Max Purcell and Mukund Sasikumar will fight against each other in the 1st round of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 3:00 pm 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 -> 1.25
Mukund Sasikumar -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will fight against 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. 203, Max will start his run in the Chennai Challenger after he played his last match in the Burnie Challenger where he lost 6-4 2-6 6-3 to Polmans in the 2nd round on the 1st of February.
Purcell has a composed 6-3 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 216-162 record. He has a positive 156-113 record on hard.
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018. See his history.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 19-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 402, the Indian reached the 1st round after beating Sidharth Rawat 6-4 6-2 and Jason Jung 4-6 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Jung, Kumar Mukund recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-4 6-4). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 103 points vs Jung’s 99. The Indian was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund bagged 11 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve 3 times and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 66% of his first serves in, winning 71% (47/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 41% (14/34) on the 2nd serve. Sasi broke Jung 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kumar Mukund started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Kumar Mukund has a composed 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur CazauxCazaux – Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Nino SerdarusicSerdarusic (6-4 7-66) – Stats, scores, rankings
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