Luca Nardi and Dominik Palan will face off in the semifinal of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 1:00 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 Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.22
Dominik Palan -> 4.05
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Dominik Palan
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Dominik Palan since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-15 | 9-7 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 151, Luca got to the semifinal after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-1 7-5, Lorenzo Giustino 6-711 6-0 6-4 and Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-0.
In the quarter, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Noguchi (6-3 6-0). During the match, Nardi scored 61 points vs Noguchi’s 35. Luca was extremely aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi recorded 3 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Luca Nardi was very effective on serve to win 73% (24/33) of his 1st serve and 68% (13/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Nardi broke Noguchi 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Italian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 58% of his matches (88-65). 6-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nardi has an aggregate21-12 win-loss record in the last 6 years on hard.
Luca has an overall 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-14 | 8-12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-12 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 412, Palan reached the semifinal after defeating Petr Nouza 6-3 6-4, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6-4 6-1, Dalibor Svrcina 6-4 7-64, Sumit Nagal 4-6 6-3 6-4 and Chun Hsin Tseng 7-64 1-6 6-3.
In the quarter, The Czech defeated Hsin Tseng (7-64 1-6 6-3).During the match Palan scored less points (7) than Hsin Tseng. In fact, the world no. 151 won 91 points vs Hsin Tseng’s. That means that Palan was more focused during the important points. Palan was pretty aggressive to blast 52 winners.
About the serving games, Palan fired 9 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Dominik Palan lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Palan put 67% of his first serves in, winning 76% (52/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 35% (12/34) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Hsin Tseng twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Palan started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dominik has an aggregate 7-5 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 5 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 12 |
| Tot Games | 63 | 117 |
| Pts | 237-176 | 399-355 |
| Total Points | 413 | 754 |
| Winners | 97 | 199 |
| %Winners | 41% | 50% |
Nardi played 3 matches while Palan competed in 5 matches. Palan started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Luca Nardi conceded 1 set, while Dominik Palan conceded 2 sets. Nardi has played 5 set(s) less than Palan (7 vs 12). Therefore, Nardi played 54 games less than Palan. Luca scored 97 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech recorded 199 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 4.3 | 6.6 |
| 1st in | 137/203 | 260/380 |
| %1st in | 67% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 97/137 | 199/260 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 37/66 | 57/120 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 48% |
Nardi blasted 13 aces (4.3 per match). Palan struck 33 aces (6.6 per match). Nardi won 71% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 13 |
| Converted | 15/27 | 13/29 |
| % Converted | 56% | 45% |
| Conceded | 11 | 22 |
| Saved | 7 | 16 |
| % Saved | 64% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 6 |
The Italian broke his opponents 15 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Italian surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 13 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Czech conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Giustino |
1/4 Noguchi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-711 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 15 | 63 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 109-94 | 61-35 | 237-176 | |
| Total points | 114 | 203 | 96 | 413 | |
| Winners | 30 | 43 | 24 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 67/99 | 33/52 | 137/203 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 63% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 43/67 | 24/33 | 97/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 64% | 73% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/32 | 13/19 | 37/66 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 68% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 8 | 4 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/16 | 4/6 | 15/27 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 67% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 2/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 100% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Palan | |||||||
| Q1 Nouza |
Q3 Kaliyanda |
R1 Svrcina |
R2 Nagal |
1/4 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-1 | 6-4 7-64 | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | 7-64 1-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 117 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 64-49 | 88-73 | 90-87 | 91-98 | 399-355 | |
| Total points | 114 | 113 | 161 | 177 | 189 | 754 | |
| Winners | 30 | 25 | 38 | 54 | 52 | 199 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 43% | 60% | 57% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | |
| 1st in | 33/57 | 33/51 | 55/81 | 71/89 | 68/102 | 260/380 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 65% | 68% | 80% | 67% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 25/33 | 38/55 | 54/71 | 52/68 | 199/260 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 76% | 69% | 76% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/24 | 10/18 | 13/26 | 9/18 | 12/34 | 57/120 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 50% | 50% | 35% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Converted | 2/3 | 4/8 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 2/6 | 13/29 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 50% | 75% | 25% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 22 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 3/3 | 2/4 | 3/4 | 6/9 | 16 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 50% | 75% | 67% | 131% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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- Max PurcellPurcell – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Dominik PalanPalan – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-64 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
