Denis Kudla and Ulises Blanch will play each other in the qualifications of the Miami Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 4:00 pm on COURT 2. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.38
Ulises Blanch -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
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. 84, the American got to the qualifications after beating Gustavo Heide 6-75 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications against Heide, Denis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 113 points vs Heide’s 96. The American was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla blasted 8 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was pretty efficient on serve to win 82% (51/62) of his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Heide 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Kudla has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (334-248). 10-8 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a compiled 164-127 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 10-9 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 340, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Mats Moraing 6-4 3-1 ret..
In the qualifications, Ulises had a good straight sets win against Moraing (6-4 3-1 ret.). During the match Blanch scored 50 points vs Moraing’s 39. The American was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Ulises Blanch was quite effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Moraing twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Blanch has an aggregate 7-7 win-loss record in 2022, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Miami
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 14 |
| Pts | 113-96 | 50-39 |
| Total Points | 209 | 89 |
| Winners | 51 | 21 |
| %Winners | 45% | 42% |
Both Kudla and Blanch played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Denis Kudla lost 1 set while Ulises Blanch hasn’t lost a set so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kudla played 18 games more than Blanch. The American scored 51 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Blanch fired 21 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 7 |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 27/44 |
| %1st in | 65% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 51/62 | 21/27 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 59% |
Kudla bagged 8 aces . Blanch bagged 7 aces . Kudla won 82% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 33% | 40% |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Denis broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. Denis lost his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| Q1 Heide |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 113-96 | 113-96 | |
| Total points | 209 | 209 | |
| Winners | 51 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 62/95 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 51/62 | 51/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/33 | 19/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Blanch | |||
| Q1 Moraing |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-1 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 50-39 | 50-39 | |
| Total points | 89 | 89 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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