Dane Sweeny and Bernard Tomic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Palmas del Mar Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:30 pm on Stadium Court. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dane Sweeny who should win in 3 sets.
Dane Sweeny -> 1.81
Bernard Tomic -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. Bernard Tomic
There is no head to head record between Dane Sweeny and Bernard Tomic since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Dane Sweeny
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-26 | 18-19 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-33 | 25-23 | 10-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 62-26 | 59-22 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 27-23 | 19-15 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 5-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 232 (career-high), Dane reached the 2nd round after beating Skander Mansouri 4-6 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round against Mansouri, The Australian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-5 6-2). During the match, Sweeny scored 88 points vs Mansouri’s 77. Sweeny was very aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Sweeny fired 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Dane Sweeny was extremely effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Sweeny broke Mansouri 4 times after converting 80% of his break points (4/5).
Sweeny has a solid match record in the last 6 years having won 60% of his matches (131-89). 12-8 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sweeny has a compiled105-58 match record in the last 6 years on hard.
Sweeny’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra.
Sweeny has an overall 22-16 win-loss record in 2023, 12-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Palmas del Mar Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 378, Tomic got to the 2nd round after defeating Donald Young 6-4 6-2, Strong Kirchheimer 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Alex Bolt 7-67 6-4.
In the 1st round, Tomic had a good straight sets win against Bolt (7-67 6-4). During the match Tomic scored 70 points vs Bolt’s 57. Tomic was pretty aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Talking about serving, Tomic scored 5 aces and he was extremely steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Bernard Tomic was pretty effective on serve to win 88% (43/49) of his 1st serve and 80% (8/10) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Tomic broke Bolt once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).
Tomic’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Doha.
The Australian has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2023, 16-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Sweeny | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 71 |
| Pts | 88-77 | 234-203 |
| Total Points | 165 | 437 |
| Winners | 41 | 103 |
| %Winners | 47% | 44% |
Sweeny played 1 match while Tomic competed in 3 matches. Tomic started his run from the qualifications while Sweeny had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Dane Sweeny conceded 1 set, while Bernard Tomic conceded 1 set. Sweeny has played 4 set(s) less than Tomic (3 vs 7). Therefore, Sweeny played 41 games less than Tomic. Sweeny scored 41 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Tomic managed to score 103 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Sweeny | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 53/83 | 131/196 |
| %1st in | 64% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 103/131 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 38/65 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 58% |
Sweeny fired 2 aces . Tomic struck 22 aces (7.3 per match). Sweeny won 77% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 58% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Sweeny | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/5 | 9/23 |
| % Converted | 80% | 39% |
| Conceded | 4 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
Dane broke his opponent 4 times with a 80% conversion rate. Sweeny lost his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 39% conversion rate. Bernard conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Sweeny | |||
| R1 Mansouri | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 30 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 88-77 | |
| Total points | 165 | 165 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 53/83 | 53/83 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/30 | 18/30 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/5 | 4/5 | |
| Converted % | 80% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Tomic | |||||
| Q1 Young | Q3 Kirchheimer | R1 Bolt | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 7-67 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 23 | 71 | |
| pts | 63-46 | 101-100 | 70-57 | 234-203 | |
| Total points | 109 | 201 | 127 | 437 | |
| Winners | 23 | 37 | 43 | 103 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | 61% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 5 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/53 | 52/84 | 49/59 | 131/196 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 62% | 83% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 23/30 | 37/52 | 43/49 | 103/131 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 71% | 88% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/23 | 15/32 | 8/10 | 38/65 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 47% | 80% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/17 | 1/2 | 9/23 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 29% | 50% | 39% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 4/8 | 0/0 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 50% | – | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
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- Michael ZhengZheng – Marius CopilCopil (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Beibit ZhukayevZhukayev – Evan ZhuZhu (4-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
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