Max Purcell and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 1st round of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 8:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.24
Mukund Sasikumar -> 3.74
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Mukund Sasikumar face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Purcell won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in the Chennai Challenger back in February 2023.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-18 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 116 (career-high), Max will start his run in the Pune Challenger after he won the title in the Bengaluru Challenger after beating 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) Duckworth in the final.
The Australian has an aggregate 16-3 win-loss record in 2023, 16-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he defeated Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5).
Max won his last 10 matches.
Talking about his overall career, The Australian has an overall 226-162 record. He has a positive 166-113 record on hard.
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018. See his history.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 19-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 399, Kumar Mukund will start his run in the Pune Challenger after he played his last match in the Bengaluru Challenger where he lost 7-5 6-4 to Jung in the qualifications on the 20th of February.
The Indian has a composed 4-6 win-loss record in 2023, 4-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Kumar Mukund has an overall 306-259 record. He has a positive 230-169 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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- Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin LockLock – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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- Akira SantillanSantillan – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-1) – H2H and prediction
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- Makoto OchiOchi – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dane SweenySweeny – Jay ClarkeClarke (0-0) – H2H and prediction
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