Max Purcell and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Sydney Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.21
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Prajnesh Gunneswaran fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Gunneswaran won 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Ningboo Challenger back in 2019.
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. 241, the Australian will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 6-1 6-1 to Hijikata in the semifinal on the 29th of October.
Purcell has a composed 33-28 win-loss record in 2022, 18-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Max’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 207-158 record. He has a positive 147-109 record on hard.
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Max has never competed in this tournament before.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 345, Prajnesh will start his run in the Sydney Challenger after he played his last match in the Playford Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-1 to Duckworth in the 1st round on the 25th of October.
The Indian has a compiled 22-21 win-loss record in 2022, 19-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
In terms of his career, Gunneswaran has an overall 296-197 record. He has a positive 203-112 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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Upcoming matches in the draw
- Jose StathamStatham – Marc PolmansPolmans (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Max PurcellPurcell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan SmithSmith – Yuichiro InuiInui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex BoltBolt – Dane SweenySweeny (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Luke SavilleSaville (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Li TuTu – Yuichiro InuiInui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Aleksandar VukicVukic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Omar JasikaJasika – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Dayne KellyKelly (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Mitchell HarperHarper (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
