Kamil Majchrzak and Fernando Verdasco will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 12:00 pm on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kamil Majchrzak who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Kamil Majchrzak is the pick to win this match.
Kamil Majchrzak -> 1.56
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Kamil Majchrzak vs. Fernando Verdasco
This will be the 2nd time that Kamil Majchrzak and Fernando Verdasco square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Verdasco (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Verdasco won 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the 1st round in at the Wimbledon back in 2019.
Kamil Majchrzak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 48-10 | 16-4 | 30-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-22 | 19-10 | 4-6 | 4-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-21 | 4-4 | 16-9 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-10 | 1-3 | 5-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 75 (career-high), Kamil got to the 2nd round after beating Hugo Gaston 6-73 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Gaston, The Pole recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 6-4 6-4). During the match, Majchrzak scored 109 points vs Gaston’s 103. Majchrzak was pretty aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Majchrzak blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Kamil Majchrzak lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Majchrzak put 53% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (24/51) on the 2nd serve. Majchrzak broke Gaston 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Majchrzak has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (314-185). 9-3 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Majchrzak has a composed 59-37 record in the last years on hard.
The Pole’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Pune.
Kamil has a composed 9-5 win-loss record in 2022, 9-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
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, Fernando got to the 2nd round after defeating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-75 6-3.
In the 1st round, Verdasco defeated Cecchinato (6-4 6-75 6-3). During the match Verdasco scored 105 points vs Cecchinato’s 99. Fernando was pretty aggressive to blast 57 winners.
Talking about serving, Verdasco scored 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve twice and he saved 10 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 66% of his first serves in, winning 78% (57/73) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (15/38) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Cecchinato 4 times.
Verdasco’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Verdasco has an aggregate 12-6 win-loss record in 2022, 6-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Majchrzak | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 32 |
| Pts | 109-103 | 105-99 |
| Total Points | 212 | 204 |
| Winners | 41 | 57 |
| %Winners | 38% | 54% |
Both Majchrzak and Verdasco played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Kamil Majchrzak surrendered 1 set, while Fernando Verdasco lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Majchrzak and Verdasco have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Majchrzak played 1 game more than Verdasco. The Pole scored 41 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Verdasco blasted 57 winners (54%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Majchrzak | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 11 |
| 1st in | 57/108 | 73/111 |
| %1st in | 53% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 57/73 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 15/38 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 39% |
Majchrzak scored 5 aces . Verdasco managed to score 11 aces . Majchrzak won 72% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Verdasco won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Majchrzak | Verdasco |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 4 |
| Converted | 6/12 | 4/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 100% |
| Conceded | 10 | 12 |
| Saved | 6 | 10 |
| % Saved | 60% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Majchrzak broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Majchrzak dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Verdasco broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Verdasco conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Majchrzak | |||
| R1 Gaston |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-73 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 109-103 | 109-103 | |
| Total points | 212 | 212 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/108 | 57/108 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/51 | 24/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Verdasco | |||
| R1 Cecchinato |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 105-99 | 105-99 | |
| Total points | 204 | 204 | |
| Winners | 57 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 54% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 73/111 | 73/111 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 57/73 | 57/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 15/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/4 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Phoenix Challenger
- Benoit PairePaire – Emilio NavaNava (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-75 6-3) – See score progression
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-1 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Hugo GastonGaston (6-73 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Oscar OtteOtte (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Mats MoraingMoraing – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (3-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (1-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Max PurcellPurcell (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Sebastian BaezBaez (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Gilles SimonSimon (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Richard GasquetGasquet – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-75 6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Ariel Behar/Gonzalo EscobarBehar/Gonzalo Escobar – Tomislav Brkic/Nikola CacicBrkic/Nikola Cacic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (1-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benoit PairePaire – Radu AlbotAlbot (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Mats MoraingMoraing (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – David GoffinGoffin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Liam BroadyBroady (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
