Bruno Kuzuhara and Kiranpal Pannu will square off in the qualifications of the Citi Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 11:00 am on GRANDSTAND. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Bruno Kuzuhara who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Bruno Kuzuhara is the pick to win this match.
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 1.571
Kiranpal Pannu -> 2.29
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Kiranpal Pannu
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Kiranpal Pannu since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-19 | 7-7 | 15-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 629, Bruno reached the qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-2). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 70 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 52. Bruno was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzuhara struck 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Bruno Kuzuhara conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 79% of his first serves in, winning 76% (37/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Kuzuhara broke Kumar Mukund 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Kuzuhara has won exactly 50% of his matches (56-56) in the last 3 years. 3-4 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kuzuhara has an aggregate17-23 record in the last 3 years on hard.
Kuzuhara’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Naples.
The American has an overall 19-20 win-loss record in 2023, 3-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Kiranpal Pannu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-12 | 20-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-15 | 5-7 | 1-2 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-25 | 20-8 | 17-10 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-14 | 12-9 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-5 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 715, the Kiwi got to the qualifications after defeating Denis Kudla 4-6 6-3 6-4.
In the qualifications against Kudla, The Kiwi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Pannu scored 108 points vs Kudla’s 95. Pannu was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Pannu recorded 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Kiranpal Pannu was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 63% (26/41) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Kiranpal broke Kudla twice after converting 17% of his break points (2/12).
Kiranpal has a composed 1-3 win-loss record in 2023, 1-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Washington
Pannu has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 29 |
| Pts | 70-52 | 108-95 |
| Total Points | 122 | 203 |
| Winners | 37 | 40 |
| %Winners | 53% | 37% |
Both Kuzuhara and Pannu played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Kiranpal Pannu lost 1 set while Bruno Kuzuhara hasn’t dropped a set so far. Kuzuhara has played 1 set(s) less than Pannu (2 vs 3). Therefore, Kuzuhara played 11 games less than Pannu. The American scored 37 winners (53% of the total points). On the other side, Pannu scored 40 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 12 |
| 1st in | 49/62 | 54/95 |
| %1st in | 79% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 40/54 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 26/41 |
| %2nd pts | 46% | 63% |
Kuzuhara made 5 aces . Pannu recorded 12 aces . Kuzuhara won 76% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 46% of the points. On the other side, Pannu won 74% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Pannu |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 2/12 |
| % Converted | 43% | 17% |
| Conceded | 4 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 91% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kuzuhara pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 4 break points. The Kiwi broke his opponent twice with a 17% conversion rate. Kiranpal conceded his serve once and he saved 91% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 53% | 53% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/62 | 49/62 | |
| % 1st in | 79% | 79% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
| % 2nd pts | 46% | 46% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Pannu | |||
| Q1 Kudla |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 108-95 | 108-95 | |
| Total points | 203 | 203 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 54/95 | 54/95 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 40/54 | 40/54 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 26/41 | 26/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/12 | 2/12 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 10/11 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 91% | 91% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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