59 |
| %1st in | 59% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 71/87 | 27/35 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 37/60 | 12/24 |
| %2nd pts | 62% | 50% |
Kudla recorded 11 aces (3.7 per match). Wolf recorded 3 aces . Kudla won 82% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Wolf won 77% 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 | Kudla | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 4 |
| Converted | 11/17 | 4/5 |
| % Converted | 65% | 80% |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 |
| Saved | 3 | 2 |
| % Saved | 75% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Kudla broke his opponents 11 times with a 65% conversion rate. Denis dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Jeff broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Jeff conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||||
| Q1 Alex | Q3 Mchugh | R1 Krueger | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-5 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 20 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 57-37 | 58-45 | 59-42 | 174-124 | |
| Total points | 94 | 103 | 101 | 298 | |
| Winners | 18 | 27 | 26 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 47% | 44% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 20/44 | 34/51 | 33/52 | 87/147 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 67% | 63% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 27/34 | 26/33 | 71/87 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 79% | 79% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 13/17 | 9/19 | 37/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 76% | 47% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/4 | 4/8 | 11/17 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 75% | 50% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | – | 67% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wolf | |||||
| R1 Damm | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |||
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |||
| pts | 62-54 | 62-54 | |||
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |||
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |||
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 35/59 | 35/59 | |||
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |||
| 1st pts | 27/35 | 27/35 | |||
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 12/24 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |||
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |||
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |||
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |||
| Saved % | 50% | 17% | |||
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |||
Tennis Scores in Charlottesville Challenger
- Emilio NavaNava – Go SoedaSoeda (2-6 7-65 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Christian HarrisonHarrison (7-61 6-74 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefan KozlovStefan – Jason Murray KublerJason (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – Jeff WolfWolf (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Jack SockSock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Tung-Lin WuWu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction