Elmar Ejupovic and Keegan Smith will square off in the qualifications of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.615
Keegan Smith -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Keegan Smith
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-13 | 1-2 | 4-4 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 309, Ejupovic reached the qualifications after beating Daniel Cukierman 7-5 3-6 6-1.
In the qualifications, The German defeated Cukierman (7-5 3-6 6-1). During the match, Ejupovic scored 95 points vs Cukierman’s 87. Elmar was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic struck 4 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 59% of his first serves in, winning 66% (38/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Cukierman 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Ejupovic has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (316-214). 1-0 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has a composed 24-21 record in the last years on hard.
Elmar has an overall 9-6 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Ejupovic has never competed in this tournament before.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-13 | 17-11 | 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, the American reached the qualifications after beating Alastair Gray 5-3 ret..
In the qualifications against Gray, the American had a free pass after Gray retired on a 5-3 . scoreline.
The American has an aggregate 4-4 win-loss record in 2023, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 28 | 8 |
| Pts | 95-87 | 28-26 |
| Total Points | 182 | 54 |
| Winners | 38 | 12 |
| %Winners | 40% | 43% |
Both Ejupovic and Smith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Elmar Ejupovic dropped 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set more than Smith (3 vs 2). Therefore, Ejupovic played 20 games more than Smith. The German scored 38 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Keegan blasted 12 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 1 |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 17/24 |
| %1st in | 59% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 12/17 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 5/7 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 71% |
Ejupovic struck 4 aces . Smith struck 1 ace . Ejupovic won 66% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 71% 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 | Ejupovic | Smith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 56% | 25% |
| Conceded | 9 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Ejupovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Keegan broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Keegan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Cukierman |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 95-87 | 95-87 | |
| Total points | 182 | 182 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 58/98 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 38/58 | 38/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/40 | 21/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 6/9 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Gray |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-3 ret. | ||
| Tot Set | 1 | 1 | |
| Tot Games | 8 | 8 | |
| pts | 28-26 | 28-26 | |
| Total points | 54 | 54 | |
| Winners | 12 | 12 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 17/24 | 17/24 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 12/17 | 12/17 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
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