Jordan Thompson and Evgeny Donskoy will play each other in the 2nd round of the Busan Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.25
Evgeny Donskoy -> 3.65
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Evgeny Donskoy
This will be the 2nd time that Jordan Thompson and Evgeny Donskoy clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Thompson won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Gwangju Challenger back in May 2023.
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-22 | 23-12 | 3-5 | 2-2 | 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. 80, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Masur 6-1 6-1.
In the 1st round, Thompson had a good straight sets win against Masur (6-1 6-1). During the match, Thompson scored 57 points vs Masur’s 30. Thompson was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Thompson made 8 aces and he was exceptionally steady in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was extremely efficient on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Masur 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
Thompson has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (359-243). 12-7 on hard in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Thompson has a composed 206-136 match record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Alex Michelsen in the final 6-4 6-2 and the Gwangju Challenger where he defeated Max Purcell in the final 6-3 6-2.
The Australian has an aggregate 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Busan Challenger
Evgeny Donskoy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-20 | 23-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-31 | 39-17 | 3-4 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-22 | 6-12 | 4-7 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 19-28 | 8-8 | 2-7 | 7-9 | 2-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 10-16 | 7-9 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 242, Donskoy got to the 2nd round after defeating Yuta Shimizu 7-5 3-6 6-0.
In the 1st round, Donskoy defeated Shimizu (7-5 3-6 6-0). During the match Donskoy scored 84 points vs Shimizu’s 76. Evgeny was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
About the serving games, Donskoy struck 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Evgeny Donskoy lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Donskoy put 58% of his first serves in, winning 72% (33/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Shimizu 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
Evgeny’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 New Delhi and M25 Lucknow.
The Russian has a composed 30-12 win-loss record in 2023, 25-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 27 |
| Pts | 57-30 | 84-76 |
| Total Points | 87 | 160 |
| Winners | 21 | 33 |
| %Winners | 37% | 39% |
Both Thompson and Donskoy played 1 match. At the moment, Evgeny Donskoy surrendered 1 set while Jordan Thompson hasn’t lost a set so far. Thompson has played 1 set(s) less than Donskoy (2 vs 3). Therefore, Thompson played 13 games less than Donskoy. Jordan scored 21 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Evgeny bagged 33 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 46/80 |
| %1st in | 63% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 33/46 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 16/34 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 47% |
Thompson made 8 aces . Donskoy scored 10 aces . Thompson won 88% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Donskoy won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Thompson | Donskoy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 71% | 45% |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 25% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Thompson quite strong on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. Evgeny broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Donskoy conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | |||
| R1 Masur |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-30 | 57-30 | |
| Total points | 87 | 87 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 24/38 | 24/38 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/14 | 9/14 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Donskoy | |||
| R1 Shimizu |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 84-76 | 84-76 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 46/80 | 46/80 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/34 | 16/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/4 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 25% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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