Luke Saville and Kazuma Kawachi will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 4. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luke Saville who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luke Saville is the pick to win this match.
Luke Saville -> 1.161
Kazuma Kawachi -> 4.65
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Prediction and head to head Luke Saville vs. Kazuma Kawachi
There is no head to head record between Luke Saville and Kazuma Kawachi since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luke Saville
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 10-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-26 | 28-18 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 14-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-11 | 18-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 714, Saville got to the qualifications after beating Corey Gaal 3-6 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications against Gaal, Luke recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-1 7-5). During the match, Saville scored 97 points vs Gaal’s 83. Luke was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Saville fired 11 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Overall, Luke Saville was quite effective on serve to win 75% (39/52) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Saville broke Gaal 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Saville has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 54% of his matches (251-214). 13-6 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Saville has an overall 170-151 record in the last years on hard.
Saville has an overall 13-8 win-loss record in 2022, 13-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Saville has never competed in this tournament before.
Kazuma Kawachi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-11 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 18-23 | 13-20 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-20 | 17-18 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-15 | 27-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 833, the Japanese reached the qualifications after defeating Jake Delaney 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Japanese had a good straight sets win against Delaney (6-4 6-3). During the match Kawachi scored 63 points vs Delaney’s 49. Kazuma was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Kawachi blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Kazuma Kawachi lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Kawachi put 65% of his first serves in, winning 78% (28/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (8/19) on the 2nd serve. Kawachi broke Delaney 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Kazuma’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Herzlia.
The Japanese has a compiled 18-19 win-loss record in 2022, 17-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Saville | Kawachi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 19 |
| Pts | 97-83 | 63-49 |
| Total Points | 180 | 112 |
| Winners | 39 | 28 |
| %Winners | 40% | 44% |
Both Saville and Kawachi played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Luke Saville dropped 1 set while Kazuma Kawachi hasn’t dropped a set so far. Saville has played 1 set more than Kawachi (3 vs 2). Therefore, Saville played 9 games more than Kawachi. The Australian scored 39 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, The Japanese bagged 28 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Saville | Kawachi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3 |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 36/55 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 28/36 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 8/19 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 42% |
Saville scored 11 aces . Kawachi bagged 3 aces . Saville won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kawachi won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Saville | Kawachi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 4 |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 |
| Saved | 3 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Saville broke his opponent 4 times with a 33% conversion rate. Saville dropped his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Japanese broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. Kawachi conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Saville | |||
| Q1 Gaal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 97-83 | 97-83 | |
| Total points | 180 | 180 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kawachi | |||
| Q1 Delaney |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 63-49 | 63-49 | |
| Total points | 112 | 112 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 36/55 | 36/55 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/36 | 28/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/19 | 8/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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