Denis Kudla and Emilio Nava will fight against each other in the 2^nd round of the Cary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 7:00 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.74
Emilio Nava -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Emilio Nava

There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Emilio Nava since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Denis Kudla

Ranked no. 105, the American reached the 2^nd round after defeating Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-2 6-2.

In the 1^st round against Svajda, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 6-2 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 68 points vs Svajda’s 67. Kudla was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudla fired 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 66% of his first serves in, winning 62% (31/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the 2nd serve. Denis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Svajda 4 times.

Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (349-266). 15-15 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has a composed 169-134 match record in the last years on hard.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.

The American has an overall 25-27 win-loss record in 2022, 15-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Cary Challenger

Emilio Nava

Ranked no. 177 (career-high), Emilio got to the 2^nd round after beating Garrett Johns 6-1 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Nava had a good straight sets win against Johns (6-1 6-4). During the match Nava scored 67 points vs Johns’s 49. Nava was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.

About the serving games, Nava bagged 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Emilio Nava was very efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Emilio broke Johns 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Nava’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Shymkent 1 Challenger.

Emilio has an overall 34-20 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Kudla	Nava
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	3	2
Tot Games	22	17
Pts	68-67	67-49
Total Points	135	116
Winners	31	28
%Winners	46%	42%

Both Kudla and Nava played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Kudla conceded 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kudla has played 1 set more than Nava (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kudla played 5 games more than Nava. Kudla scored 31 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 28 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Kudla	Nava
Aces	6	7
Avg per match	6	7
1st in	50/76	39/63
%1st in	66%	62%
1st pts	31/50	28/39
%1st pts	62%	72%
2nd pts	15/26	15/24
%2nd pts	58%	63%

Kudla struck 6 aces . Nava fired 7 aces . Kudla won 62% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Kudla	Nava
Won	4	3
Converted	4/4	3/7
% Converted	100%	43%
Conceded	9	2
Saved	6	2
% Saved	67%	100%
Times Broken	3	0

Kudla broke his opponent 4 times with a 100% conversion rate. Denis surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Nava broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Emilio was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Kudla
	R1 Svajda	Total
Score	0-6 6-2 6-2
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	22	22
pts	68-67	68-67
Total points	135	135
Winners	31	31
%Winners	46%	46%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	50/76	50/76
% 1st in	66%	66%
1st pts	31/50	31/50
% 1st pts	62%	62%
2nd pts	15/26	15/26
% 2nd pts	58%	58%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/4	4/4
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Nava
	R1 Johns	Total
Score	6-1 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	67-49	67-49
Total points	116	116
Winners	28	28
%Winners	42%	42%
SERVE
Aces	7	7
Double Faults	2	2
1st in	39/63	39/63
% 1st in	62%	62%
1st pts	28/39	28/39
% 1st pts	72%	72%
2nd pts	15/24	15/24
% 2nd pts	63%	63%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/7	3/7
Converted %	43%	43%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	2/2	2
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

Tennis Scores in Cary Challenger

• Nick ChappellChappell – Daniil GlinkaGlinka (6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Facundo MenaMena – Oliver CrawfordCrawford (7-6⁴ 6-2) – See score progression
• Stefan KozlovKozlov – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (2-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-6⁴ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (0-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Braden ShickShick (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Henry PattenPatten (7-5 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Donald YoungYoung (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Martin DammDamm (6-3 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ryan SeggermanSeggerman (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Keegan SmithSmith – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-3 7-6²) – See score progression
• Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Govind NandaNanda – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Michael MmohMmoh – Daniel CoxCox (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (0-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Emilio NavaNava – Garrett JohnsJohns (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
• Alex RybakovRybakov – Braden ShickShick (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Donald YoungYoung (4-6 6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Aleksandar VukicVukic (7-6(4) 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Juncheng ShangShang – Henry PattenPatten (7-5 7-6(8)) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Nick ChappellChappell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis KudlaKudla – Emilio NavaNava (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Stefan KozlovKozlov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael MmohMmoh – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Govind NandaNanda – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Keegan SmithSmith – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction