Max Purcell and Marc Polmans will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 8th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.571
Marc Polmans -> 2.34
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 8th time that Max Purcell and Marc Polmans fight against each other. The head to head is 4-3 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Purcell won 7-6(7) 4-6 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger back in February 2022.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 282, Purcell reached the 2nd round after beating Seita Watanabe 6-0 6-2, Seong Chan Hong 7-65 6-0 and Rinky Hijikata 3-6 7-612 6-4.
In the 1st round against Hijikata, Purcell recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-612 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 113 points vs Hijikata’s 112. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 45 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell recorded 6 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Purcell put 63% of his first serves in, winning 64% (45/70) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (27/42) on the 2nd serve. Purcell broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (204-156). 15-12 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed144-107 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Max has an overall 30-26 win-loss record in 2022, 15-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 563, Marc reached the 2nd round after beating James Duckworth 6-4 2-6 6-4.
In the 1st round, Marc defeated Duckworth (6-4 2-6 6-4).During the match Polmans scored less points (1) than Duckworth. In fact, the world no. 282 won 91 points vs Duckworth’s. That means that Polmans was more focused during the important points. Polmans was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans bagged 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 61% of his first serves in, winning 70% (40/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (14/36) on the 2nd serve. Marc broke Duckworth 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
The Australian’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Polmans has an aggregate 8-9 win-loss record in 2022, 8-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 65 | 28 |
| Pts | 238-195 | 91-92 |
| Total Points | 433 | 183 |
| Winners | 98 | 40 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Purcell played 3 matches while Polmans competed in 1 match. Purcell started his run from the qualifications while Polmans had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 1 set, while Marc Polmans lost 1 set. Purcell has played 4 sets more than Polmans (7 vs 3). Therefore, Purcell played 37 games more than Polmans. Max scored 98 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 40 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 3 |
| 1st in | 136/224 | 57/93 |
| %1st in | 61% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 98/136 | 40/57 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 54/88 | 14/36 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 39% |
Purcell made 17 aces (5.7 per match). Polmans managed to score 3 aces . Purcell won 72% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 70% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 4 |
| Converted | 11/22 | 4/10 |
| % Converted | 50% | 40% |
| Conceded | 10 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 70% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Purcell broke his opponents 11 times with a 50% conversion rate. Max dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. Marc conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||
| Q1 Watanabe |
Q3 Chan Hong |
R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-0 6-2 | 7-65 6-0 | 3-6 7-612 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 19 | 32 | 65 | |
| pts | 58-35 | 67-48 | 113-112 | 238-195 | |
| Total points | 93 | 115 | 225 | 433 | |
| Winners | 23 | 30 | 45 | 98 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 40% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 31/56 | 70/112 | 136/224 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 55% | 63% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 23/35 | 30/31 | 45/70 | 98/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 97% | 64% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/21 | 14/25 | 27/42 | 54/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 56% | 64% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/6 | 3/9 | 11/22 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 50% | 33% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/1 | 3/6 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Polmans | |||||
| R1 Duckworth |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 2-6 6-4 | ||||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |||
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |||
| pts | 91-92 | 91-92 | |||
| Total points | 183 | 183 | |||
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |||
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |||
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |||
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |||
| 1st in | 57/93 | 57/93 | |||
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |||
| 1st pts | 40/57 | 40/57 | |||
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |||
| 2nd pts | 14/36 | 14/36 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |||
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |||
| Converted | 4/10 | 4/10 | |||
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |||
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |||
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |||
| Saved % | 56% | 19% | |||
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |||
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Busan Challenger
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Naoki NakagawaNakagawa (6-0 6-3) – See score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- John MillmanMillman – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Rinky HijikataHijikata (3-6 7-612 6-4) – See score progression
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Tung-Lin WuWu (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (4-6 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 2-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Hiroki MoriyaMoriya (1-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Li TuTu (6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Skander MansouriMansouri (7-65 7-62) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Maximilian MartererMarterer (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic – Keegan SmithSmith (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- John MillmanMillman – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ji Sung NamSung Nam – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Joris De LooreDe Loore – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Max PurcellPurcell (3-4) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Yunseong ChungChung (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
