Denis Kudla and Michael Mmoh will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Sarasota Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on ELIZABETH MOORE 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.51
Michael Mmoh -> 2.56
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Michael Mmoh
This will be the 5th time that Denis Kudla and Michael Mmoh fight against each other. The head to head is 2-2 for Kudla and Mmoh (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Kudla won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the quarter in the Cary 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 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. 82, Denis got to the 2nd round after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round against Gunneswaran, Kudla recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-2). During the match, Kudla and Gunneswaran scored the same amount of points (88). However, the world no. 82 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Kudla was extremely aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 56% of his first serves in, winning 74% (37/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (16/39) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Gunneswaran 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kudla has a positive match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (338-250). 1-1 on clay in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has an overall 42-42 win-loss record in the last years on clay.
Kudla’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 14-11 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Michael Mmoh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 18-12 | 8-7 | 17-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 6-5 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 196, Michael reached the 2nd round after defeating Andrew Harris 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, Mmoh had a good straight sets win against Harris (6-3 6-3). During the match Mmoh scored 63 points vs Harris’s 38. The American was quite aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Mmoh recorded 7 aces and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Michael Mmoh was very efficient on serve to win 88% (29/33) of his 1st serve and 88% (7/8) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Mmoh broke Harris 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Mmoh’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Mmoh has an overall 15-9 win-loss record in 2022, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 18 |
| Pts | 88-88 | 63-38 |
| Total Points | 176 | 101 |
| Winners | 37 | 29 |
| %Winners | 42% | 46% |
Both Kudla and Mmoh played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Kudla dropped 1 set while Michael Mmoh hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set more than Mmoh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kudla played 10 games more than Mmoh. Kudla scored 37 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Mmoh scored 29 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 7 |
| 1st in | 50/89 | 33/41 |
| %1st in | 56% | 80% |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 29/33 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 88% |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 7/8 |
| %2nd pts | 41% | 88% |
Kudla scored 6 aces . Mmoh scored 7 aces . Kudla won 74% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 41% of the points. On the other side, Mmoh won 88% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 88% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/7 |
| % Converted | 42% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 50% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Kudla broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 88-88 | 88-88 | |
| Total points | 176 | 176 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 50/89 | 50/89 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 37/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 16/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 41% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Mmoh | |||
| R1 Harris |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 63-38 | 63-38 | |
| Total points | 101 | 101 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 29/33 | 29/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/8 | 7/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 88% | 88% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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