Sebastian Fanselow and Prajnesh Gunneswaran will play each other in the 2nd round of the Champaign Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Prajnesh Gunneswaran who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the pick to win this match.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran -> 1.74
Sebastian Fanselow -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Fanselow vs. Prajnesh Gunneswaran
This will be the 3rd time that Sebastian Fanselow and Prajnesh Gunneswaran clash against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Gunneswaran (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Gunneswaran won 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Bengalaru Challenger back in 2020.
Sebastian Fanselow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-13 | 7-8 | 1-0 | 8-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-31 | 24-9 | 20-15 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 5-11 | 17-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 17-13 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-15 | 34-13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 334, the German reached the 2nd round after beating Ezekiel Clark 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Fanselow had a good straight sets win against Clark (6-1 6-1). During the match, Fanselow scored 63 points vs Clark’s 36. Fanselow was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Fanselow made 3 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Sebastian Fanselow was pretty efficient on serve to win 83% (19/23) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The German broke Clark 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Fanselow has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (258-170). 5-6 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fanselow has an overall13-17 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Sebastian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Shymkent 1 Challenger,M25+H Kassel and M25 Esch/Alzette.
Fanselow has an overall 27-30 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10-6 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-25 | 19-18 | 0-2 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-12 | 0-6 | 11-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-15 | 12-8 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2019 | 33-26 | 26-15 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 1-7 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 381, Prajnesh got to the 2nd round after beating Stefan Kozlov 3-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Kozlov, Prajnesh recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Gunneswaran scored 86 points vs Kozlov’s 82. Gunneswaran was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Gunneswaran struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Gunneswaran put 66% of his first serves in, winning 67% (38/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Gunneswaran broke Kozlov 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Monterrey Challenger.
Gunneswaran has a compiled 24-23 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2013. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fanselow | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 28 |
| Pts | 63-36 | 86-82 |
| Total Points | 99 | 168 |
| Winners | 19 | 38 |
| %Winners | 30% | 44% |
Both Fanselow and Gunneswaran played 1 match. At the moment, Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 1 set while Sebastian Fanselow hasn’t dropped a set so far. Fanselow has played 1 set(s) less than Gunneswaran (2 vs 3). Therefore, Fanselow played 14 games less than Gunneswaran. The German scored 19 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Prajnesh made 38 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fanselow | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 7 |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 57/86 |
| %1st in | 50% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 38/57 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 67% |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 52% |
Fanselow recorded 3 aces . Gunneswaran recorded 7 aces . Fanselow won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Gunneswaran won 67% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fanselow | Gunneswaran |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 63% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 9 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
The German broke his opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Sebastian very solid his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Indian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Gunneswaran conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Fanselow | |||
| R1 Clark |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 63-36 | 63-36 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 23/46 | 23/46 | |
| % 1st in | 50% | 50% | |
| 1st pts | 19/23 | 19/23 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 13/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Gunneswaran | |||
| R1 Kozlov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 86-82 | 86-82 | |
| Total points | 168 | 168 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 57/86 | 57/86 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 38/57 | 38/57 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Champaign Challenger
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Mathis DebruDebru (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Paul JubbJubb (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Hunter HeckHeck (6-71 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – Denis KudlaKudla (7-61 7-66) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Juncheng ShangShang (7-67 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Karlis OzolinsOzolins (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-1 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – Ezekiel ClarkClark (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Stefan KozlovKozlov (3-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Alafia AyeniAyeni (7-5 7-5) – See score progression
- August HolmgrenHolmgren – Paul JubbJubb (1-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Inaki Montes-De La TorreMontes-De La Torre (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Adam WaltonWalton (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Benjamin LockLock (3-6 6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Mathis DebruDebru (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Ben SheltonShelton – Karlis OzolinsOzolins (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Lucas GerchGerch – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Hunter HeckHeck (6-7(1) 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Prajnesh GunneswaranGunneswaran – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucas GerchGerch – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas Alvarez VaronaAlvarez Varona – August HolmgrenHolmgren (0-0) – H2H and prediction
