Max Purcell and Luca Nardi will clash against each other in the final of the Pune Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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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 -> 1.34
Luca Nardi -> 3.125
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Luca Nardi
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Luca Nardi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Purcell (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they fought against each other, Purcell won 6-2 6-0 in the quarter in the Bengaluru Challenger back in February 2023.
Highlights Max Purcell vs Luca Nardi – Bengaluru Challenger 24-February-2023
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11-16 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 2-1 | 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 final after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 3-6 6-3 6-0, Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-2 6-4, Francesco Maestrelli 6-0 6-2 and Miljan Zekic 6-2 6-3.
In the semifinal, Max had a good straight sets win against Zekic (6-2 6-3). During the match, Purcell scored 62 points vs Zekic’s 37. Purcell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Max Purcell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 81% (13/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Zekic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has lost 1 set in this competition to win 60% of the points he played.
Purcell has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 59% of his matches (230-162). 20-3 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has an overall170-113 record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was winning the title the Chennai Challenger where he overcame Nicolas Moreno De Alboran in the final 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 and the Bengaluru Challenger where he defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5).
Max has an aggregate 20-3 win-loss record in 2023, 20-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pune Challenger
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, Nardi reached the final after defeating Benjamin Lock 6-1 7-5, Lorenzo Giustino 6-711 6-0 6-4, Rio Noguchi 6-3 6-0 and Dominik Palan 7-64 1-6 7-5.
In the semifinal, Luca defeated Palan (7-64 1-6 7-5).During the match Nardi scored less points (12) than Palan. In fact, the world no. 116 won 85 points vs Palan’s. That means that Nardi was more focused during the important points. The Italian was very aggressive to blast 46 winners.
Talking about serving, Nardi made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Luca Nardi was pretty efficient on serve to win 71% (46/65) of his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Nardi broke Palan once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Luca has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Luca’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Pune Challenger.
Luca has a composed 9-8 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 | Purcell | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 9 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 73 | 95 |
| Pts | 249-166 | 322-273 |
| Total Points | 415 | 595 |
| Winners | 101 | 143 |
| %Winners | 41% | 44% |
Both Purcell and Nardi played 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell dropped 1 set, while Luca Nardi surrendered 2 sets. Purcell has played 1 set(s) less than Nardi (9 vs 10). Therefore, Purcell played 22 games less than Nardi. Purcell scored 101 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Nardi fired 143 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 4.8 | 4 |
| 1st in | 125/198 | 202/299 |
| %1st in | 63% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 101/125 | 143/202 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 46/73 | 55/97 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 57% |
Purcell blasted 19 aces (4.8 per match). Nardi scored 16 aces (4 per match). Purcell won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Nardi won 71% of the points behind 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 | Nardi |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 16 | 16 |
| Converted | 16/30 | 16/29 |
| % Converted | 53% | 55% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 50% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Max broke his opponents 16 times with a 53% conversion rate. Max conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Nardi broke his opponents 16 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||||
| R1 Kumar Mukund |
R2 Kuzmanov |
1/4 Maestrelli |
1/2 Zekic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-3 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-0 6-2 | 6-2 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 73 | |
| pts | 78-61 | 57-45 | 52-23 | 62-37 | 249-166 | |
| Total points | 139 | 102 | 75 | 99 | 415 | |
| Winners | 32 | 26 | 19 | 24 | 101 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 46% | 37% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 43/63 | 31/52 | 22/38 | 29/45 | 125/198 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 60% | 58% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 32/43 | 26/31 | 19/22 | 24/29 | 101/125 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 84% | 86% | 83% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/20 | 11/21 | 11/16 | 13/16 | 46/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 52% | 69% | 81% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 3/7 | 5/7 | 3/9 | 16/30 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 43% | 71% | 33% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 100% | – | – | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Nardi | ||||||
| R1 Lock |
R2 Giustino |
1/4 Noguchi |
1/2 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-5 | 6-711 6-0 6-4 | 6-3 6-0 | 7-64 1-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 29 | 15 | 32 | 95 | |
| pts | 67-47 | 109-94 | 61-35 | 85-97 | 322-273 | |
| Total points | 114 | 203 | 96 | 182 | 595 | |
| Winners | 30 | 43 | 24 | 46 | 143 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% | 39% | 54% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 37/52 | 67/99 | 33/52 | 65/96 | 202/299 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 68% | 63% | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/37 | 43/67 | 24/33 | 46/65 | 143/202 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 64% | 73% | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/15 | 14/32 | 13/19 | 18/31 | 55/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 44% | 68% | 58% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 16 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 8/16 | 4/6 | 1/2 | 16/29 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 50% | 67% | 50% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/9 | 2/2 | 0/2 | 7 | |
| Saved % | – | 56% | 100% | 0% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
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