Denis Kudla and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
Denis Kudla -> 1.31
Ulises Blanch -> 3.32
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Ulises Blanch
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Ulises Blanch face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they squared off, Kudla won 7-6(8) 2-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Miami back in March 2022.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 105, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-3.
In the 1st round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-4 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 74 points vs Fanselow’s 66. Kudla was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla was very efficient on serve to win 77% (23/30) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Fanselow 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kudla has good match record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (356-270). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an overall 66-44 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Denis’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Kudla has a composed 32-31 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Ulises Blanch
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 14-9 | 10-4 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-23 | 14-11 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-29 | 10-12 | 6-5 | 13-11 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 16-21 | 11-13 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 357, Blanch got to the 2nd round after defeating Duarte Vale 6-1 6-2, Donald Young 6-0 4-1 ret. and Nicolas Mejia 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mejia (6-4 6-4). During the match Blanch scored 62 points vs Mejia’s 57. Ulises was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ulises Blanch was exceptionally effective on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 52% (16/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ulises broke Mejia twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Ulises’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Shymkent 1 Challenger.
Blanch has an aggregate 27-26 win-loss record in 2022, 11-8 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Ulises has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 46 |
| Pts | 74-66 | 170-120 |
| Total Points | 140 | 290 |
| Winners | 23 | 58 |
| %Winners | 31% | 34% |
Kudla played 1 match while Blanch competed in 3 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Kudla had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Kudla has played 5 set(s) less than Blanch (2 vs 7). Therefore, Kudla played 27 games less than Blanch. Kudla scored 23 winners (31% of the total points). On the other side, Ulises managed to score 58 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 4.7 |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 68/145 |
| %1st in | 51% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 58/68 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 42/77 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 55% |
Kudla blasted 10 aces . Blanch blasted 14 aces (4.7 per match). Kudla won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 11 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 11/21 |
| % Converted | 50% | 52% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American pretty solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points. Blanch broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Fanselow | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 74-66 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 31% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 30/59 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 23/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 16/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Blanch | |||||
| Q1 Vale | Q3 Young | R1 Mejia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 6-0 4-1 ret. | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 11 | 20 | 46 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 44-19 | 62-57 | 170-120 | |
| Total points | 108 | 63 | 119 | 290 | |
| Winners | 21 | 10 | 27 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 23% | 44% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 22/45 | 14/37 | 32/63 | 68/145 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 38% | 51% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 10/14 | 27/32 | 58/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 71% | 84% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 16/23 | 16/31 | 42/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 70% | 52% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/5 | 2/4 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 80% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | 300% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Charlottesville Challenger
- Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (7-64 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Paul JubbJubb – Michael MmohMmoh (7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Aziz DougazDougaz (7-5 7-68) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – Ulises BlanchBlanch (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo MenaMena – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Edan LeshemLeshem – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Stefan KozlovKozlov (0-0) – H2H and prediction