Richard Gasquet and Denis Kudla will square off in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm 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 Richard Gasquet who should win in 3 sets.
Richard Gasquet -> 1.52
Denis Kudla -> 2.53
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Prediction and head to head Richard Gasquet vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 2nd time that Richard Gasquet and Denis Kudla face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gasquet (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gasquet won 7-6(8) 6-3 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2018.
Richard Gasquet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-32 | 15-8 | 11-12 | 3-8 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-31 | 9-9 | 8-10 | 7-8 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-25 | 8-6 | 13-10 | 11-8 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-20 | 6-5 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-10 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 81, Richard got to the quarter after defeating Mikhail Kukushkin 6-75 6-1 6-1 and Facundo Bagnis 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Gasquet had a good straight sets win against Bagnis (6-2 6-0). During the match, Gasquet scored 54 points vs Bagnis’s 25. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gasquet scored 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Richard Gasquet was very effective on serve to win 83% (20/24) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Richard broke Bagnis 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Richard has conceded 1 set in this competition to conquer 60% of the points he played.
Gasquet has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 63% of his matches (287-169). 3-2 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Gasquet has an aggregate 101-63 match record in the last years on hard.
Gasquet has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2022, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 102, Kudla got to the quarter after beating Mitchell Krueger 6-1 7-5 and Mats Moraing 7-62 7-65.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Moraing (7-62 7-65). During the match Kudla scored 101 points vs Moraing’s 83. The American was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Kudla managed to score 11 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Denis Kudla was pretty efficient on serve to win 91% (43/47) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Denis has a composed 6-9 win-loss record in 2022, 6-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gasquet | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 45 |
| Pts | 154-102 | 174-132 |
| Total Points | 256 | 306 |
| Winners | 53 | 65 |
| %Winners | 34% | 37% |
Both Gasquet and Kudla played 2 matches. At the moment, Richard Gasquet conceded 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Gasquet has played 1 set more than Kudla (5 vs 4). However, it’s interesting to notice that Gasquet played 4 games less than Kudla. The French player scored 53 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Kudla managed to score 65 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gasquet | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 1st in | 66/123 | 74/118 |
| %1st in | 54% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 53/66 | 65/74 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 30/57 | 30/44 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 68% |
Gasquet scored 17 aces (8.5 per match). Kudla made 19 aces (9.5 per match). Gasquet won 80% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 88% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gasquet | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 12 | 5 |
| Converted | 12/20 | 5/18 |
| % Converted | 60% | 28% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Gasquet broke his opponents 12 times with a 60% conversion rate. Gasquet conceded his serve twice and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 5 times with a 28% conversion rate. Kudla conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gasquet | ||||
| R1 Kukushkin | R2 Bagnis | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-1 6-1 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 14 | 41 | |
| pts | 100-77 | 54-25 | 154-102 | |
| Total points | 177 | 79 | 256 | |
| Winners | 33 | 20 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 12 | 5 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 42/87 | 24/36 | 66/123 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 67% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 33/42 | 20/24 | 53/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 83% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/45 | 9/12 | 30/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 75% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 5/9 | 12/20 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 56% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Krueger | R2 Moraing | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 7-62 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 26 | 45 | |
| pts | 73-49 | 101-83 | 174-132 | |
| Total points | 122 | 184 | 306 | |
| Winners | 22 | 43 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/46 | 47/72 | 74/118 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 65% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 22/27 | 43/47 | 65/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 91% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/19 | 17/25 | 30/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 0/9 | 5/18 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 0% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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