Max Purcell and Tristan Schoolkate will clash against each other in the quarter of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, 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 -> 1.29
Tristan Schoolkate -> 3.46
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Tristan Schoolkate
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Tristan Schoolkate since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
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, Max reached the quarter after defeating Prajnesh Gunneswaran 4-6 7-63 7-63 and Kyle Seelig 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Seelig (6-3 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 58 points vs Seelig’s 38. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell bagged 8 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 86% (25/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (13/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Seelig 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has dropped 1 set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 57% of his matches (209-158). 20-14 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed149-109 record in the last 8 years on hard.
Max’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in the Playford Challenger.
Max has an aggregate 35-28 win-loss record in 2022, 20-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Purcell has never competed in this tournament before.
Tristan Schoolkate
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-18 | 20-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-30 | 30-23 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 8-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-29 | 24-15 | 17-11 | 0-0 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 8-9 | 3-5 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2020 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 419, Tristan reached the quarter after defeating Omar Jasika 6-2 1-6 6-3 and Luke Saville 7-64 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Saville (7-64 7-64). During the match Schoolkate scored 99 points vs Saville’s 92. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
About the serving games, Schoolkate managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tristan Schoolkate lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Schoolkate put 58% of his first serves in, winning 77% (43/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (17/40) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Saville twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tristan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Schoolkate’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra and M15 Cairo.
Schoolkate has an aggregate 44-27 win-loss record in 2022, 20-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 50 |
| Pts | 180-144 | 170-154 |
| Total Points | 324 | 324 |
| Winners | 78 | 71 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Purcell and Schoolkate played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 1 set, while Tristan Schoolkate dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Schoolkate have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Purcell played 3 games more than Schoolkate. The Australian scored 78 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Tristan scored 71 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 24 | 14 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 7 |
| 1st in | 99/162 | 91/154 |
| %1st in | 61% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 78/99 | 71/91 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 34/63 | 31/63 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 49% |
Purcell made 24 aces (12 per match). Schoolkate fired 14 aces (7 per match). Purcell won 79% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Schoolkate won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 49% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Schoolkate |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 5/14 |
| % Converted | 55% | 36% |
| Conceded | 10 | 8 |
| Saved | 6 | 4 |
| % Saved | 60% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Max broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Australian lost his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Schoolkate broke his opponents 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Schoolkate conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Gunneswaran |
R2 Seelig |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-63 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 17 | 53 | |
| pts | 122-106 | 58-38 | 180-144 | |
| Total points | 228 | 96 | 324 | |
| Winners | 53 | 25 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 8 | 24 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 70/113 | 29/49 | 99/162 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 59% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 53/70 | 25/29 | 78/99 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 86% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/43 | 13/20 | 34/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 49% | 65% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/4 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 75% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 1/1 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 100% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Schoolkate | ||||
| R1 Jasika |
R2 Saville |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 1-6 6-3 | 7-64 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 26 | 50 | |
| pts | 71-62 | 99-92 | 170-154 | |
| Total points | 133 | 191 | 324 | |
| Winners | 28 | 43 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 5 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/58 | 56/96 | 91/154 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | 43/56 | 71/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 77% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/23 | 17/40 | 31/63 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 43% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 2/9 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 22% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 67% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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