Nikola Milojevic and Dayne Kelly will play each other 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 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 Nikola Milojevic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nikola Milojevic is the pick to win this match.
Nikola Milojevic -> 1.65
Dayne Kelly -> 2.14
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Prediction and head to head Nikola Milojevic vs. Dayne Kelly
This will be the 2nd time that Nikola Milojevic and Dayne Kelly play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kelly (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kelly won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Jinan Challenger back in 2017.
Nikola Milojevic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-15 | 5-2 | 10-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-13 | 6-6 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 24-33 | 3-3 | 21-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 39-25 | 1-3 | 34-18 | 2-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-11 | 6-4 | 5-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 320, Nikola reached the qualifications after defeating Digvijaypratap Singh 6-1 7-5.
In the qualifications, The Serbian had a good straight sets win against Singh (6-1 7-5). During the match, Milojevic scored 67 points vs Singh’s 46. Nikola was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Milojevic blasted 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Nikola Milojevic lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Milojevic put 54% of his first serves in, winning 96% (24/25) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (10/21) on the 2nd serve. Nikola broke Singh 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Milojevic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (333-219). 4-5 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Milojevic has a composed 167-85 match record in the last years on hard.
Nikola has an overall 4-5 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Dayne Kelly
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-12 | 18-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-23 | 33-21 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-12 | 9-4 | 7-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-7 | 4-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 5-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 421, the Australian reached the qualifications after beating Sidharth Rawat 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Rawat (6-3 6-2). During the match Kelly scored 55 points vs Rawat’s 38. Dayne was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Kelly made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dayne Kelly conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Kelly put 67% of his first serves in, winning 85% (29/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (8/17) on the 2nd serve. Kelly broke Rawat 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Kelly has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2023, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Milojevic | Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 |
| Pts | 67-46 | 55-38 |
| Total Points | 113 | 93 |
| Winners | 24 | 29 |
| %Winners | 36% | 53% |
Both Milojevic and Kelly played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Milojevic and Kelly have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Milojevic played 2 games more than Kelly. Milojevic scored 24 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian managed to score 29 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Milojevic | Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 3 |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 34/51 |
| %1st in | 54% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 29/34 |
| %1st pts | 96% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 8/17 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 47% |
Milojevic blasted 6 aces . Kelly fired 3 aces . Milojevic won 96% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Kelly won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Milojevic | Kelly |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 3 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 42% | 60% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 2 |
| % Saved | 50% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
The Serbian broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Serbian lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kelly broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Dayne was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.
| Milojevic | |||
| Q1 Singh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-46 | 67-46 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 25/46 | 25/46 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 24/25 | 24/25 | |
| % 1st pts | 96% | 96% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/21 | 10/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Kelly | |||
| Q1 Rawat |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-38 | 55-38 | |
| Total points | 93 | 93 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 29/34 | 29/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/17 | 8/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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