Denis Kudla and Jack Sock will play each other in the quarter of the Sarasota Challenger for the 9th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on ELIZABETH MOORE 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 Jack Sock who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jack Sock is the pick to win this match.
Jack Sock -> 1.83
Denis Kudla -> 1.83
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Jack Sock
This will be the 9th time that Denis Kudla and Jack Sock face off. The head to head is 5-3 for Sock (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Sock won 7-6(5) 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in the Indian Wells Challenger back in 2020.
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 reached the quarter after beating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 6-4 6-2 and Michael Mmoh 6-2 1-6 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Denis defeated Mmoh (6-2 1-6 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 76 points vs Mmoh’s 75. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 58% of his first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (17/31) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Mmoh 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudla has lost 2 set in this event to win 50% of the points he played.
Kudla has a favorable win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (339-250). 2-1 on clay in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an aggregate 43-42 match record in the last years on clay.
Denis’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 15-11 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sarasota Challenger
Jack Sock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-21 | 5-8 | 8-4 | 7-5 | 13-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 12-8 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-6 | 8-4 | 4-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 1-8 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139, Sock got to the quarter after defeating Christian Harrison 6-4 6-4 and Gijs Brouwer 6-1 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Sock had a good straight sets win against Brouwer (6-1 6-2). During the match Sock scored 68 points vs Brouwer’s 45. Jack was exceptionally aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Sock scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Jack Sock lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Sock put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (27/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (5/16) on the 2nd serve. Sock broke Brouwer 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sock hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
Jack has an overall 10-6 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 35 |
| Pts | 164-163 | 138-106 |
| Total Points | 327 | 244 |
| Winners | 66 | 53 |
| %Winners | 40% | 38% |
Both Kudla and Sock played 2 matches. At the moment, Denis Kudla lost 2 sets while Jack Sock hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kudla has played 2 sets more than Sock (6 vs 4). Therefore, Kudla played 17 games more than Sock. Denis scored 66 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 53 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 5 |
| 1st in | 92/162 | 65/118 |
| %1st in | 57% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 66/92 | 53/65 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 33/70 | 26/53 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 49% |
Kudla fired 9 aces (4.5 per match). Sock made 10 aces (5 per match). Kudla won 72% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Sock won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Sock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 7 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 7/16 |
| % Converted | 43% | 44% |
| Conceded | 16 | 5 |
| Saved | 10 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 6 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Sock broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Mmoh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-4 6-2 | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 24 | 52 | |
| pts | 88-88 | 76-75 | 164-163 | |
| Total points | 176 | 151 | 327 | |
| Winners | 37 | 29 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 38% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 50/89 | 42/73 | 92/162 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 58% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 37/50 | 29/42 | 66/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 69% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/39 | 17/31 | 33/70 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 55% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/9 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 44% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 10 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 7/10 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 70% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Sock | ||||
| R1 Harrison |
R2 Brouwer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 15 | 35 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 68-45 | 138-106 | |
| Total points | 131 | 113 | 244 | |
| Winners | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 31/68 | 34/50 | 65/118 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 68% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 27/34 | 53/65 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 79% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/37 | 5/16 | 26/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 31% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 5/11 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 45% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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