Dominik Palan and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will face off in the qualifications of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dominik Palan who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Dominik Palan is the pick to win this match.
Dominik Palan -> 1.3
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha -> 3.3
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Prediction and head to head Dominik Palan vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
This will be the 2nd time that Dominik Palan and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Palan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Palan won 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in M25 Indore back in 2022.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-15 | 8-13 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-12 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 414, the Czech reached the qualifications after beating Petr Nouza 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Palan had a good straight sets win against Nouza (6-3 6-4). During the match, Palan scored 66 points vs Nouza’s 48. Dominik was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about the service games, Palan struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Dominik Palan was quite efficient on serve to win 91% (30/33) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Palan broke Nouza twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Palan has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 55% of his matches (113-94). 3-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Palan has a composed100-73 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Dominik has a compiled 3-5 win-loss record in 2023, 3-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Palan has never competed in this tournament before.
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 19-25 | 18-21 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 28-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-15 | 11-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 719, the Indian reached the qualifications after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-75 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications against Mpetshi Perricard, Kaliyanda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-4 6-4). During the match Kaliyanda scored 98 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 89. The Indian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 48 winners.
Talking about serving, Kaliyanda recorded 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha was pretty efficient on serve to win 77% (48/62) of his 1st serve and 71% (22/31) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mpetshi Perricard twice.
Niki has a compiled 3-3 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Palan | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 33 |
| Pts | 66-48 | 98-89 |
| Total Points | 114 | 187 |
| Winners | 30 | 48 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Palan and Kaliyanda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha surrendered 1 set while Dominik Palan hasn’t lost a set so far. Palan has played 1 set(s) less than Kaliyanda (2 vs 3). Therefore, Palan played 14 games less than Kaliyanda. Palan scored 30 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian fired 48 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Palan | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 5 |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 62/93 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 48/62 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 22/31 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 71% |
Palan scored 7 aces . Kaliyanda blasted 5 aces . Palan won 91% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Kaliyanda won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Palan | Kaliyanda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 2 |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/2 |
| % Converted | 67% | 100% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
The Czech broke his opponent twice with a 67% conversion rate. The Czech had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Indian broke his opponent twice with a 100% conversion rate. Kaliyanda was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Palan | |||
| Q1 Nouza |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 66-48 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 33/57 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 30/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 13/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 2/3 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kaliyanda | |||
| Q1 Mpetshi Perricard |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 98-89 | 98-89 | |
| Total points | 187 | 187 | |
| Winners | 48 | 48 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/93 | 62/93 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 48/62 | 48/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/31 | 22/31 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/2 | 2/2 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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