N.Sriram Balaji and Markos Kalovelonis will square off in the qualifications of the Bengalaru 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 N.Sriram Balaji who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, N.Sriram Balaji is the pick to win this match.
N.Sriram Balaji -> 1.3
Markos Kalovelonis -> 3.4
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Prediction and head to head N.Sriram Balaji vs. Markos Kalovelonis
This will be the 2nd time that N.Sriram Balaji and Markos Kalovelonis square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Balaji (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Balaji won 6-4 7-6(4) in the quarter in Uzbekistan F3 back in 2016.
N.Sriram Balaji
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Balaji reached the qualifications after defeating Gabriel Decamps 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Decamps, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match, Balaji scored 100 points vs Decamps’s 85. The Indian was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Balaji scored 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, N.Sriram Balaji was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 53% (23/43) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. N.Sriram broke Decamps 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Balaji has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (143-102). 1-0 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Balaji has an aggregate 110-78 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The Indian has a compiled 1-0 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger
N.Sriram has never competed in this tournament before.
Markos Kalovelonis
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-14 | 5-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 5-4 | 5-1 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 5-14 | 2-7 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-9 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 860, Kalovelonis got to the qualifications after beating Jaroslav Pospisil 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kalovelonis defeated Pospisil (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Kalovelonis and Pospisil scored the same amount of points (86). However, the world no. was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kalovelonis was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kalovelonis managed to score 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Markos Kalovelonis lost the serve 4 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kalovelonis put 49% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Kalovelonis broke Pospisil 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
The Russian has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2022, 3-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Balaji | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 27 | 28 |
| Pts | 100-85 | 86-86 |
| Total Points | 185 | 172 |
| Winners | 39 | 29 |
| %Winners | 39% | 34% |
Both Balaji and Kalovelonis played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. N.Sriram Balaji lost 1 set, while Markos Kalovelonis dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Balaji and Kalovelonis have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Balaji played 1 game less than Kalovelonis. Balaji scored 39 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Russian managed to score 29 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Balaji | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 12 |
| 1st in | 52/95 | 38/77 |
| %1st in | 55% | 49% |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 16/39 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 41% |
Balaji scored 6 aces . Kalovelonis blasted 12 aces . Balaji won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kalovelonis won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Balaji | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 5 |
| Converted | 4/10 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 40% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 8 |
| Saved | 14 | 4 |
| % Saved | 88% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Balaji broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Indian lost his serve twice and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Markos broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kalovelonis conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Balaji | |||
| Q1 Decamps |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 100-85 | 100-85 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 52/95 | 52/95 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/43 | 23/43 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 16 | 16 | |
| Saved | 14/16 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 88% | 88% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kalovelonis | |||
| Q1 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 86-86 | |
| Total points | 172 | 172 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/77 | 38/77 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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