Michael Mmoh and Yuki Bhambri will play each other in the 2nd round of the Malaga Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:00 pm 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 Michael Mmoh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Mmoh is the pick to win this match.
Michael Mmoh -> 1.58
Yuki Bhambri -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Michael Mmoh vs. Yuki Bhambri
This will be the 2nd time that Michael Mmoh and Yuki Bhambri face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Mmoh (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Mmoh won 6-4 7-6(8) in the 1st round in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2016.
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. 177, Mmoh reached the 2nd round after defeating Gabriel Decamps 7-5 6-1.
In the 1st round, Michael had a good straight sets win against Decamps (7-5 6-1). During the match, Mmoh scored 68 points vs Decamps’s 56. Michael was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Mmoh fired 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Michael Mmoh lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Mmoh put 69% of his first serves in, winning 68% (30/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 30% (6/20) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Decamps 6 times after converting 67% of his break points (6/9).
Mmoh has a good record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (230-167). 4-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Mmoh has a composed 140-97 match record in the last years on hard.
Michael’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Tallahassee Challenger.
Mmoh has an overall 22-19 win-loss record in 2022, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Michael has never competed in this tournament before.
Yuki Bhambri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 7-6 | 6-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 2-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 626, Yuki reached the 2nd round after defeating Omar Jasika 6-4 6-3 and Andrey Kuznetsov 4-6 6-4 6-1.
In the 1st round against Kuznetsov, The Indian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-1). During the match Bhambri scored 97 points vs Kuznetsov’s 86. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Bhambri struck 2 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Yuki Bhambri lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Bhambri put 62% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (14/35) on the 2nd serve. Yuki broke Kuznetsov 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
The Indian has an aggregate 6-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Mmoh | Bhambri |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 46 |
| Pts | 68-56 | 164-142 |
| Total Points | 124 | 306 |
| Winners | 30 | 65 |
| %Winners | 44% | 40% |
Mmoh played 1 match while Bhambri competed in 2 matches. Bhambri started his run from the qualifications while Mmoh had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Yuki Bhambri dropped 1 set while Michael Mmoh hasn’t conceded a set so far. Mmoh has played 3 set(s) less than Bhambri (2 vs 5). Therefore, Mmoh played 27 games less than Bhambri. Michael scored 30 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Bhambri recorded 65 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Mmoh | Bhambri |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 94/145 |
| %1st in | 69% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 65/94 |
| %1st pts | 68% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 22/51 |
| %2nd pts | 30% | 43% |
Mmoh recorded 5 aces . Bhambri fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Mmoh won 68% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 30% of the points. On the other side, Bhambri won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Mmoh | Bhambri |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 11 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 11/20 |
| % Converted | 67% | 55% |
| Conceded | 6 | 16 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Mmoh broke his opponent 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Michael dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Indian broke his opponents 11 times with a 55% conversion rate. Bhambri conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Mmoh | |||
| R1 Decamps |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 68-56 | 68-56 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 44/64 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 30/44 | 30/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/20 | 6/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 30% | 30% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/9 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Bhambri | ||||
| Q3 Jasika |
R1 Kuznetsov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 4-6 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 | 46 | |
| pts | 67-56 | 97-86 | 164-142 | |
| Total points | 123 | 183 | 306 | |
| Winners | 25 | 40 | 65 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 41% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/53 | 57/92 | 94/145 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 25/37 | 40/57 | 65/94 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 70% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/16 | 14/35 | 22/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 40% | 43% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/11 | 11/20 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 | 16 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 8/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 73% | 133% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
Head 2 Head
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