Keegan Smith and Donald Young will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Keegan Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.65
Donald Young -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Donald Young
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Donald Young since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-14 | 17-12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 410, Keegan reached the qualifications after defeating Benjamin Sigouin 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Sigouin (6-3 6-4). During the match, Smith scored 66 points vs Sigouin’s 49. Keegan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith recorded 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Keegan Smith lost the serve once and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 73% of his first serves in, winning 67% (29/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the 2nd serve. Keegan broke Sigouin 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Smith has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (99-59). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Smith has a compiled15-12 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Smith has an overall 2-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Donald Young
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4-13 | 2-7 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-20 | 11-12 | 2-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 10-15 | 5-9 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 4-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 26-28 | 23-22 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 607, Donald reached the qualifications after defeating Kiranpal Pannu 5-7 6-2 6-2.
In the qualifications against Pannu, Donald recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-2 6-2). During the match Young scored 85 points vs Pannu’s 68. Donald was exceptionally aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Young recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Donald Young lost the serve 3 times. Furthermore, Young put 51% of his first serves in, winning 69% (25/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Pannu 6 times after converting 60% of his break points (6/10).
Donald has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Young |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 28 |
| Pts | 66-49 | 85-68 |
| Total Points | 115 | 153 |
| Winners | 29 | 25 |
| %Winners | 44% | 29% |
Both Smith and Young played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Donald Young dropped 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t conceded a set so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Young (2 vs 3). Therefore, Smith played 9 games less than Young. Keegan scored 29 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Donald managed to score 25 winners (29%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Young |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 4 |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 36/71 |
| %1st in | 73% | 51% |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 25/36 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 60% |
Smith struck 7 aces . Young scored 4 aces . Smith won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Young won 69% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Smith | Young |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/10 |
| % Converted | 60% | 60% |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 |
| Saved | 3 | 0 |
| % Saved | 75% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 |
Keegan broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Smith dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Donald broke his opponent 6 times with a 60% conversion rate. Donald conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Sigouin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 66-49 | |
| Total points | 115 | 115 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/59 | 43/59 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Young | |||
| Q1 Pannu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 85-68 | 85-68 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 36/71 | 36/71 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 51% | |
| 1st pts | 25/36 | 25/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 6/10 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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