Tomas Machac and Jesper De Jong will square off in the semifinal of the Traralgon Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.47
Jesper De Jong -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Jesper De Jong
This will be the 2nd time that Tomas Machac and Jesper De Jong square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Machac (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Machac won 6-0 6-4 in the semifinal in M15 Manama back in 2019.
Tomas Machac
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-8 | 12-6 | 5-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-27 | 15-10 | 16-11 | 18-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-19 | 24-6 | 5-2 | 18-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 28-19 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 12-6 | 2-3 | 4-2 |
| 2020 | 27-12 | 0-0 | 12-6 | 15-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 143, Machac reached the semifinal after beating Harold Mayot 6-2 4-6 4-1 ret., Akira Santillan 6-1 6-2 and Mikhail Kukushkin 3-6 6-3 6-2.
In the quarter against Kukushkin, Machac recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Machac scored 110 points vs Kukushkin’s 93. Machac was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Machac fired 6 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (39/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Czech broke Kukushkin 4 times after converting 19% of his break points (4/21).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomas started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Machac has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 67% of his matches (124-61). 3-0 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Machac has an overall14-6 record in the last 6 years on hard.
Machac has a composed 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Traralgon Challenger
Tomas has never competed in this tournament before.
Jesper De Jong
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-13 | 7-3 | 12-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-23 | 19-4 | 30-14 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-28 | 12-7 | 10-13 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-29 | 2-6 | 27-18 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 31-12 | 7-3 | 14-5 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 226, Jesper reached the semifinal after beating Dominic Stephan Stricker 7-5 6-2, Jeff Wolf 7-63 7-610 and Gilles Simon 6-4 6-1.
In the quarter, Jesper had a good straight sets win against Simon (6-4 6-1). During the match De scored 63 points vs Simon’s 47. Jesper was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
About the serving games, De blasted 2 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Jesper De Jong was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (27/37) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dutch broke Simon 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jesper started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
The Dutch has a compiled 3-0 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Machac | De |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 64 | 63 |
| Pts | 259-202 | 224-183 |
| Total Points | 461 | 407 |
| Winners | 99 | 104 |
| %Winners | 38% | 46% |
Both Machac and De played 3 matches. At the moment, Tomas Machac surrendered 2 sets while Jesper De Jong hasn’t lost a set so far. Machac has played 3 sets more than De (9 vs 6). Therefore, Machac played 1 game more than De. The Czech scored 99 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch struck 104 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Machac | De |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 3.3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 137/192 | 134/197 |
| %1st in | 71% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 99/137 | 104/134 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 32/55 | 40/63 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 63% |
Machac scored 10 aces (3.3 per match). De recorded 18 aces (6 per match). Machac won 72% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, De won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Machac | De |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 7 |
| Converted | 14/48 | 7/17 |
| % Converted | 29% | 41% |
| Conceded | 14 | 12 |
| Saved | 10 | 11 |
| % Saved | 71% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
Tomas broke his opponents 14 times with a 29% conversion rate. Machac lost his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. De broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Machac | |||||
| R2 Mayot |
R3 Santillan |
1/4 Kukushkin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 4-1 ret. | 6-1 6-2 | 3-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 15 | 26 | 64 | |
| pts | 90-76 | 59-33 | 110-93 | 259-202 | |
| Total points | 166 | 92 | 203 | 461 | |
| Winners | 39 | 21 | 39 | 99 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 36% | 35% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 58/80 | 28/39 | 51/73 | 137/192 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 72% | 70% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 39/58 | 21/28 | 39/51 | 99/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 75% | 76% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 9/11 | 12/22 | 32/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 82% | 55% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 5/17 | 5/10 | 4/21 | 14/48 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 50% | 19% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 1 | 7 | 14 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/1 | 5/7 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 71% | 79% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| De | |||||
| R2 Stephan Stricker |
R3 Wolf |
1/4 Simon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 7-63 7-610 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 26 | 17 | 63 | |
| pts | 74-61 | 87-75 | 63-47 | 224-183 | |
| Total points | 135 | 162 | 110 | 407 | |
| Winners | 32 | 45 | 27 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 52% | 43% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 13 | 2 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/62 | 57/79 | 37/56 | 134/197 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 66% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/40 | 45/57 | 27/37 | 104/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 79% | 73% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 18/22 | 13/19 | 40/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 82% | 68% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 0/2 | 3/6 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 0% | 50% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 2/2 | 4/4 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 100% | 94% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWLLWLWWLW Tennis Scores in Traralgon Challenger
- Tomas MachacMachac – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (1-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (5-7 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (3-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jesper De JongDe Jong – Tomas MachacMachac (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Bjorn FratangeloFratangelo (3-8) – H2H and prediction
