Denis Kudla and Dominik Koepfer will play each other in the semifinal of the Cary Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 8:00 pm on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Koepfer who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominik Koepfer is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Koepfer -> 1.72
Denis Kudla -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Dominik Koepfer
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Dominik Koepfer fight against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudla and Koepfer (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Koepfer won 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the San Francisco Challenger back in 2018.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, Kudla got to the semifinal after defeating Zachary Svajda 0-6 6-2 6-2, Emilio Nava 6-74 6-1 6-3 and Facundo Mena 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-3 6-1). During the match, Kudla scored 52 points vs Mena’s 32. Denis was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla was pretty efficient on serve to win 88% (22/25) of his 1st serve and 58% (11/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Mena 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has dropped 2 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Kudla has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (351-266). 17-15 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has an overall 171-134 match record in the last years on hard.
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 27-27 win-loss record in 2022, 17-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cary Challenger
Dominik Koepfer
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-11 | 10-5 | 2-5 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 3-4 | 8-4 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 194, Koepfer reached the semifinal after beating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-4 6-4, Keegan Smith 1-6 6-3 6-2 and Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-2.
In the quarter, The German had a good straight sets win against Sandgren (6-4 6-2). During the match Koepfer scored 63 points vs Sandgren’s 42. The German was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Koepfer blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dominik Koepfer was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 88% (15/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dominik broke Sandgren 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Koepfer has an overall 13-12 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 67 | 62 |
| Pts | 228-198 | 221-181 |
| Total Points | 426 | 402 |
| Winners | 100 | 77 |
| %Winners | 44% | 35% |
Both Kudla and Koepfer played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla conceded 2 sets, while Dominik Koepfer lost 1 set. Kudla has played 1 set more than Koepfer (8 vs 7). Therefore, Kudla played 5 games more than Koepfer. The American scored 100 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Dominik fired 77 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 157/229 | 111/186 |
| %1st in | 69% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 100/157 | 77/111 |
| %1st pts | 64% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 42/72 | 48/75 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 64% |
Kudla scored 9 aces (3 per match). Koepfer recorded 14 aces (4.7 per match). Kudla won 64% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Koepfer won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Koepfer |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 14 | 10 |
| Converted | 14/22 | 10/24 |
| % Converted | 64% | 42% |
| Conceded | 19 | 14 |
| Saved | 14 | 10 |
| % Saved | 74% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 4 |
Denis broke his opponents 14 times with a 64% conversion rate. Kudla lost his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||||
| R1 Svajda |
R2 Nava |
1/4 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-74 6-1 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 29 | 16 | 67 | |
| pts | 68-67 | 108-99 | 52-32 | 228-198 | |
| Total points | 135 | 207 | 84 | 426 | |
| Winners | 31 | 47 | 22 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 44% | 42% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | |
| 1st in | 50/76 | 82/109 | 25/44 | 157/229 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 75% | 57% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/50 | 47/82 | 22/25 | 100/157 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 57% | 88% | 64% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 16/27 | 11/19 | 42/72 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 59% | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 6/12 | 4/6 | 14/22 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 50% | 67% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 0 | 19 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 8/10 | 0/0 | 14 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 80% | – | 49% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Koepfer | |||||
| R1 Kovacevic |
R2 Smith |
1/4 Sandgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 1-6 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 24 | 18 | 62 | |
| pts | 69-56 | 89-83 | 63-42 | 221-181 | |
| Total points | 125 | 172 | 105 | 402 | |
| Winners | 24 | 32 | 21 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 7 | 4 | 3 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 38/60 | 46/82 | 27/44 | 111/186 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 56% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 24/38 | 32/46 | 21/27 | 77/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 70% | 78% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/22 | 19/36 | 15/17 | 48/75 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 53% | 88% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 3/8 | 3/5 | 10/24 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 38% | 60% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 0 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 7/9 | 0/0 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 78% | – | 46% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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