Bruno Kuzuhara and Blu Baker will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Savannah Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on SAVANNAH TOYOTA COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bruno Kuzuhara who should win in 3 sets.
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.51
Blu Baker -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Blu Baker
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Blu Baker since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-32 | 12-16 | 15-11 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 624, Bruno got to the qualifications after beating Dmitry Popko 7-64 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American defeated Popko (7-64 2-6 6-4).During the match, Kuzuhara scored less points (1) than Popko. In fact, the world no. 624 won 92 points vs Popko’s. That means that Kuzuhara was more focused during the important points. Bruno was quite aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kuzuhara scored just 1 ace and he committed only 4 double faults. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 6 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 65% of his first serves in, winning 69% (43/62) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (13/33) on the 2nd serve. Bruno broke Popko 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Kuzuhara has won exactly 50% of his matches (47-47) in the last 3 years. 10-9 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzuhara has an overall32-25 match record in the last 3 years on clay.
Bruno’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Naples.
The American has an aggregate 10-11 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Savannah Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Blu Baker
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5-8 | 0-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-23 | 11-9 | 29-13 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-16 | 3-7 | 12-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2019 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 710, the Brit got to the qualifications after beating Tristan Mccormick 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications, Baker had a good straight sets win against Mccormick (6-3 6-4). During the match Baker scored 70 points vs Mccormick’s 58. Blu was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Baker was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Blu Baker lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Baker put 79% of his first serves in, winning 58% (29/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Baker broke Mccormick 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Baker has a composed 1-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Baker |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 31 | 19 |
| Pts | 92-93 | 70-58 |
| Total Points | 185 | 128 |
| Winners | 43 | 29 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Kuzuhara and Baker played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Bruno Kuzuhara conceded 1 set while Blu Baker hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Kuzuhara has played 1 set more than Baker (3 vs 2). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 12 games more than Baker. The American scored 43 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Blu recorded 29 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Baker |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 0 |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 50/63 |
| %1st in | 65% | 79% |
| 1st pts | 43/62 | 29/50 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 58% |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 7/13 |
| %2nd pts | 39% | 54% |
Kuzuhara recorded 1 ace . Baker didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzuhara won 69% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points. On the other side, Baker won 58% of the points behind 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 | Kuzuhara | Baker |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 6/11 |
| % Converted | 50% | 55% |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 33% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 3 |
Bruno broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 6 times and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. The Brit broke his opponent 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. The Brit conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Popko | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 92-93 | 92-93 | |
| Total points | 185 | 185 | |
| Winners | 43 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 62/95 | 62/95 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 43/62 | 43/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/33 | 13/33 | |
| % 2nd pts | 39% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/9 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 33% | |
| Times Broken | 6 | 6 | |
| Baker | |||
| Q1 Mccormick | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 70-58 | 70-58 | |
| Total points | 128 | 128 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 50/63 | 50/63 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 29/50 | 29/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 58% | 58% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/13 | 7/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/11 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 55% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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