Nathan Ponwith and Alexander Bernard will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Salinas Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on CANCHA R. VIVER. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nathan Ponwith who should win in 3 sets.
Nathan Ponwith -> 1.42
Alexander Bernard -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Nathan Ponwith vs. Alexander Bernard
This will be the 2nd time that Nathan Ponwith and Alexander Bernard square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bernard (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Bernard won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Knoxville Challenger back in 2022.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-27 | 18-21 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 396, the American will start his run in the Salinas Challenger after he played his last match in the Granby Challenger where he lost 6-3 7-6(1) to Kent in the 1st round on the 18th of July.
The American has an overall 19-17 win-loss record in 2023, 15-13 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Nathan’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel and M25 Calabasas.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 129-95 record. He has a positive 99-69 record on hard.
Previously in the Salinas Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Alexander Bernard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-6 | 1-2 | 5-1 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 4-8 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-22 | 13-12 | 6-6 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-15 | 9-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 715, Alexander reached the qualifications after beating Matias Soto 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Soto (6-4 6-4). During the match Bernard scored 66 points vs Soto’s 54. Bernard was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Bernard made 4 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Alexander Bernard lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Bernard put 67% of his first serves in, winning 71% (29/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Alexander broke Soto 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Alexander has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2023, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
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