Denis Kudla and Fernando Verdasco will play each other in the 1st round of the San Diego Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 5:30 pm on BARNES STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
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 -> 1.64
Fernando Verdasco -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Fernando Verdasco
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Fernando Verdasco play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Kudla and Verdasco (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Kudla won 6-4 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Houston back in 2018.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 1-3 | 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. 104, the American will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match in the Cary Challenger where he lost 7-6(5) 6-3 to Koepfer in the semifinal on the 17th of September.
Kudla has a compiled 27-28 win-loss record in 2022, 17-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The American’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 455-347 record. He has a positive 219-170 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2021. See his history.
Fernando Verdasco
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6-16 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-32 | 17-12 | 12-13 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-20 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 0-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-8 | 4-2 | 0-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-27 | 6-8 | 8-9 | 7-6 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 115, Fernando will start his run in San Diego after he played his last match in the Istanbul Challenger where he lost 6-4 6-3 to Kirci in the 2nd round on the 14th of September.
The Spaniard has a compiled 30-26 win-loss record in 2022, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Verdasco’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Fernando has an overall 656-490 record. He has a positive 239-179 record on hard.
Previously in San Diego
The Spaniard has never competed in this tournament before.
Head 2 Head
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- James DuckworthDuckworth – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 4-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Facundo MenaMena (7-66 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis KudlaKudla – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Taro DanielDaniel – Emilio NavaNava (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Marc-Andrea HueslerHuesler – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
