Dominik Koepfer and Tennys Sandgren will face off in the quarter of the Cary Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 9:00 pm on COURT 15. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Koepfer who should win in 2 sets.
Dominik Koepfer -> 1.32
Tennys Sandgren -> 3.26
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Koepfer vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 3rd time that Dominik Koepfer and Tennys Sandgren face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Koepfer and Sandgren (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Koepfer won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Winston Salem back in 2018.
Dominik Koepfer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-19 | 10-6 | 6-9 | 3-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-19 | 7-6 | 24-5 | 6-6 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-14 | 12-9 | 0-0 | 7-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-30 | 10-12 | 10-9 | 5-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Dominik got to the quarter after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-4 and Keegan Smith 1-6 6-3 6-2
.In the 2nd round against Smith, Dominik recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-3 6-2). During the match, Koepfer scored 89 points vs Smith’s 83. Dominik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Koepfer struck 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dominik Koepfer lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Koepfer put 56% of his first serves in, winning 70% (32/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Smith 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has surrendered 1 set in this competition to conquer 53% of the points he played.
Koepfer has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (228-158). 10-8 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Koepfer has a compiled116-74 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The German has a compiled 12-12 win-loss record in 2022, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Tennys Sandgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 446, Sandgren reached the quarter after beating Aidan Mchugh 6-4 6-2 and Juan Pablo Ficovich 7-63 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Sandgren had a good straight sets win against Pablo Ficovich (7-63 6-3). During the match Sandgren scored 77 points vs Pablo Ficovich’s 67. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren bagged 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Tennys Sandgren was extremely effective on serve to win 81% (35/43) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sandgren broke Pablo Ficovich once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 9-14 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Koepfer | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 40 |
| Pts | 158-139 | 142-111 |
| Total Points | 297 | 253 |
| Winners | 56 | 64 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Both Koepfer and Sandgren played 2 matches. At the moment, Dominik Koepfer lost 1 set while Tennys Sandgren hasn’t lost a set so far. Koepfer has played 1 set more than Sandgren (5 vs 4). Therefore, Koepfer played 4 games more than Sandgren. Dominik scored 56 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The American blasted 64 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Koepfer | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 5.5 | 10 |
| 1st in | 84/142 | 79/128 |
| %1st in | 59% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 56/84 | 64/79 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 33/58 | 25/49 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 51% |
Koepfer scored 11 aces (5.5 per match). Sandgren struck 20 aces (10 per match). Koepfer won 67% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 81% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Koepfer | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 6 |
| Converted | 7/19 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 37% | 43% |
| Conceded | 14 | 7 |
| Saved | 10 | 5 |
| % Saved | 71% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Dominik broke his opponents 7 times with a 37% conversion rate. Koepfer surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Sandgren broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Sandgren conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Koepfer | ||||
| R1 Kovacevic | R2 Smith | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 89-83 | 158-139 | |
| Total points | 125 | 172 | 297 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 56 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 46/82 | 84/142 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 32/46 | 56/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 19/36 | 33/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 53% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/8 | 7/19 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 38% | 37% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 7/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 78% | 69% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Sandgren | ||||
| R1 Mchugh | R2 Pablo Ficovich | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 | 40 | |
| pts | 65-44 | 77-67 | 142-111 | |
| Total points | 109 | 144 | 253 | |
| Winners | 29 | 35 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 12 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 36/57 | 43/71 | 79/128 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 61% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 35/43 | 64/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 16/28 | 25/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 57% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 1/6 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 17% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 4/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Facundo MenaMena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael MmohMmoh – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (1-0) – H2H and prediction