Elliot Benchetrit and Sasi Kumar Mukund will face off in the quarter of the Forli 1 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 12:00 pm on CITTÀ DI FORLÌ. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elliot Benchetrit who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elliot Benchetrit is the pick to win this match.
Elliot Benchetrit -> 1.49
Sasi Kumar Mukund -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Elliot Benchetrit vs. Sasi Kumar Mukund
There is no head to head record between Elliot Benchetrit and Sasi Kumar Mukund since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Elliot Benchetrit
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-10 | 4-4 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 28-15 | 17-7 | 11-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 12-9 | 11-13 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 13-20 | 5-5 | 8-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-15 | 3-3 | 3-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 344, Elliot got to the quarter after defeating Mattia Bellucci 6-3 6-4, Matteo Gigante 6-2 6-3, Michael Geerts 6-1 6-2 and Tung-Lin Wu 7-61 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Elliot had a good straight sets win against Wu (7-61 6-3). During the match, Benchetrit and Wu scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 344 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Elliot was not very aggressive to strike just winners.
Regarding the service games, Benchetrit was unable to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Elliot Benchetrit conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of his first serves in, win 0% (0) of the points behind his 1st serve and 0% (0) on the 2nd serve.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Elliot started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 57% of the points he played.
Benchetrit has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 54% of his matches (169-143). 4-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Benchetrit has a composed25-28 match record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
Benchetrit has a composed 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Forli 1 Challenger
Sasi Kumar Mukund
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|
Ranked no. 414, Sasi got to the quarter after defeating Patrik Niklas-Salminen 6-3 6-4, Francesco Vilardo 6-2 6-4, Francesco Forti 7-63 6-3 and Denis Yevseyev 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Kumar Mukund had a good straight sets win against Yevseyev (6-3 6-2). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 59 points vs Yevseyev’s 41. Sasi was quite aggressive to blast 24 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund scored 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Sasi Kumar Mukund was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (24/31) of his 1st serve and 59% (13/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kumar Mukund broke Yevseyev 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Sasi has an overall 4-0 win-loss record in 2022, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Benchetrit | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 76 |
| Pts | 190-142 | 258-194 |
| Total Points | 332 | 452 |
| Winners | 78 | 110 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Benchetrit and Kumar Mukund played 4 matches. 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, Benchetrit and Kumar Mukund have played the same amount of sets 8. However, Benchetrit played 3 games less than Kumar Mukund. Benchetrit scored 78 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Sasi fired 110 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Benchetrit | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 25 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 101/171 | 140/230 |
| %1st in | 59% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 78/101 | 110/140 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 37/70 | 55/90 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Benchetrit managed to score 25 aces (6.3 per match). Kumar Mukund scored 20 aces (5 per match). Benchetrit won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Benchetrit | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 13 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 13/26 |
| % Converted | 52% | 50% |
| Conceded | 12 | 18 |
| Saved | 10 | 14 |
| % Saved | 83% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Benchetrit broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The French player dropped his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 13 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sasi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Benchetrit | ||||||
| Q1 Bellucci |
Q3 Gigante |
R1 Geerts |
R2 Wu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-3 | 6-1 6-2 | 7-61 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 73 | |
| pts | 69-57 | 61-42 | 60-43 | – | 190-142 | |
| Total points | 126 | 103 | 103 | 0 | 332 | |
| Winners | 26 | 28 | 24 | 78 | ||
| %Winners | 38% | 46% | 40% | 0% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1st in | 37/63 | 34/52 | 30/56 | / | 101/171 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 65% | 54% | 0% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 26/37 | 28/34 | 24/30 | / | 78/101 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 82% | 80% | 0% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/26 | 8/18 | 13/26 | / | 37/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 44% | 50% | 0% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/6 | 4/8 | / | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 67% | 50% | 0% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/6 | 3/3 | 0/ | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 83% | 100% | – | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Kumar Mukund | ||||||
| Q1 Niklas-Salminen |
Q3 Vilardo |
R1 Forti |
R2 Yevseyev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 76 | |
| pts | 60-41 | 63-46 | 76-66 | 59-41 | 258-194 | |
| Total points | 101 | 109 | 142 | 100 | 452 | |
| Winners | 22 | 21 | 43 | 24 | 110 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 33% | 57% | 41% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 30/51 | 26/45 | 53/81 | 31/53 | 140/230 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 58% | 65% | 58% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 22/30 | 21/26 | 43/53 | 24/31 | 110/140 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 81% | 81% | 77% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/21 | 15/19 | 11/28 | 13/22 | 55/90 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 79% | 39% | 59% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/10 | 3/4 | 4/9 | 13/26 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 30% | 75% | 44% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 18 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 9/11 | 4/5 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 82% | 80% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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