Sebastian Ofner and Denis Kudla will face off in the quarter of the Ilkley Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Ofner who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Ofner is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Ofner -> 1.71
Denis Kudla -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Ofner vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Ofner and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sebastian Ofner
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-21 | 6-7 | 7-10 | 1-0 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 60-31 | 12-10 | 37-13 | 7-6 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-18 | 4-4 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-24 | 4-6 | 4-8 | 7-6 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-17 | 3-5 | 7-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
Ranked no. 81 (career-high), the Austrian reached the quarter after defeating Laurent Lokoli 6-3 6-2 and Otto Virtanen 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Austrian defeated Virtanen (6-4 1-6 6-4). During the match, Ofner and Virtanen scored the same amount of points (80). However, the world no. 81 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. Sebastian was very aggressive to blast 43 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ofner scored 11 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Sebastian Ofner lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Ofner put 63% of his first serves in, winning 74% (43/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (16/34) on the 2nd serve. The Austrian was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Virtanen twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Ofner has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points he played.
Ofner has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (277-198). 2-0 on grass in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ofner has an overall20-12 win-loss record in the last 8 years on grass.
Sebastian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Tenerife 1 Challenger,the Antalya Challenger,the Zadar Challenger and the Prague 1 Challenger.
The Austrian has an aggregate 40-16 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
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. 189, the American got to the quarter after beating Hamad Medjedovic 6-3 7-65 and Zizou Bergs 6-2 7-5.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Bergs (6-2 7-5). During the match Kudla scored 64 points vs Bergs’s 45. The American was very aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kudla blasted 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (19/25) of his 1st serve and 76% (19/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kudla broke Bergs 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudla hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
The American has an overall 13-15 win-loss record in 2023, 3-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Ilkley Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ofner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 44 | 42 |
| Pts | 134-117 | 146-114 |
| Total Points | 251 | 260 |
| Winners | 63 | 58 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Ofner and Kudla played 2 matches. At the moment, Sebastian Ofner lost 1 set while Denis Kudla hasn’t lost a set so far. Ofner has played 1 set more than Kudla (5 vs 4). Therefore, Ofner played 2 games more than Kudla. The Austrian scored 63 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Kudla blasted 58 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ofner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 80/138 | 68/115 |
| %1st in | 58% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 63/80 | 58/68 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 32/58 | 30/47 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 64% |
Ofner blasted 17 aces (8.5 per match). Kudla scored 16 aces (8 per match). Ofner won 79% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ofner | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 56% | 38% |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 63% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Ofner broke his opponents 5 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sebastian dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ofner | ||||
| R1 Lokoli |
R2 Virtanen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 27 | 44 | |
| pts | 54-37 | 80-80 | 134-117 | |
| Total points | 91 | 160 | 251 | |
| Winners | 20 | 43 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 54% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 11 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 22/46 | 58/92 | 80/138 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 20/22 | 43/58 | 63/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 74% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/24 | 16/34 | 32/58 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 47% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/2 | 5/9 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 100% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | – | 63% | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Medjedovic |
R2 Bergs |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 20 | 42 | |
| pts | 82-69 | 64-45 | 146-114 | |
| Total points | 151 | 109 | 260 | |
| Winners | 39 | 19 | 58 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 30% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 2 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 43/65 | 25/50 | 68/115 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 50% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 39/43 | 19/25 | 58/68 | |
| % 1st pts | 91% | 76% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 19/25 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 76% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Converted | 2/7 | 4/9 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 44% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 1/2 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
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