Denis Kudla and Marc Polmans will face off in the 2nd round of the Seoul Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.76
Marc Polmans -> 1.98
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Marc Polmans clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudla won 5-7 1-6 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in at the Australian Open back in 2019.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 146, Denis reached the 2nd round after defeating Thai Kwiatkowski 6-1 6-0.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kwiatkowski (6-1 6-0). During the match, Kudla scored 50 points vs Kwiatkowski’s 17. The American was quite aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla scored just 1 ace and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults. Denis Kudla was quite effective on serve to win 86% (19/22) of his 1st serve and 82% (9/11) 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 Kwiatkowski 5 times.
Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (323-252). 7-7 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has a composed 159-129 match record in the last years on hard.
Denis has a compiled 9-10 win-loss record in 2023, 7-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-13 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 209, Marc got to the 2nd round after beating Jea Moon Lee 6-3 6-2.
In the 1st round, Marc had a good straight sets win against Moon Lee (6-3 6-2). During the match Polmans scored 55 points vs Moon Lee’s 36. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans struck 4 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Marc Polmans was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 71% (10/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Polmans broke Moon Lee 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Marc’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Canberra.
The Australian has a composed 21-9 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Seoul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 13 | 17 |
| Pts | 50-17 | 55-36 |
| Total Points | 67 | 91 |
| Winners | 19 | 22 |
| %Winners | 38% | 40% |
Both Kudla and Polmans played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Polmans have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudla played 4 games less than Polmans. The American scored 19 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian bagged 22 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 4 |
| 1st in | 22/33 | 29/43 |
| %1st in | 67% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 22/29 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 10/14 |
| %2nd pts | 82% | 71% |
Kudla managed to score 1 ace . Polmans also recorded 4 aces . Kudla won 86% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 82% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/7 |
| % Converted | 100% | 57% |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 |
| Saved | 0 | 0 |
| % Saved | 0% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Kudla broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Denis pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponent 4 times with a 57% conversion rate. The Australian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Kwiatkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 13 | 13 | |
| pts | 50-17 | 50-17 | |
| Total points | 67 | 67 | |
| Winners | 19 | 19 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 22/33 | 22/33 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 19/22 | 19/22 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/11 | 9/11 | |
| % 2nd pts | 82% | 82% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Polmans | |||
| R1 Moon Lee |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 55-36 | 55-36 | |
| Total points | 91 | 91 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/43 | 29/43 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 10/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 71% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/7 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 57% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Seoul Challenger
- Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-4 6-711 6-0) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Jea Moon LeeMoon Lee (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Yunseong ChungChung – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Gabriel Diallo/Aleksandar VukicDiallo/Aleksandar Vukic – Anirudh Chandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthChandrasekar/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (5-7 6-3 10-6) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Duckhee LeeLee (7-64 1-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Ricardas BerankisBerankis – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-72 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Emilio GomezGomez – Li TuTu (7-64 7-5) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Hyeon ChungChung (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Seong Chan HongChan Hong – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (3-6 6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-63 7-60) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Brandon HoltHolt (4-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Yuta ShimizuShimizu (6-3 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Max PurcellPurcell – Seong Chan HongChan Hong (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Yunseong ChungChung – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Emilio GomezGomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Christopher EubanksEubanks (0-0) – H2H and prediction
