Denis Kudla and Emilio Nava will square off in the quarter of the Charlottesville Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on BRENDA MYERS COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.78
Emilio Nava -> 1.99
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Emilio Nava
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Emilio Nava clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Kudla won 6-7(4) 6-1 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Cary Challenger back in September 2022.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-20 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 6-4 | 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, Kudla reached the quarter after beating Sebastian Fanselow 6-4 6-3 and Ulises Blanch 7-63 1-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Denis defeated Blanch (7-63 1-6 6-2). During the match, Kudla scored 81 points vs Blanch’s 79. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 54% of his first serves in, winning 64% (28/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (24/37) on the 2nd serve. Denis was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Blanch 3 times.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Kudla has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (357-270). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has an aggregate 67-44 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kudla’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Phoenix Challenger and the Surbiton Challenger.
Denis has an overall 33-31 win-loss record in 2022, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-29 | 15-14 | 8-8 | 4-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 174, Nava got to the quarter after defeating Nathan Ponwith 5-7 6-2 6-3 and Facundo Mena 6-2 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Emilio had a good straight sets win against Mena (6-2 6-1). During the match Nava scored 57 points vs Mena’s 36. Emilio was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Nava recorded 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Emilio Nava lost the serve once. Furthermore, Nava put 68% of his first serves in, winning 79% (22/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Mena 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nava has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Shymkent 1 Challenger.
The American has an aggregate 40-25 win-loss record in 2022, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charlottesville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 44 |
| Pts | 155-145 | 146-115 |
| Total Points | 300 | 261 |
| Winners | 51 | 59 |
| %Winners | 33% | 40% |
Both Kudla and Nava played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla lost 1 set, while Emilio Nava lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Nava have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kudla played 3 games more than Nava. Kudla scored 51 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Emilio made 59 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 16 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8 |
| 1st in | 74/140 | 79/129 |
| %1st in | 53% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 51/74 | 59/79 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 40/66 | 32/50 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 64% |
Kudla struck 16 aces (8 per match). Nava struck 16 aces (8 per match). Kudla won 69% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Nava won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Nava |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 9 |
| Converted | 6/9 | 9/12 |
| % Converted | 67% | 75% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 4 | 2 |
| % Saved | 57% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Denis broke his opponents 6 times with a 67% conversion rate. Kudla lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 9 times with a 75% conversion rate. Nava conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Fanselow |
R2 Blanch |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 7-63 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 | 47 | |
| pts | 74-66 | 81-79 | 155-145 | |
| Total points | 140 | 160 | 300 | |
| Winners | 23 | 28 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 35% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 30/59 | 44/81 | 74/140 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 54% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 28/44 | 51/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 64% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/29 | 24/37 | 40/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 65% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/3 | 6/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 100% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Nava | ||||
| R1 Ponwith |
R2 Mena |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 15 | 44 | |
| pts | 89-79 | 57-36 | 146-115 | |
| Total points | 168 | 93 | 261 | |
| Winners | 37 | 22 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 51/88 | 28/41 | 79/129 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 68% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 22/28 | 59/79 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/37 | 6/13 | 32/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 46% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 6/8 | 9/12 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 0/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 0% | 34% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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