Govind Nanda and Jean Thirouin will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 5:30 pm on CANCHA 7 LEGUAS. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Govind Nanda who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Govind Nanda is the pick to win this match.
Govind Nanda -> 1.172
Jean Thirouin -> 4.5
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Prediction and head to head Govind Nanda vs. Jean Thirouin
There is no head to head record between Govind Nanda and Jean Thirouin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Govind Nanda
Ranked no. 480, Govind got to the qualifications after defeating Lance Amaury Lage Castelan 6-0 6-0.
In the qualifications, Govind had a good straight sets win against Amaury Lage Castelan (6-0 6-0). During the match, Nanda scored 52 points vs Amaury Lage Castelan’s 20. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nanda scored just 1 ace in the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Govind Nanda was pretty effective on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 64% (7/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Govind broke Amaury Lage Castelan 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Nanda has a solid match record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (79-51). 19-9 on hard in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nanda has a compiled58-33 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
Nanda’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wichita.
The American has an aggregate 21-13 win-loss record in 2021, 19-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Govind has never competed in this tournament before.
Jean Thirouin
Ranked no. 712, Thirouin got to the qualifications after defeating Kiranpal Pannu 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Pannu (6-4 6-2). During the match Thirouin scored 71 points vs Pannu’s 58. Thirouin was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Thirouin scored 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jean Thirouin lost the serve twice and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Thirouin put 59% of his first serves in, winning 63% (26/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pannu 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
The American has an overall 20-31 win-loss record in 2021, 2-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nanda | Thirouin |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 12 | 18 |
| Pts | 52-20 | 71-58 |
| Total Points | 72 | 129 |
| Winners | 18 | 26 |
| %Winners | 35% | 37% |
Both Nanda and Thirouin played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Nanda and Thirouin have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Nanda played 6 games less than Thirouin. The American scored 18 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Jean struck 26 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nanda | Thirouin |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 2 |
| 1st in | 20/31 | 41/70 |
| %1st in | 65% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 26/41 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 52% |
Nanda managed to score 1 ace . Thirouin also struck 2 aces . Nanda won 90% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Thirouin won 63% 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 | Nanda | Thirouin |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 5/9 |
| % Converted | 67% | 56% |
| Conceded | 2 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Govind was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Thirouin broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Jean conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nanda | |||
| Q1 Amaury Lage Castelan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 12 | 12 | |
| pts | 52-20 | 52-20 | |
| Total points | 72 | 72 | |
| Winners | 18 | 18 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 20/31 | 20/31 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 18/20 | 18/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Thirouin | |||
| Q1 Pannu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 71-58 | 71-58 | |
| Total points | 129 | 129 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/70 | 41/70 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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