Akira Santillan and David Poljak will face off in the 1st round of the Nur-Sultan Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 10:00 am on COURT 5. 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 Akira Santillan who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Akira Santillan is the pick to win this match.
Akira Santillan -> 1.44
David Poljak -> 2.7
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Prediction and head to head Akira Santillan vs. David Poljak
There is no head to head record between Akira Santillan and David Poljak since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Akira Santillan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61-23 | 33-14 | 6-2 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Akira will start his run in the the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in M25 Marburg where he lost 7-6(8) ret. to Collignon in the 2nd round on the 7th of July.
Akira has a compiled 31-16 win-loss record in 2022, 22-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Santillan’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Canberra,M25 Monastir and M25 Mungia.
Talking about his overall career, Santillan has an overall 233-167 record. He has a positive 155-96 record on hard.
Previously in the The Nur-Sultan Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021 and 2021. See his history.
David Poljak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29-19 | 6-6 | 4-4 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2024 | 22-22 | 7-4 | 5-5 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 7-11 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 6-4 | 8-10 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 38-28 | 15-12 | 12-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
Ranked no. 412, David will start his run in the Nur-Sultan Challenger after he played his last match in the Iasi Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-2 to Snitari in the qualifications on the 11th of July.
Poljak has a compiled 22-17 win-loss record in 2022, 0-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
This will be the first match of the season on hard.
David’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Sultan.
In terms of his career, Poljak has an overall 269-214 record. He has a positive 88-55 record on hard.
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