Denis Kudla and Liam Broady will play each other in the 2nd round of the Surbiton Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 1. 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.37
Liam Broady -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Liam Broady
This will be the 5th time that Denis Kudla and Liam Broady square off. The head to head is 3-1 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on grass.
The last time that they played each other, Kudla won 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 2nd round in the Nottingham 1 Challenger back in 2021.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 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. 81, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Alexei Popyrin 7-5 3-6 6-3.
In the 1st round, The American defeated Popyrin (7-5 3-6 6-3).During the match, Kudla scored less points (2) than Popyrin. In fact, the world no. 81 won 88 points vs Popyrin’s. That means that Kudla was more focused during the important points. Kudla was quite aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla bagged 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 59% of his first serves in, winning 72% (41/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Popyrin 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Kudla has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (341-254). 1-0 on grass in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has a composed 64-35 record in the last years on grass.
Kudla’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger.
The American has a composed 17-15 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Surbiton Challenger
Liam Broady
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-15 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-28 | 23-9 | 2-4 | 15-9 | 5-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 16-9 | 2-5 | 10-5 | 8-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 45-26 | 19-10 | 7-5 | 16-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 2-4 | 9-4 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 140, Liam reached the 2nd round after defeating Jay Clarke 4-6 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Clarke, Broady recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-2). During the match Broady scored 92 points vs Clarke’s 73. Broady was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Broady scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Liam Broady was very efficient on serve to win 84% (43/51) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Broady broke Clarke 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Liam’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger.
Broady has a compiled 17-12 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 27 |
| Pts | 88-90 | 92-73 |
| Total Points | 178 | 165 |
| Winners | 41 | 43 |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% |
Both Kudla and Broady played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla dropped 1 set, while Liam Broady surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Broady have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kudla played 3 games more than Broady. Kudla scored 41 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit fired 43 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 1 |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 51/71 |
| %1st in | 59% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 43/51 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 11/20 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 55% |
Kudla made 2 aces . Broady made 1 ace . Kudla won 72% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Broady won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Broady |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 44% | 38% |
| Conceded | 4 | 1 |
| Saved | 1 | 0 |
| % Saved | 25% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Kudla lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Liam broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Broady conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Popyrin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-90 | 88-90 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/96 | 57/96 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 41/57 | 41/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/39 | 18/39 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Broady | |||
| R1 Clarke |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 92-73 | 92-73 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 51/71 | 51/71 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 43/51 | 43/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLWLLLLLL Tennis Scores in Surbiton Challenger
- Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Alastair GrayGray – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-75 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Jay ClarkeClarke (4-6 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan – Yuichi SugitaSugita (4-6 7-5 7-62) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (2-6 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Marius CopilCopil (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-69) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler (4-6 7-610 6-2) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Jurij RodionovRodionov (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (4-6 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (6-4 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Jack DraperDraper – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Andy MurrayMurray – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Denis KudlaKudla (1-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alastair GrayGray – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Otto VirtanenVirtanen – Paul JubbJubb (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack DraperDraper – Ryan PenistonPeniston (0-1) – H2H and prediction
