Keegan Smith and Alex Bolt will play each other in the 1st round of the Waco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.63
Keegan Smith -> 2.18
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Alex Bolt
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Alex Bolt since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
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. 459, Keegan got to the 1st round after beating Alastair Gray 5-3 ret. and Elmar Ejupovic 6-3 7-64.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (6-3 7-64). During the match, Smith scored 83 points vs Ejupovic’s 71. Smith was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith blasted 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Keegan Smith was quite efficient on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ejupovic once after converting 33% of his break points (1/3).
Smith has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 63% of his matches (102-60). 3-2 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Smith has a composed83-42 win-loss record in the last 8 years on hard.
Keegan has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Waco Challenger
Keegan has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Bolt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36-13 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 17-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-22 | 22-17 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 11-10 | 11-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 7-6 | 0-7 | 2-2 | 10-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-12 | 12-8 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 524, will start his run in the Waco Challenger after he won the title in M25 Santo Domingo after beating 4-6 6-1 7-6(5) Walton in the final.
Bolt has an overall 10-4 win-loss record in 2023, 10-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Bolt’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Burnie and M25 Santo Domingo.
Bolt won his last 5 matches.
In terms of his career, The Australian has an overall 274-204 record. He has a positive 172-130 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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