Max Purcell and Aidan Mchugh will square off in the 2nd round of the Indianapolis Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 2:30 pm on COURT 2. 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.53
Aidan Mchugh -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Aidan Mchugh
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Aidan Mchugh since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 240, Purcell got to the 2nd round after defeating Liam Broady 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round, Max had a good straight sets win against Broady (6-2 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 62 points vs Broady’s 36. Max was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell struck 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Max Purcell was pretty effective on serve to win 92% (24/26) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Broady 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (194-149). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an aggregate13-11 win-loss record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Purcell has a composed 20-19 win-loss record in 2022, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indianapolis Challenger
Purcell has never competed in this tournament before.
Aidan Mchugh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 8-6 | 1-1 | 5-7 | 1-3 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 52-30 | 39-20 | 0-0 | 13-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-26 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 23-12 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 34-15 | 7-5 | 10-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 4-8 | 3-2 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 333, Mchugh got to the 2nd round after beating Govind Nanda 7-65 7-63, Shintaro Mochizuki 3-6 7-62 7-68 and Borna Gojo 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Brit had a good straight sets win against Gojo (7-5 6-2). During the match Mchugh scored 67 points vs Gojo’s 52. The Brit was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Mchugh scored 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Aidan Mchugh conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Mchugh put 53% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the 2nd serve. Mchugh broke Gojo 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
The Brit’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M25 Loughborough and M25 Glasgow.
Mchugh has an overall 25-14 win-loss record in 2022, 14-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 81 |
| Pts | 62-36 | 271-246 |
| Total Points | 98 | 517 |
| Winners | 24 | 108 |
| %Winners | 39% | 40% |
Purcell played 1 match while Mchugh competed in 3 matches. Mchugh started his run from the qualifications while Purcell had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Aidan Mchugh lost 1 set while Max Purcell hasn’t lost a set so far. Purcell has played 5 set(s) less than Mchugh (2 vs 7). Therefore, Purcell played 65 games less than Mchugh. The Australian scored 24 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Aidan blasted 108 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 155/264 |
| %1st in | 63% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 108/155 |
| %1st pts | 92% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 66/109 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 61% |
Purcell recorded 9 aces . Mchugh managed to score 20 aces (6.7 per match). Purcell won 92% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Mchugh won 70% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Mchugh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 7/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 37% |
| Conceded | 3 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 6 |
The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian extremely effective on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. Aidan broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Aidan conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-36 | 62-36 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 24/26 | 24/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 92% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mchugh | |||||
| Q1 Nanda |
Q3 Mochizuki |
R1 Gojo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 7-63 | 3-6 7-62 7-68 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 35 | 20 | 81 | |
| pts | 89-83 | 115-111 | 67-52 | 271-246 | |
| Total points | 172 | 226 | 119 | 517 | |
| Winners | 46 | 37 | 25 | 108 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 32% | 37% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 59/83 | 60/113 | 36/68 | 155/264 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 53% | 53% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 46/59 | 37/60 | 25/36 | 108/155 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 62% | 69% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 31/53 | 22/32 | 66/109 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 58% | 69% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 1/7 | 3/8 | 3/4 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 14% | 38% | 75% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 2/7 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 29% | 100% | 204% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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