Max Purcell and Miljan Zekic will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 3:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.15
Miljan Zekic -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Miljan Zekic
There is no head to head record between Max Purcell and Miljan Zekic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 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), Purcell reached the semifinal after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 3-6 6-3 6-0, Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2 6-4 and Francesco Maestrelli 6-0 6-2.
In the quarter, Max had a good straight sets win against Maestrelli (6-0 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 52 points vs Maestrelli’s 23. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Purcell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Purcell broke Maestrelli 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has lost 1 set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (229-162). 19-3 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a compiled169-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was winning 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).
Purcell has an aggregate 19-3 win-loss record in 2023, 19-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
Miljan Zekic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-8 | 2-0 | 16-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 3-6 | 22-25 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-32 | 0-2 | 41-29 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 49-23 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 26-11 | 5-4 | 21-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, the Serbian reached the semifinal after defeating Yunseong Chung 6-3 6-4, James Duckworth 4-6 6-4 7-62 and Harold Mayot 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Zekic had a good straight sets win against Mayot (6-2 6-4). During the match Zekic scored 70 points vs Mayot’s 51. Miljan was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Zekic scored 7 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Miljan Zekic was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 81% (26/32) 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. Zekic broke Mayot 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Serbian has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Serbian has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 56 | 70 |
| Pts | 187-129 | 231-192 |
| Total Points | 316 | 423 |
| Winners | 77 | 105 |
| %Winners | 41% | 45% |
Both Purcell and Zekic played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell surrendered 1 set, while Miljan Zekic dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Purcell and Zekic have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Purcell played 14 games less than Zekic. Max scored 77 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Serbian blasted 105 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 18 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 96/153 | 137/197 |
| %1st in | 63% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 77/96 | 105/137 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 33/57 | 34/60 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 57% |
Purcell made 18 aces (6 per match). Zekic managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Purcell won 80% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Zekic won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Zekic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 10 |
| Converted | 13/21 | 10/22 |
| % Converted | 62% | 45% |
| Conceded | 4 | 9 |
| Saved | 2 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 56% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Max broke his opponents 13 times with a 62% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Miljan broke his opponents 10 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Serbian conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 56% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Kuzmanov |
1/4 Maestrelli |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 14 | 56 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 57-45 | 52-23 | 187-129 | |
| Total points | 139 | 102 | 75 | 316 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 19 | 77 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 37% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 5 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 31/52 | 22/38 | 96/153 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 58% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 26/31 | 19/22 | 77/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 86% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/21 | 11/16 | 33/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 69% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 5/7 | 13/21 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 71% | 62% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | – | 44% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zekic | |||||
| R1 Chung |
R2 Duckworth |
1/4 Mayot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 4-6 6-4 7-62 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 33 | 18 | 70 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 96-93 | 70-51 | 231-192 | |
| Total points | 113 | 189 | 121 | 423 | |
| Winners | 30 | 49 | 26 | 105 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 51% | 37% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 41/49 | 64/93 | 32/55 | 137/197 | |
| % 1st in | 84% | 69% | 58% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 49/64 | 26/32 | 105/137 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 77% | 81% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 5/8 | 15/29 | 14/23 | 34/60 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 52% | 61% | 57% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 3/7 | 3/9 | 10/22 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 43% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 3/6 | 2/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 50% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWLWLLLL Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Harold MayotMayot (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Francesco MaestrelliMaestrelli (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
- Dominik PalanPalan – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (7-64 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Miljan ZekicZekic – Max PurcellPurcell (0-0) – H2H and prediction
