Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson will square off in the final of the Gwangju Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 5:00 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 Jordan Thompson who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.5
Max Purcell -> 2.5
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Jordan Thompson
This will be the 4th time that Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Thompson (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Purcell won 7-5 6-4 in the 2nd round in Winston salem back in 2021.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-19 | 6-11 | 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. 89, the Australian reached the final after defeating Ricardas Berankis 6-3 6-2, Luke Saville 6-2 6-2, Emilio Gomez 6-2 7-63 and Marc Polmans 6-0 6-2.
In the semifinal, The Australian had a good straight sets win against Polmans (6-0 6-2). During the match, Purcell scored 59 points vs Polmans’s 33. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 15 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell fired 7 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was pretty effective on serve to win 83% (15/18) of his 1st serve and 56% (10/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Purcell broke Polmans 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 58% of the points he played.
Purcell has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 60% of his matches (244-166). 29-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Purcell has an aggregate179-115 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering 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 defeated James Duckworth in the final 3-6 7-5 7-6(5) and the Pune Challenger where he defeated Luca Nardi in the final 6-2 6-3.
Purcell has an aggregate 34-7 win-loss record in 2023, 29-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Gwangju Challenger
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-16 | 11-7 | 3-5 | 2-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 91, Thompson reached the final after defeating Uisung Park 6-1 6-73 6-0, Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 6-4, Rinky Hijikata 6-4 6-4 and Christopher Eubanks 7-63 6-3.
In the semifinal, Thompson had a good straight sets win against Eubanks (7-63 6-3). During the match Thompson scored 69 points vs Eubanks’s 52. Thompson was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Talking about serving, Thompson bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Jordan Thompson was extremely efficient on serve to win 87% (26/30) of his 1st serve and 75% (21/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Eubanks twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Jordan has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Rome Challenger where he overcame Alex Michelsen in the final 6-4 6-2.
Thompson has an aggregate 16-10 win-loss record in 2023, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 68 | 86 |
| Pts | 261-191 | 299-220 |
| Total Points | 452 | 519 |
| Winners | 89 | 107 |
| %Winners | 34% | 36% |
Both Purcell and Thompson played 4 matches. At the moment, Jordan Thompson conceded 1 set while Max Purcell hasn’t lost a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set(s) less than Thompson (8 vs 9). Therefore, Purcell played 18 games less than Thompson. The Australian scored 89 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian recorded 107 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 20 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 115/218 | 133/237 |
| %1st in | 53% | 56% |
| 1st pts | 89/115 | 107/133 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 50/103 | 65/104 |
| %2nd pts | 49% | 63% |
Purcell struck 20 aces (5 per match). Thompson managed to score 25 aces (6.3 per match). Purcell won 77% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 49% of the points. On the other side, Thompson won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 19 | 17 |
| Converted | 19/40 | 17/38 |
| % Converted | 48% | 45% |
| Conceded | 15 | 8 |
| Saved | 10 | 3 |
| % Saved | 67% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 |
Max broke his opponents 19 times with a 48% conversion rate. Max dropped his serve 5 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Thompson broke his opponents 17 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | ||||||
| R1 Berankis |
R2 Saville |
1/4 Gomez |
1/2 Polmans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-2 6-2 | 6-2 7-63 | 6-0 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 16 | 21 | 14 | 68 | |
| pts | 59-46 | 67-51 | 76-61 | 59-33 | 261-191 | |
| Total points | 105 | 118 | 137 | 92 | 452 | |
| Winners | 30 | 22 | 22 | 15 | 89 | |
| %Winners | 51% | 33% | 29% | 25% | 34% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 20 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 41/63 | 25/57 | 31/62 | 18/36 | 115/218 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 44% | 50% | 50% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/41 | 22/25 | 22/31 | 15/18 | 89/115 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 88% | 71% | 83% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/22 | 16/32 | 15/31 | 10/18 | 50/103 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 50% | 48% | 56% | 49% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 4/12 | 5/13 | 6/11 | 19/40 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 38% | 55% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 15 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 40% | 50% | 64% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Thompson | ||||||
| R1 Park |
R2 Donskoy |
1/4 Hijikata |
1/2 Eubanks |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-73 6-0 | 6-2 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 86 | |
| pts | 98-62 | 57-43 | 75-63 | 69-52 | 299-220 | |
| Total points | 160 | 100 | 138 | 121 | 519 | |
| Winners | 30 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 31% | 46% | 33% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 33/68 | 37/50 | 33/61 | 30/58 | 133/237 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 74% | 54% | 52% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 30/33 | 26/37 | 25/33 | 26/30 | 107/133 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 70% | 76% | 87% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/35 | 9/13 | 12/28 | 21/28 | 65/104 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 69% | 43% | 75% | 63% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | |
| Converted | 6/15 | 4/6 | 5/11 | 2/6 | 17/38 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 67% | 45% | 33% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 3 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | 40% | 0% | 23% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
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