Jordan Thompson and Cannon Kingsley will square off in the semifinal of the Columbus 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.285
Cannon Kingsley -> 3.5

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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Cannon Kingsley

There is no head to head record between Jordan Thompson and Cannon Kingsley since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Jordan Thompson

Ranked no. 98, Thompson reached the semifinal after beating Charles Broom 7-6⁵ 6-2, Mukund Sasikumar 6-3 6-3 and Gabriel Diallo 6-2 6-1.

In the quarter, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Diallo (6-2 6-1). During the match, Thompson scored 54 points vs Diallo’s 33. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Thompson made 4 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (23/31) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Jordan broke Diallo 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Australian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Thompson has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (381-255). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Thompson has a compiled 26-15 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Surbiton Challenger and the Nottingham Challenger.

Jordan has a compiled 33-25 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Columbus 2 Challenger

Cannon Kingsley

Ranked no. 566, the American got to the semifinal after beating James Kent Trotter 6-4 6-4, Paul Jubb 7-6⁴ 6-4 and Aleksandar Vukic 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Vukic (6-3 6-2). During the match Kingsley scored 55 points vs Vukic’s 42. Kingsley was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.

Talking about serving, Kingsley struck 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Cannon Kingsley lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kingsley put 73% of his first serves in, winning 68% (25/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Vukic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The American’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in M25 Champaign.

Kingsley has an overall 14-5 win-loss record in 2022, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Thompson	Kingsley
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	6
Tot Games	54	60
Pts	200-145	214-182
Total Points	345	396
Winners	87	82
%Winners	44%	38%

Both Thompson and Kingsley played 3 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Thompson and Kingsley have played the same amount of sets 6. However, Thompson played 6 games less than Kingsley. The Australian scored 87 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Cannon bagged 82 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Thompson	Kingsley
Aces	32	17
Avg per match	10.7	5.7
1st in	114/162	111/180
%1st in	70%	62%
1st pts	87/114	82/111
%1st pts	76%	74%
2nd pts	30/48	41/69
%2nd pts	63%	59%

Thompson managed to score 32 aces (10.7 per match). Kingsley scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Thompson won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Kingsley won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Thompson	Kingsley
Won	10	10
Converted	10/23	10/22
% Converted	43%	45%
Conceded	1	8
Saved	0	4
% Saved	0%	50%
Times Broken	1	4

Jordan broke his opponents 10 times with a 43% conversion rate. Jordan surrendered his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Cannon broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. Cannon conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.

Thompson
	R1 Broom	R2 Kumar Mukund	1/4 Diallo	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	6-3 6-3	6-2 6-1
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	18	15	54
pts	81-68	65-44	54-33	200-145
Total points	149	109	87	345
Winners	38	26	23	87
%Winners	47%	40%	43%	44%
SERVE
Aces	16	12	4	32
Double Faults	0	3	0	3
1st in	51/68	32/46	31/48	114/162
% 1st in	75%	70%	65%	70%
1st pts	38/51	26/32	23/31	87/114
% 1st pts	75%	81%	74%	76%
2nd pts	11/17	9/14	10/17	30/48
% 2nd pts	65%	64%	59%	63%
Breaks
Won	2	4	4	10
Converted	2/10	4/7	4/6	10/23
Converted %	20%	57%	67%	43%
Conceded	0	1	0	1
Saved	0/0	0/1	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%	–	0%
Times Broken	0	1	0	1

Kingsley
	R1 Kent	R2 Jubb	1/4 Vukic	Total
Score	6-4 6-4	7-64 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	20	23	17	60
pts	60-55	99-85	55-42	214-182
Total points	115	184	97	396
Winners	25	32	25	82
%Winners	42%	32%	45%	38%
SERVE
Aces	3	7	7	17
Double Faults	1	2	1	4
1st in	33/55	41/74	37/51	111/180
% 1st in	60%	55%	73%	62%
1st pts	25/33	32/41	25/37	82/111
% 1st pts	76%	78%	68%	74%
2nd pts	15/22	17/33	9/14	41/69
% 2nd pts	68%	52%	64%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	4	4	10
Converted	2/5	4/11	4/6	10/22
Converted %	40%	36%	67%	45%
Conceded	0	6	2	8
Saved	0/0	3/6	1/2	4
Saved %	–	50%	50%	33%
Times Broken	0	3	1	4

Tennis Scores in Columbus 2 Challenger

• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Dominic Stephan StrickerStephan Stricker (4-6 7-6⁷ 6-3) – See score progression
• Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Gabriel DialloDiallo (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
• Emilio GomezGomez – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
• Charles Broom/Constantin FrantzenBroom/Constantin Frantzen – Justin Boulais/James Kent TrotterBoulais/James Kent Trotter (6-7⁵ 7-6³ 14-12) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Jordan ThompsonThompson – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction