Johan Nikles and Markos Kalovelonis will play each other in the 2nd round of the Bengalaru 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Johan Nikles who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Johan Nikles is the pick to win this match.
Johan Nikles -> 1.28
Markos Kalovelonis -> 3.68
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Prediction and head to head Johan Nikles vs. Markos Kalovelonis
There is no head to head record between Johan Nikles and Markos Kalovelonis since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Johan Nikles
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44-25 | 11-5 | 33-19 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-23 | 2-2 | 19-19 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-28 | 1-3 | 42-21 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 14-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 350, Nikles reached the 2nd round after defeating Raul Brancaccio 6-71 6-1 7-5.
In the 1st round against Brancaccio, Johan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-71 6-1 7-5). During the match, Nikles scored 111 points vs Brancaccio’s 107. Johan was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nikles scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 8 double faults. Johan Nikles lost the serve 6 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nikles put 58% of his first serves in, winning 54% (33/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (20/44) on the 2nd serve. The Swiss broke Brancaccio 9 times after converting 45% of his break points (9/20).
Nikles has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (222-156). 1-1 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nikles has a composed66-43 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Johan has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger
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, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Jaroslav Pospisil 6-4 3-6 6-3, N.Sriram Balaji 6-4 4-6 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Markos had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-2 6-2). During the match Kalovelonis scored 60 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 37. Kalovelonis was pretty aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about serving, Kalovelonis recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Markos Kalovelonis lost the serve once and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kalovelonis put 54% of his first serves in, winning 61% (17/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Hsin Tseng 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
The Russian has a composed 5-1 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nikles | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 74 |
| Pts | 111-107 | 229-198 |
| Total Points | 218 | 427 |
| Winners | 33 | 86 |
| %Winners | 30% | 38% |
Nikles played 1 match while Kalovelonis competed in 3 matches. Kalovelonis started his run from the qualifications while Nikles had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Johan Nikles dropped 1 set, while Markos Kalovelonis conceded 2 sets. Nikles has played 5 set(s) less than Kalovelonis (3 vs 8). Therefore, Nikles played 42 games less than Kalovelonis. The Swiss scored 33 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Markos made 86 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nikles | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 61/105 | 116/211 |
| %1st in | 58% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 33/61 | 86/116 |
| %1st pts | 54% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 50/95 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 53% |
Nikles fired 1 ace . Kalovelonis also recorded 17 aces (5.7 per match). Nikles won 54% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Kalovelonis won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nikles | Kalovelonis |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 13 |
| Converted | 9/20 | 13/20 |
| % Converted | 45% | 65% |
| Conceded | 8 | 19 |
| Saved | 2 | 12 |
| % Saved | 25% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 7 |
The Swiss broke his opponent 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Johan dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Markos broke his opponents 13 times with a 65% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nikles | |||
| R1 Brancaccio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 111-107 | 111-107 | |
| Total points | 218 | 218 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 61/105 | 61/105 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/61 | 33/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 54% | 54% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/44 | 20/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 9 | 9 | |
| Converted | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/8 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Kalovelonis | |||||
| Q1 Pospisil |
Q3 Balaji |
R1 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 30 | 16 | 74 | |
| pts | 86-86 | 83-75 | 60-37 | 229-198 | |
| Total points | 172 | 158 | 97 | 427 | |
| Winners | 29 | 40 | 17 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 48% | 28% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 12 | 3 | 2 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 1 | 13 | |
| 1st in | 38/77 | 50/82 | 28/52 | 116/211 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 61% | 54% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 40/50 | 17/28 | 86/116 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 80% | 61% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 17/32 | 17/24 | 50/95 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 53% | 71% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 3/4 | 5/6 | 13/20 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 83% | 65% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/8 | 3/5 | 5/6 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 83% | 193% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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