Edan Leshem and Nathan Ponwith will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Rome Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 3. 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 Edan Leshem who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Edan Leshem is the pick to win this match.
Edan Leshem -> 1.74
Nathan Ponwith -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Edan Leshem vs. Nathan Ponwith
There is no head to head record between Edan Leshem and Nathan Ponwith since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Edan Leshem
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-17 | 6-8 | 1-1 | 9-7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 33-20 | 0-0 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 24-19 | 19-13 | 0-2 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-12 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
Ranked no. 354, Leshem got to the 2nd round after beating Shintaro Mochizuki 6-74 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mochizuki, Edan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-74 6-3 6-2). During the match, Leshem scored 106 points vs Mochizuki’s 86. Edan was exceptionally aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Leshem blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Edan Leshem lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Leshem put 55% of his first serves in, winning 65% (39/60) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (27/49) on the 2nd serve. The Israeli broke Mochizuki 7 times after converting 64% of his break points (7/11).
Leshem has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (261-181). 6-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Leshem has a compiled28-39 record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Leshem has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Rome Challenger
The Israeli has never competed in this tournament before.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-23 | 15-18 | 2-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 480 (career-high), Ponwith got to the 2nd round after defeating Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-75 6-3.
In the 1st round, Ponwith defeated Hijikata (6-4 6-75 6-3). During the match Ponwith scored 109 points vs Hijikata’s 91. Nathan was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about serving, Ponwith struck 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Nathan Ponwith was extremely efficient on serve to win 75% (44/59) of his 1st serve and 64% (27/42) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Hijikata 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Ponwith’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Wesley Chapel.
Nathan has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Leshem | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 32 |
| Pts | 106-86 | 109-91 |
| Total Points | 192 | 200 |
| Winners | 39 | 44 |
| %Winners | 37% | 40% |
Both Leshem and Ponwith played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Edan Leshem surrendered 1 set, while Nathan Ponwith dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Leshem and Ponwith have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Leshem played 2 games less than Ponwith. The Israeli scored 39 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, The American recorded 44 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Leshem | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 59/101 |
| %1st in | 55% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 44/59 |
| %1st pts | 65% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 27/42 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 64% |
Leshem recorded 7 aces . Ponwith recorded 5 aces . Leshem won 65% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Ponwith 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 | Leshem | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 3 |
| Converted | 7/11 | 3/8 |
| % Converted | 64% | 38% |
| Conceded | 9 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 56% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 1 |
The Israeli broke his opponent 7 times with a 64% conversion rate. Leshem conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Ponwith conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Leshem | |||
| R1 Mochizuki |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-74 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 106-86 | 106-86 | |
| Total points | 192 | 192 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 60/109 | 60/109 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 39/60 | 39/60 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/11 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 64% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/9 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 56% | 56% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Ponwith | |||
| R1 Hijikata |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-75 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 109-91 | 109-91 | |
| Total points | 200 | 200 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 59/101 | 59/101 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 44/59 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 27/42 | 27/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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