Fernando Verdasco and Jeff Wolf will fight against each other in the quarter of the Phoenix Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jeff Wolf who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jeff Wolf is the pick to win this match.
Jeff Wolf -> 1.49
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.62
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Prediction and head to head Fernando Verdasco vs. Jeff Wolf
There is no head to head record between Fernando Verdasco and Jeff Wolf 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 reached the quarter after beating Marco Cecchinato 6-4 6-75 6-3 and Kamil Majchrzak 2-6 6-4 7-65.
In the 2nd round against Majchrzak, Fernando recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-4 7-65).During the match, Verdasco scored less points (6) than Majchrzak. In fact, the world no. 150 won 100 points vs Majchrzak’s. That means that Verdasco was more focused during the important points. Verdasco was extremely aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Regarding the service games, Verdasco made 5 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Fernando Verdasco lost the serve 6 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Verdasco put 64% of his first serves in, winning 66% (47/71) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (16/40) on the 2nd serve. Fernando broke Majchrzak 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Verdasco has lost 2 set in this event to win 50% of the points he played.
Verdasco has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (225-209). 7-1 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Verdasco has an aggregate 81-75 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Verdasco’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
The Spaniard has an overall 13-6 win-loss record in 2022, 7-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Phoenix Challenger
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Jeff Wolf
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-26 | 11-16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-26 | 16-13 | 5-5 | 6-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 43-29 | 23-15 | 8-4 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-11 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 11-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Jeff reached the quarter after beating Max Purcell 6-1 6-3 and Lorenzo Musetti 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Wolf had a good straight sets win against Musetti (6-3 6-2). During the match Wolf scored 59 points vs Musetti’s 39. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Wolf scored 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jeff Wolf was quite effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Wolf broke Musetti 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jeff hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 11-8 win-loss record in 2022, 10-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Verdasco | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 33 |
| Pts | 205-205 | 118-74 |
| Total Points | 410 | 192 |
| Winners | 104 | 42 |
| %Winners | 51% | 36% |
Both Verdasco and Wolf played 2 matches. At the moment, Fernando Verdasco surrendered 2 sets while Jeff Wolf hasn’t lost a set so far. Verdasco has played 2 sets more than Wolf (6 vs 4). Therefore, Verdasco played 30 games more than Wolf. Fernando scored 104 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, Jeff bagged 42 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Verdasco | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 3.5 |
| 1st in | 144/222 | 49/86 |
| %1st in | 65% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 104/144 | 42/49 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 31/78 | 24/37 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 65% |
Verdasco bagged 16 aces (8 per match). Wolf blasted 7 aces (3.5 per match). Verdasco won 72% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Wolf won 86% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Verdasco | Wolf |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/12 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 75% | 42% |
| Conceded | 26 | 1 |
| Saved | 18 | 0 |
| % Saved | 69% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 8 | 1 |
Verdasco broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Spaniard dropped his serve 8 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded. Wolf broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Jeff conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Verdasco | ||||
| R1 Cecchinato |
R2 Majchrzak |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | 2-6 6-4 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 31 | 63 | |
| pts | 105-99 | 100-106 | 205-205 | |
| Total points | 204 | 206 | 410 | |
| Winners | 57 | 47 | 104 | |
| %Winners | 54% | 47% | 51% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 11 | 5 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 73/111 | 71/111 | 144/222 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 64% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 57/73 | 47/71 | 104/144 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 66% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/38 | 16/40 | 31/78 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 5/8 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 63% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 14 | 26 | |
| Saved | 10/12 | 8/14 | 18 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 57% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Wolf | ||||
| R1 Purcell |
R2 Musetti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 59-35 | 59-39 | 118-74 | |
| Total points | 94 | 98 | 192 | |
| Winners | 17 | 25 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 42% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 21/42 | 28/44 | 49/86 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 64% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 17/21 | 25/28 | 42/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 89% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 11/16 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 69% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 3/8 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 38% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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