Max Purcell and Francesco Maestrelli will play each other in the quarter of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.45
Francesco Maestrelli -> 2.65
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Francesco Maestrelli
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Francesco Maestrelli since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other 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 reached the quarter after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 3-6 6-3 6-0 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-2 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 57 points vs Kuzmanov’s 45. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell fired 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 52% (11/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kuzmanov 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purcell has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 56% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (228-162). 18-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an overall168-113 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season 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 overcame James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5).
The Australian has a compiled 18-3 win-loss record in 2023, 18-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Francesco Maestrelli
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-21 | 5-5 | 14-12 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-38 | 9-10 | 16-24 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-24 | 5-4 | 34-12 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 32-18 | 8-3 | 18-12 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-5 | 3-3 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 175 (career-high), the Italian got to the quarter after defeating Marc Polmans 1-6 6-1 6-2 and Dane Sweeny 6-72 6-3 7-5.
In the 2nd round against Sweeny, The Italian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-72 6-3 7-5). During the match Maestrelli and Sweeny scored the same amount of points (115). However, the world no. 116 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Maestrelli was extremely aggressive to blast 69 winners.
About the serving games, Maestrelli made 18 aces and he was not very solid on his 2nd serve to score 11 double faults. Francesco Maestrelli lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Maestrelli put 69% of his first serves in, winning 76% (69/91) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (12/41) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Sweeny 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Francesco has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Maestrelli’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Tenerife 1 Challenger.
The Italian has an aggregate 9-7 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 56 |
| Pts | 135-106 | 187-175 |
| Total Points | 241 | 362 |
| Winners | 58 | 100 |
| %Winners | 43% | 53% |
Both Purcell and Maestrelli played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell conceded 1 set, while Francesco Maestrelli surrendered 2 sets. Purcell has played 1 set(s) less than Maestrelli (5 vs 6). Therefore, Purcell played 14 games less than Maestrelli. The Australian scored 58 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Italian managed to score 100 winners (53%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 12.5 |
| 1st in | 74/115 | 135/196 |
| %1st in | 64% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 58/74 | 100/135 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 17/61 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 28% |
Purcell scored 13 aces (6.5 per match). Maestrelli recorded 25 aces (12.5 per match). Purcell won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Maestrelli won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 28% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Maestrelli |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 10 |
| Converted | 8/14 | 10/17 |
| % Converted | 57% | 59% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Purcell broke his opponents 8 times with a 57% conversion rate. Purcell surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Italian broke his opponents 10 times with a 59% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Kuzmanov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 42 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 57-45 | 135-106 | |
| Total points | 139 | 102 | 241 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 31/52 | 74/115 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 26/31 | 58/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/21 | 22/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 8/14 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Maestrelli | ||||
| R1 Polmans |
R2 Sweeny |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-1 6-2 | 6-72 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 | 56 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 115-115 | 187-175 | |
| Total points | 132 | 230 | 362 | |
| Winners | 31 | 69 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 60% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 18 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 11 | 19 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 91/132 | 135/196 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 69% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 31/44 | 69/91 | 100/135 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 76% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/20 | 12/41 | 17/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 25% | 29% | 28% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Converted | 6/10 | 4/7 | 10/17 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 57% | 59% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| Saved | 2/6 | 3/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 60% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
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