Aleksandar Vukic and Max Purcell will face off in the quarter of the Bengalaru 2 Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.47
Max Purcell -> 2.68
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Max Purcell
This will be the 3rd time that Aleksandar Vukic and Max Purcell face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Vukic and Purcell (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Purcell won 7-6(3) 7-6(6) in the semifinal in the Columbus Challenger back in 2021.
Aleksandar Vukic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 135 (career-high), the Australian reached the quarter after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4 6-2 and Jay Clarke 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Aleksandar had a good straight sets win against Clarke (6-1 6-3). During the match, Vukic scored 57 points vs Clarke’s 35. Aleksandar was pretty aggressive to blast 18 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vukic struck 7 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was quite efficient on serve to win 90% (18/20) of his 1st serve and 57% (12/21) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Vukic broke Clarke 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Vukic hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Vukic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (207-148). 7-5 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Vukic has an aggregate96-72 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Vukic has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 176, Max got to the quarter after defeating Jason Murray Kubler 5-7 6-3 6-0 and Marc Polmans 7-67 4-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Max defeated Polmans (7-67 4-6 6-2). During the match Purcell scored 107 points vs Polmans’s 101. Max was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Purcell made 16 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 7 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 54% of his first serves in, winning 68% (38/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (18/48) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Polmans 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Max has an overall 4-3 win-loss record in 2022, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 34 | 58 |
| Pts | 125-87 | 201-183 |
| Total Points | 212 | 384 |
| Winners | 48 | 80 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Vukic and Purcell played 2 matches. At the moment, Max Purcell lost 2 sets while Aleksandar Vukic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vukic has played 2 set(s) less than Purcell (4 vs 6). Therefore, Vukic played 24 games less than Purcell. The Australian scored 48 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Purcell recorded 80 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 9.5 | 14.5 |
| 1st in | 55/96 | 111/196 |
| %1st in | 57% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 48/55 | 80/111 |
| %1st pts | 87% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 34/85 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 40% |
Vukic fired 19 aces (9.5 per match). Purcell fired 29 aces (14.5 per match). Vukic won 87% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Purcell won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vukic | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 13 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 13/21 |
| % Converted | 38% | 62% |
| Conceded | 7 | 21 |
| Saved | 6 | 12 |
| % Saved | 86% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 9 |
The Australian broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Vukic conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Max broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 16 | 34 | |
| pts | 68-52 | 57-35 | 125-87 | |
| Total points | 120 | 92 | 212 | |
| Winners | 30 | 18 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 32% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 20/41 | 55/96 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 49% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 18/20 | 48/55 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 90% | 87% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 12/21 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/11 | 5/10 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 27% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Murray Kubler |
R2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-3 6-0 | 7-67 4-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 31 | 58 | |
| pts | 94-82 | 107-101 | 201-183 | |
| Total points | 176 | 208 | 384 | |
| Winners | 42 | 38 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 36% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 16 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 55/92 | 56/104 | 111/196 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 54% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 42/55 | 38/56 | 80/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 68% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 18/48 | 34/85 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 38% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 8 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 8/12 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 67% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 | 21 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 8/15 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 53% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 7 | 9 | |
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