Nick Hardt and Akira Santillan will square off in the 2nd round of the Prague 2 Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Hardt who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Hardt is the pick to win this match.
Nick Hardt -> 1.59
Akira Santillan -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Nick Hardt vs. Akira Santillan
This will be the 2nd time that Nick Hardt and Akira Santillan face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Santillan (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Santillan won 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Traralgon Challenger back in 2019.
Nick Hardt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31-21 | 1-3 | 30-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 41-25 | 6-6 | 34-18 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-28 | 11-9 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 18-6 | 28-16 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 44-19 | 9-6 | 35-13 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 221, Nick reached the 2nd round after defeating Federico Gaio 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Hardt had a good straight sets win against Gaio (6-2 6-4). During the match, Hardt scored 78 points vs Gaio’s 62. The Dominican was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Hardt scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Nick Hardt was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 71% (27/38) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Dominican broke Gaio 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Hardt has a solid win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 62% of his matches (169-105). 4-4 on clay in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Hardt has a compiled106-61 record in the last 7 years on clay.
Hardt has a composed 9-11 win-loss record in 2023, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Prague 2 Challenger
Nick has never competed in this tournament before.
Akira Santillan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61-23 | 33-14 | 6-2 | 22-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 3-7 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 39-33 | 11-13 | 21-14 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-28 | 28-19 | 9-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 20-15 | 2-5 | 12-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 421, Akira got to the 2nd round after beating Marek Gengel 6-2 6-0, Timo Stodder 7-66 6-2 and Chun Hsin Tseng 6-3 6-0.
In the 1st round, Santillan had a good straight sets win against Hsin Tseng (6-3 6-0). During the match Santillan scored 54 points vs Hsin Tseng’s 27. Santillan was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
About the serving games, Santillan bagged 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Akira Santillan conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 78% of his first serves in, win 90% (28/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 44% (4/9) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Hsin Tseng 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Portimao.
Akira has a compiled 13-13 win-loss record in 2023, 6-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hardt | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 50 |
| Pts | 78-62 | 204-134 |
| Total Points | 140 | 338 |
| Winners | 27 | 85 |
| %Winners | 35% | 42% |
Hardt played 1 match while Santillan competed in 3 matches. Santillan started his run from the qualifications while Hardt had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Hardt has played 4 set(s) less than Santillan (2 vs 6). Therefore, Hardt played 32 games less than Santillan. The Dominican scored 27 winners (35% of the total points). On the other side, Akira made 85 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hardt | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 5.7 |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 109/156 |
| %1st in | 59% | 70% |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 85/109 |
| %1st pts | 71% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 28/47 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 60% |
Hardt struck 1 ace . Santillan also bagged 17 aces (5.7 per match). Hardt won 71% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Santillan won 78% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hardt | Santillan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 13 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 13/24 |
| % Converted | 33% | 54% |
| Conceded | 4 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Hardt broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Dominican pretty solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Australian broke his opponents 13 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hardt | |||
| R1 Gaio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 78-62 | 78-62 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 38/64 | 38/64 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 27/38 | 27/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/26 | 17/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Santillan | |||||
| Q1 Gengel |
Q3 Stodder |
R1 Hsin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | 7-66 6-2 | 6-3 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 21 | 15 | 50 | |
| pts | 63-35 | 87-72 | 54-27 | 204-134 | |
| Total points | 98 | 159 | 81 | 338 | |
| Winners | 22 | 35 | 28 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 40% | 52% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 6 | 2 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 28/42 | 50/74 | 31/40 | 109/156 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 68% | 78% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 22/28 | 35/50 | 28/31 | 85/109 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 70% | 90% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/14 | 14/24 | 4/9 | 28/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 71% | 58% | 44% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/9 | 4/5 | 13/24 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 44% | 80% | 54% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 2/4 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | – | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWLWLWW Tennis Scores in Prague 2 Challenger
- Nick HardtHardt – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gastao EliasElias (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Jakub MensikMensik – Radu AlbotAlbot (7-64 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nerman FaticFatic – Dan AddedAdded (5-7 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Damir DzumhurDzumhur (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Vitaliy SachkoSachko – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Nick HardtHardt – Federico GaioGaio (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Akira SantillanSantillan – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Norbert GombosGombos – Rudolf MollekerMolleker (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Shintaro MochizukiMochizuki – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – Billy HarrisHarris (6-2 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Gastao EliasElias (1-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Evan FurnessFurness – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Daniel RinconRincon (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Lukas KleinKlein – Yaroslav DeminDemin (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Jiri VeselyVesely (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Dominic StrickerStricker (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Guido AndreozziAndreozzi – Lukas KleinKlein (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Norbert GombosGombos – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nicolas KickerKicker – Nerman FaticFatic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Evan FurnessFurness (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Nick HardtHardt – Akira SantillanSantillan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Moro CanasMoro Canas – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Llamas RuizLlamas Ruiz – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
