Max Purcell and Dimitar Kuzmanov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 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 -> 1.333
Dimitar Kuzmanov -> 3.1
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Dimitar Kuzmanov
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Dimitar Kuzmanov since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-17 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 5-2 | 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), the Australian got to the 2nd round after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 3-6 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round against Kumar Mukund, Max recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-3 6-0). During the match, Purcell scored 78 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 61. Purcell was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Max Purcell was quite effective on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Purcell broke Kumar Mukund 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Purcell has a winning match record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (227-162). 17-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a compiled167-113 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current year was conquering the title the Chennai Challenger where he beat Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he beat James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5).
Purcell has a composed 17-3 win-loss record in 2023, 17-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Dimitar Kuzmanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10-16 | 2-5 | 5-7 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-25 | 9-7 | 22-15 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-26 | 10-7 | 16-13 | 4-5 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-25 | 8-6 | 22-15 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-13 | 4-1 | 13-8 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 204, the Bulgarian reached the 2nd round after defeating Makoto Ochi 5-7 7-61 6-2.
In the 1st round against Ochi, Kuzmanov recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-61 6-2). During the match Kuzmanov scored 121 points vs Ochi’s 107. Kuzmanov was extremely aggressive to blast 59 winners.
About the serving games, Kuzmanov recorded 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dimitar Kuzmanov lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Kuzmanov put 75% of his first serves in, winning 71% (59/83) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (14/28) on the 2nd serve. Dimitar broke Ochi 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Kuzmanov has an aggregate 8-3 win-loss record in 2023, 8-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 33 |
| Pts | 78-61 | 121-107 |
| Total Points | 139 | 228 |
| Winners | 32 | 59 |
| %Winners | 41% | 49% |
Both Purcell and Kuzmanov played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell lost 1 set, while Dimitar Kuzmanov surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Kuzmanov have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Purcell played 9 games less than Kuzmanov. The Australian scored 32 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Kuzmanov managed to score 59 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 8 |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 83/111 |
| %1st in | 68% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 59/83 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 14/28 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 50% |
Purcell bagged 10 aces . Kuzmanov recorded 8 aces . Purcell won 74% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kuzmanov won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Kuzmanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 4/13 |
| % Converted | 71% | 31% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 1 | 9 |
| % Saved | 33% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Max broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Dimitar broke his opponent 4 times with a 31% conversion rate. Kuzmanov conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 78-61 | |
| Total points | 139 | 139 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 43/63 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 32/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Kuzmanov | |||
| R1 Ochi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 7-61 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 121-107 | 121-107 | |
| Total points | 228 | 228 | |
| Winners | 59 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 83/111 | 83/111 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 59/83 | 59/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 14/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/13 | 4/13 | |
| Converted % | 31% | 31% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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