Jeff Wolf and Denis Kudla will face off in the 2^nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 5^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:00 pm on Court 3. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 0
Jeff Wolf -> 0

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Prediction and head to head Jeff Wolf vs. Denis Kudla

This will be the 5^th time that Jeff Wolf and Denis Kudla square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Wolf and Kudla (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they played, Kudla won 6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(3) in the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger back in 2022.

Jeff Wolf

Ranked no. 54, Jeff got to the 2^nd round after defeating Jordan Thompson 6-3 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Thompson (6-3 6-2). During the match, Wolf scored 55 points vs Thompson’s 37. The American was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.

Regarding the service games, Wolf scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Jeff Wolf was very efficient on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Thompson 3 times.

Wolf has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (143-93). 1-0 on clay in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Wolf has a composed10-8 record in the last 9 years on clay.

Jeff’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Dallas.

The American has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Denis Kudla

Ranked no. 137, Kudla got to the 2^nd round after defeating Aleksandar Vukic 6-4 4-6 6-4.

In the 1^st round, Denis defeated Vukic (6-4 4-6 6-4). During the match Kudla scored 81 points vs Vukic’s 79. Denis was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Kudla managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Denis Kudla was exceptionally effective on serve to win 75% (33/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (21/39) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The American broke Vukic 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).

Kudla has a composed 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Houston

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2016 and 2018. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Wolf	Kudla
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	3
Tot Games	17	30
Pts	55-37	81-79
Total Points	92	160
Winners	22	33
%Winners	40%	41%

Both Wolf and Kudla played 1 match. At the moment, Denis Kudla conceded 1 set while Jeff Wolf hasn’t dropped a set so far. Wolf has played 1 set(s) less than Kudla (2 vs 3). Therefore, Wolf played 13 games less than Kudla. The American scored 22 winners (40% of the total points). On the other side, Denis fired 33 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Wolf	Kudla
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	6	5
1st in	26/48	44/83
%1st in	54%	53%
1st pts	22/26	33/44
%1st pts	85%	75%
2nd pts	15/22	21/39
%2nd pts	68%	54%

Wolf blasted 6 aces . Kudla bagged 5 aces . Wolf won 85% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 68% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Wolf	Kudla
Won	3	4
Converted	3/3	4/5
% Converted	100%	80%
Conceded	0	9
Saved	0	6
% Saved	0%	67%
Times Broken	0	3

Jeff broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Jeff pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. Kudla broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Wolf
	R1 Thompson	Total
Score	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	55-37	55-37
Total points	92	92
Winners	22	22
%Winners	40%	40%
SERVE
Aces	6	6
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	26/48	26/48
% 1st in	54%	54%
1st pts	22/26	22/26
% 1st pts	85%	85%
2nd pts	15/22	15/22
% 2nd pts	68%	68%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/3	3/3
Converted %	100%	100%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Kudla
	R1 Vukic	Total
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	81-79	81-79
Total points	160	160
Winners	33	33
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	44/83	44/83
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	33/44	33/44
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	21/39	21/39
% 2nd pts	54%	54%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/5	4/5
Converted %	80%	80%
Conceded	9	9
Saved	6/9	6
Saved %	67%	67%
Times Broken	3	3

Tennis Scores in Houston

• Jeff WolfWolf – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Cristian GarinGarin – Hugo DellienDellien (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (6-4 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Jack SockSock (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
• Marcos GironGiron – Emilio GomezGomez (6-0 6-2) – See score progression
• Gijs BrouwerBrouwer – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Andre Goransson/Ben McLachlanGoransson/Ben McLachlan – Guido Andreozzi/Guillermo DuranAndreozzi/Guillermo Duran (4-6 6-3 10-5) – See score progression
• Steve JohnsonJohnson – Facundo BagnisBagnis (7-6⁵ 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
• Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (7-6⁷ 6-0) – See score progression
• Denis KudlaKudla – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Julian Cash/Henry PattenCash/Henry Patten – Hugo Dellien/Emilio GomezDellien/Emilio Gomez (6-1 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• John IsnerIsner – Gijs BrouwerBrouwer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Denis KudlaKudla – Jeff WolfWolf (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Christian GarinGarin – Zizou BergsBergs (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Max PurcellPurcell – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Steve JohnsonJohnson (0-2) – H2H and prediction