Denis Kudla and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe will square off in the 1st round of the Dallas Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:00 pm on GRANDSTAND. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cedrik-Marcel Stebe who should win in 3 sets.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe -> 1.92
Denis Kudla -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Cedrik-Marcel Stebe play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudla and Stebe (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Kudla won 6-3 6-3 in the final in the Tallahassee Challenger back in 2013.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, the American will start his run in Dallas after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 3-6 6-3 6-2 7-6(2) to Khachanov in the 1st round on the 17th of January.
Kudla has a composed 2-4 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on indoor hard courts.
Talking about his overall career, Denis has an overall 430-323 record. He has a positive 84-52 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Dallas
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28-15 | 0-1 | 18-9 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-25 | 2-6 | 10-13 | 15-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 14-20 | 4-7 | 9-9 | 1-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 231, the German reached the 1st round after beating Bjorn Fratangelo 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Yosuke Watanuki 6-73 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Watanuki, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-4). During the match Stebe scored 110 points vs Watanuki’s 94. Cedrik-Marcel was quite aggressive to blast 55 winners.
About the serving games, Stebe managed to score 14 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cedrik-Marcel Stebe was very efficient on serve to win 83% (55/66) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Cedrik-Marcel broke Watanuki twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cedrik-Marcel started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Stebe’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Forli 1 Challenger and the Forli 3 Challenger.
The German has a composed 11-3 win-loss record in 2022, 11-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – John MillmanMillman (7-5 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Feliciano LopezLopez – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – John IsnerIsner (4-8) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Steve JohnsonJohnson (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Vasek PospisilPospisil – Caleb ChakravarthiChakravarthi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Marcos GironGiron (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cedrik-Marcel StebeStebe – Denis KudlaKudla (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Jack SockSock (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Andreas SeppiSeppi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Maxime CressyCressy – Jurij RodionovRodionov (0-0) – H2H and prediction