Marc Polmans and Mark Whitehouse will fight 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 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Marc Polmans who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.151
Mark Whitehouse -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Marc Polmans vs. Mark Whitehouse
There is no head to head record between Marc Polmans and Mark Whitehouse since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-14 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 478, Polmans got to the quarter after beating Jose Statham 6-2 6-2 and Yuta Shimizu 4-6 6-0 6-4.
In the 2nd round against Shimizu, Marc recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-0 6-4). During the match, Polmans scored 108 points vs Shimizu’s 90. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Polmans fired 5 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve once and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (39/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 76% (16/21) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Shimizu 4 times after converting 22% of his break points (4/18).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc has conceded 1 set in this event to win 56% of the points he played.
Polmans has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (259-206). 11-10 on hard in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Polmans has an overall 149-115 record in the last years on hard.
Polmans’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Marc has an overall 11-10 win-loss record in 2022, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Polmans 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 quarter after defeating Kody Pearson 6-2 6-2, Blake Mott 7-66 6-4, Dayne Kelly 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Mukund Sasikumar 3-6 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round against Kumar Mukund, Mark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-0). During the match Whitehouse scored 81 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 67. The Brit was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Whitehouse fired 11 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mark Whitehouse lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Whitehouse put 69% of his first serves in, winning 72% (38/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Kumar Mukund 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Whitehouse started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
Whitehouse’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Heraklion,M25 Roehampton and M15 Sharm ElSheikh.
Whitehouse has a compiled 28-29 win-loss record in 2022, 19-17 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Polmans | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 89 |
| Pts | 171-132 | 299-246 |
| Total Points | 303 | 545 |
| Winners | 60 | 135 |
| %Winners | 35% | 45% |
Polmans played 2 matches while Whitehouse competed in 4 matches. Whitehouse started his run from the qualifications while Polmans had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Marc Polmans lost 1 set, while Mark Whitehouse dropped 2 sets. Polmans has played 5 set(s) less than Whitehouse (5 vs 10). Therefore, Polmans played 47 games less than Whitehouse. Polmans scored 60 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit scored 135 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Polmans | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 7.8 |
| 1st in | 80/120 | 179/256 |
| %1st in | 67% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 60/80 | 135/179 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 27/40 | 39/77 |
| %2nd pts | 68% | 51% |
Polmans scored 10 aces (5 per match). Whitehouse recorded 31 aces (7.8 per match). Polmans won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Whitehouse won 75% of the points on 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 | Polmans | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 15 |
| Converted | 8/29 | 15/42 |
| % Converted | 28% | 36% |
| Conceded | 8 | 11 |
| Saved | 7 | 5 |
| % Saved | 88% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 6 |
Marc broke his opponents 8 times with a 28% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. Mark broke his opponents 15 times with a 36% conversion rate. Whitehouse conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Polmans | ||||
| R1 Statham |
R2 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-0 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 42 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 108-90 | 171-132 | |
| Total points | 105 | 198 | 303 | |
| Winners | 21 | 39 | 60 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 35% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 58/79 | 80/120 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 73% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 39/58 | 60/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 67% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/21 | 27/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 76% | 68% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/18 | 8/29 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 22% | 28% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/8 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 88% | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Whitehouse | ||||||
| Q1 Pearson |
Q3 Mott |
R1 Kelly |
R2 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 7-66 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | 3-6 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 23 | 27 | 23 | 89 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 77-69 | 76-67 | 81-67 | 299-246 | |
| Total points | 108 | 146 | 143 | 148 | 545 | |
| Winners | 26 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 135 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 45% | 47% | 47% | 45% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 34/43 | 44/69 | 48/67 | 53/77 | 179/256 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 64% | 72% | 69% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 26/34 | 35/44 | 36/48 | 38/53 | 135/179 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 80% | 75% | 72% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/9 | 11/25 | 9/19 | 12/24 | 39/77 | |
| % 2nd pts | 78% | 44% | 47% | 50% | 51% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/7 | 4/10 | 5/11 | 15/42 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | 40% | 45% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/3 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 0% | 60% | 105% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
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