Alibek Kachmazov and Benjamin Lock will play each other in the qualifications of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. 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 Alibek Kachmazov who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alibek Kachmazov is the pick to win this match.
Alibek Kachmazov -> 1.3
Benjamin Lock -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Alibek Kachmazov vs. Benjamin Lock
This will be the 2nd time that Alibek Kachmazov and Benjamin Lock face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kachmazov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kachmazov won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in M15 Kazan back in 2021.
Alibek Kachmazov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-15 | 8-6 | 6-4 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 49-31 | 24-14 | 9-6 | 14-10 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 49-21 | 18-11 | 9-5 | 22-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 6-8 | 3-6 | 27-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-11 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 342, Kachmazov reached the qualifications after beating Chirag Duhan 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Alibek had a good straight sets win against Duhan (6-3 6-3). During the match, Kachmazov scored 62 points vs Duhan’s 40. Kachmazov was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kachmazov made 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alibek Kachmazov was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kachmazov broke Duhan 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kachmazov has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 62% of his matches (115-69). 7-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kachmazov has a compiled47-35 win-loss record in the last 5 years on hard.
The Russian has an aggregate 11-8 win-loss record in 2023, 7-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Kachmazov has never competed in this tournament before.
Benjamin Lock
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-16 | 2-5 | 20-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-32 | 13-16 | 25-11 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 18-17 | 21-10 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-30 | 20-18 | 1-5 | 3-6 | 4-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 8-7 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 392, Benjamin got to the qualifications after beating Manish Sureshkumar 2-6 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications against Sureshkumar, Benjamin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-1). During the match Lock scored 77 points vs Sureshkumar’s 58. Lock was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Lock blasted 3 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Benjamin Lock lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Lock put 76% of his first serves in, winning 69% (31/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. The broke Sureshkumar 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Benjamin has an overall 2-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kachmazov | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 22 |
| Pts | 62-40 | 77-58 |
| Total Points | 102 | 135 |
| Winners | 25 | 31 |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% |
Both Kachmazov and Lock played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Benjamin Lock surrendered 1 set while Alibek Kachmazov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kachmazov has played 1 set(s) less than Lock (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kachmazov played 4 games less than Lock. Kachmazov scored 25 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Benjamin recorded 31 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kachmazov | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 45/59 |
| %1st in | 63% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 31/45 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 7/14 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 50% |
Kachmazov scored 4 aces . Lock scored 3 aces . Kachmazov won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kachmazov | Lock |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 43% |
| Conceded | 0 | 6 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Kachmazov broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Kachmazov quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lock broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Lock conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kachmazov | |||
| Q1 Duhan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 62-40 | 62-40 | |
| Total points | 102 | 102 | |
| Winners | 25 | 25 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 30/48 | 30/48 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 25/30 | 25/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Lock | |||
| Q1 Sureshkumar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 77-58 | 77-58 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 45/59 | 45/59 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 31/45 | 31/45 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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