Mukund Sasikumar and Mark Whitehouse will square off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on COURT 4. 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 Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Mukund Sasikumar is the pick to win this match.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.25
Mark Whitehouse -> 3.78
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Prediction and head to head Mukund Sasikumar vs. Mark Whitehouse
There is no head to head record between Mukund Sasikumar and Mark Whitehouse since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-17 | 20-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 361, Sasi got to the 2nd round after beating James Duckworth 4-6 6-3 7-65.
In the 1st round against Duckworth, Kumar Mukund recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 7-65). During the match, Kumar Mukund scored 92 points vs Duckworth’s 90. Sasi was quite aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kumar Mukund made 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 64% of his first serves in, winning 70% (46/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Duckworth twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Kumar Mukund has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 54% of his matches (293-247). 25-16 on hard in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kumar Mukund has an aggregate218-158 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Forli 1 Challenger,M15 Jakarta and M25 Sintra.
The Indian has an aggregate 39-29 win-loss record in 2022, 25-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Kumar Mukund has never competed in this tournament before.
Mark Whitehouse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 13-26 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-33 | 25-21 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-18 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 677, Whitehouse reached the 2nd round after defeating Kody Pearson 6-2 6-2, Blake Mott 7-66 6-4 and Dayne Kelly 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kelly, Mark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4). During the match Whitehouse scored 76 points vs Kelly’s 67. The Brit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Whitehouse scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mark Whitehouse lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Whitehouse put 72% of his first serves in, winning 75% (36/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. The Brit broke Kelly 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).
Whitehouse’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Heraklion,M25 Roehampton and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
The Brit has an aggregate 27-29 win-loss record in 2022, 18-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar Mukund | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 66 |
| Pts | 92-90 | 218-179 |
| Total Points | 182 | 397 |
| Winners | 46 | 97 |
| %Winners | 50% | 44% |
Kumar Mukund played 1 match while Whitehouse competed in 3 matches. Whitehouse started his run from the qualifications while Kumar Mukund had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Mukund Sasikumar surrendered 1 set, while Mark Whitehouse lost 1 set. Kumar Mukund has played 4 set(s) less than Whitehouse (3 vs 7). Therefore, Kumar Mukund played 34 games less than Whitehouse. The Indian scored 46 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Mark fired 97 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar Mukund | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 20 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 6.7 |
| 1st in | 66/103 | 126/179 |
| %1st in | 64% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 97/126 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 27/53 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 51% |
Kumar Mukund struck 9 aces . Whitehouse bagged 20 aces (6.7 per match). Kumar Mukund won 70% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Whitehouse won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 51% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar Mukund | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 10 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 10/31 |
| % Converted | 67% | 32% |
| Conceded | 7 | 6 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Kumar Mukund broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Indian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| R1 Duckworth |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 92-90 | 92-90 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 46 | 46 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 66/103 | 66/103 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 46/66 | 46/66 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 24/37 | 24/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Whitehouse | |||||
| Q1 Pearson |
Q3 Mott |
R1 Kelly |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 27 | 66 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 77-69 | 76-67 | 218-179 | |
| Total points | 108 | 146 | 143 | 397 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 36 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 6 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 44/69 | 48/67 | 126/179 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 64% | 72% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 35/44 | 36/48 | 97/126 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 80% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 11/25 | 9/19 | 27/53 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 44% | 47% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/7 | 4/10 | 10/31 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | 40% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 0% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLWLWWL Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran (4-6 7-63 7-63) – See score progression
- Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Dayne KellyKelly (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex BoltBolt – Dane SweenySweeny (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Colin SinclairSinclair (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Omar JasikaJasika (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Philip SekulicSekulic (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Jeremy JinJin (7-61 7-5) – See score progression
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Li TuTu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Luke SavilleSaville – Ajeet RaiRai (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jose StathamStatham (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – Mitchell HarperHarper (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Marek GengelGengel – Jeremy BealeBeale (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – James DuckworthDuckworth (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Blake EllisEllis (4-6 6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Li TuTu (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Luke SavilleSaville – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan SmithSmith – Yuichiro InuiInui (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kyle SeeligSeelig – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuichiro InuiInui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yuta ShimizuShimizu – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rio NoguchiNoguchi – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
