Marek Gengel and Marc Polmans will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. 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 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Marc Polmans is the pick to win this match.
Marc Polmans -> 1.444
Marek Gengel -> 2.69
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Prediction and head to head Marek Gengel vs. Marc Polmans
There is no head to head record between Marek Gengel and Marc Polmans since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Marek Gengel
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-14 | 33-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-17 | 16-12 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 377, Gengel got to the semifinal after beating Jeremy Beale 6-4 6-0, Rio Noguchi 7-64 6-3 and Adam Walton 6-2 6-0.
In the quarter, Marek had a good straight sets win against Walton (6-2 6-0). During the match, Gengel scored 55 points vs Walton’s 25. Marek was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Gengel scored 8 aces and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults. Marek Gengel was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 70% (7/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Marek broke Walton 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech hasn’t lost yet a set in this tournament to win 61% of the points he played.
Gengel has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 55% of his matches (209-168). 23-15 on hard in 2022. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gengel has a composed152-80 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
Gengel’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Gengel has a compiled 32-28 win-loss record in 2022, 23-15 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Gengel has never competed in this tournament before.
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, Marc reached the semifinal after defeating Jose Statham 6-2 6-2, Yuta Shimizu 4-6 6-0 6-4 and Mark Whitehouse 6-3 6-1.
In the quarter, Polmans had a good straight sets win against Whitehouse (6-3 6-1). During the match Polmans scored 63 points vs Whitehouse’s 40. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans recorded 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Marc Polmans was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (21/28) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Polmans broke Whitehouse 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Polmans has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
Marc’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Gwangju Challenger.
Marc has an aggregate 12-10 win-loss record in 2022, 12-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gengel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 58 |
| Pts | 194-126 | 234-172 |
| Total Points | 320 | 406 |
| Winners | 90 | 81 |
| %Winners | 46% | 35% |
Both Gengel and Polmans played 3 matches. At the moment, Marc Polmans surrendered 1 set while Marek Gengel hasn’t dropped a set so far. Gengel has played 1 set(s) less than Polmans (6 vs 7). Therefore, Gengel played 6 games less than Polmans. The Czech scored 90 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Marc fired 81 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gengel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5.7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 115/155 | 108/160 |
| %1st in | 74% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 90/115 | 81/108 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 28/40 | 36/52 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 69% |
Gengel scored 17 aces (5.7 per match). Polmans managed to score 12 aces (4 per match). Gengel won 78% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gengel | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 13 |
| Converted | 10/22 | 13/40 |
| % Converted | 45% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Gengel broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Czech very solid his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 3 break points. Marc broke his opponents 13 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gengel | |||||
| R1 Beale |
R2 Noguchi |
1/4 Walton |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 22 | 14 | 52 | |
| pts | 61-36 | 78-65 | 55-25 | 194-126 | |
| Total points | 97 | 143 | 80 | 320 | |
| Winners | 26 | 43 | 21 | 90 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 55% | 38% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/44 | 58/77 | 24/34 | 115/155 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | 71% | 74% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 43/58 | 21/24 | 90/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 88% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/11 | 13/19 | 7/10 | 28/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 73% | 68% | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/10 | 1/3 | 5/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 33% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 3/3 | 0/0 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Polmans | |||||
| R1 Statham |
R2 Shimizu |
1/4 Whitehouse |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-2 | 4-6 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 26 | 16 | 58 | |
| pts | 63-42 | 108-90 | 63-40 | 234-172 | |
| Total points | 105 | 198 | 103 | 406 | |
| Winners | 21 | 39 | 21 | 81 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 36% | 33% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/41 | 58/79 | 28/40 | 108/160 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 73% | 70% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 21/22 | 39/58 | 21/28 | 81/108 | |
| % 1st pts | 95% | 67% | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/19 | 16/21 | 9/12 | 36/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 76% | 75% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/18 | 5/11 | 13/40 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 22% | 45% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 7/8 | 0/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 88% | 0% | 29% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLLWWW Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
- Marek GengelGengel – Adam WaltonWalton (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu – James McCabeMcCabe (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Mark WhitehouseWhitehouse (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (7-64 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marek GengelGengel – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
