Fernando Verdasco and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will face off in the final of the Monterrey Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 4:00 pm on ESTADIO GNP SEGUROS. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Fernando Verdasco who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Fernando Verdasco is the pick to win this match.
Fernando Verdasco -> 1.40
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 2.75
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Prajnesh Gunneswaran since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 150, Verdasco got to the final after beating Zhe Li 6-4 6-2, Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-2, Michael Mmoh 6-3 6-2 and Christian Harrison 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the semifinal against Harrison, Verdasco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Verdasco scored 90 points vs Harrison’s 74. Verdasco was quite aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Regarding the service games, Verdasco blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Fernando Verdasco was quite effective on serve to win 75% (48/64) of his 1st serve and 53% (9/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Spaniard broke Harrison 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fernando has dropped 1 set in this tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Verdasco has a good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (222-209). 4-1 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Verdasco has a compiled 78-75 record in the last years on hard.
The Spaniard’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
Fernando has a composed 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Monterrey Challenger
Verdasco has never competed in this tournament before.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 278, Gunneswaran reached the final after defeating Ryan Harrison 6-3 6-4, Alex Rybakov 7-61 6-1, Jason Jung 1-6 7-5 6-4 and Go Soeda 6-77 7-64 6-4.
In the semifinal against Soeda, Prajnesh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-77 7-64 6-4). During the match Gunneswaran scored 120 points vs Soeda’s 116. Prajnesh was exceptionally aggressive to blast 64 winners.
About the serving games, Gunneswaran bagged 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 76% of his first serves in, winning 71% (64/90) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Gunneswaran broke Soeda twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Prajnesh has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Prajnesh’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Monterrey Challenger.
Prajnesh has a compiled 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 81 | 104 |
| Pts | 281-214 | 331-295 |
| Total Points | 495 | 626 |
| Winners | 130 | 162 |
| %Winners | 46% | 49% |
Both Verdasco and Gunneswaran played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Fernando Verdasco surrendered 1 set, while Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 2 sets. Verdasco has played 1 set(s) less than Gunneswaran (9 vs 10). Therefore, Verdasco played 23 games less than Gunneswaran. Fernando scored 130 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Prajnesh bagged 162 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 5 |
| 1st in | 172/241 | 220/317 |
| %1st in | 71% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 130/172 | 162/220 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 38/69 | 53/97 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Verdasco fired 17 aces (4.3 per match). Gunneswaran struck 20 aces (5 per match). Verdasco won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 11 |
| Converted | 16/39 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 41% | 46% |
| Conceded | 16 | 20 |
| Saved | 12 | 15 |
| % Saved | 75% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 5 |
Verdasco broke his opponents 16 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | ||||||
| R1 Li |
R2 Kovacevic |
1/4 Mmoh |
1/2 Harrison |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | 6-3 6-2 | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | 17 | 28 | 81 | |
| pts | 67-44 | 58-46 | 66-50 | 90-74 | 281-214 | |
| Total points | 111 | 104 | 116 | 164 | 495 | |
| Winners | 25 | 32 | 25 | 48 | 130 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 55% | 38% | 53% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 38/53 | 37/56 | 64/81 | 172/241 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 72% | 66% | 79% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 25/33 | 32/38 | 25/37 | 48/64 | 130/172 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 84% | 68% | 75% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 6/15 | 10/19 | 9/17 | 38/69 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 40% | 53% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/7 | 5/14 | 4/7 | 16/39 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 43% | 36% | 57% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 16 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 9/10 | 2/4 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 90% | 50% | 48% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Gunneswaran | ||||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Rybakov |
1/4 Jung |
1/2 Soeda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 7-61 6-1 | 1-6 7-5 6-4 | 6-77 7-64 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 20 | 29 | 36 | 104 | |
| pts | 61-46 | 68-47 | 82-86 | 120-116 | 331-295 | |
| Total points | 107 | 115 | 168 | 236 | 626 | |
| Winners | 30 | 26 | 42 | 64 | 162 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 38% | 51% | 53% | 49% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 39/57 | 33/54 | 58/87 | 90/119 | 220/317 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 61% | 67% | 76% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/39 | 26/33 | 42/58 | 64/90 | 162/220 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 79% | 72% | 71% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 15/21 | 16/29 | 13/29 | 53/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 71% | 55% | 45% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 3/8 | 2/4 | 2/7 | 11/24 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 38% | 50% | 29% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 7/8 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 0% | 50% | 88% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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