Tomas Machac and Kevin Anderson will face off in the qualifications of the U.S. Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 2:30 pm on Grandstand. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tomas Machac who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Tomas Machac is the pick to win this match.
Tomas Machac -> 1.87
Kevin Anderson -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Tomas Machac vs. Kevin Anderson

There is no head to head record between Tomas Machac and Kevin Anderson since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tomas Machac

Tomas Machac

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
25
High
25
LLWWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 37-24 22-11 9-5 5-6 1-2 0-0
2023 52-27 15-10 16-11 18-5 3-1 0-0
2022 47-19 24-6 5-2 18-10 0-0 0-1
2021 28-19 5-4 5-4 12-6 2-3 4-2
2020 27-12 0-0 12-6 15-5 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 123, Machac got to the qualifications after defeating Laurent Lokoli 6-4 6-1.

In the qualifications, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Lokoli (6-4 6-1). During the match, Machac scored 58 points vs Lokoli’s 45. Machac was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Machac scored just 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (8/13) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tomas broke Lokoli 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).

Machac has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 66% of his matches (197-101). 10-8 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Machac has an aggregate45-20 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The Czech’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Prostejov Challenger.

Tomas has a composed 29-21 win-loss record in 2023, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

U.S. Open
Machac's Record

Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

3 - 3win/loss

Hard
1-2
I Hard
0-0
Grass
2-1
Rank
627
High
5
LWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2023 3-3 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0
2022 3-8 2-7 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
2021 20-18 8-10 2-2 2-2 8-4 0-0
2020 10-10 4-4 2-3 4-3 0-0 0-0
2019 11-4 8-2 0-0 0-0 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 656, Kevin reached the qualifications after defeating Oleksii Krutykh 6-3 7-5.

In the qualifications, Kevin had a good straight sets win against Krutykh (6-3 7-5). During the match Anderson scored 66 points vs Krutykh’s 55. The South African was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Anderson fired 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Kevin Anderson was very effective on serve to win 85% (35/41) of his 1st serve and 54% (13/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kevin broke Krutykh twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).

Anderson has a compiled 3-2 win-loss record in 2023, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously at the U.S. Open

Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.

U.S. Open
Anderson's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

T.Machac
K.Anderson
1h:07
1h:07
Time on court​
1h:21
1h:21
1h:07
1h:07
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
1
1
Match played
1
1
17
17
Games Played​
21
21
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
58
58
Total points​
66
66
58
58
Avg point​
66
66
20
20
Winners
35
35
20
20
Avg Winners​
35
35
34%
34%
Ratio winners
53%
53%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
12
12
1
1
Avg Aces
!
12
12
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
2
2
Avg Double Faults
2
2
20/27
20/27
1st won total​
35/41
35/41
!
74%
74%
1st won %
!
85%
85%
8/13
8/13
2nd won total​
13/24
13/24
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
54%
54%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
2/4
2/4
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
2/4
2/4
50%
50%
Won
50%
50%
1
1
Conceded
3
3
1
1
Avg Conceded
3
3
1
1
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
0
0
Saved
3
3

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Machac Anderson
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 21
Pts 58-45 66-55
Total Points 103 121
Winners 20 35
%Winners 34% 53%

Both Machac and Anderson played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Machac and Anderson have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Machac played 4 games less than Anderson. The Czech scored 20 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The South African blasted 35 winners (53%).

Serve Performance

Serve Machac Anderson
Aces 1 12
Avg per match 1 12
1st in 27/40 41/65
%1st in 68% 63%
1st pts 20/27 35/41
%1st pts 74% 85%
2nd pts 8/13 13/24
%2nd pts 62% 54%

Machac blasted 1 ace . Anderson also blasted 12 aces . Machac won 74% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Anderson won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Machac Anderson
Won 5 2
Converted 5/10 2/4
% Converted 50% 50%
Conceded 1 3
Saved 0 3
% Saved 0% 100%
Times Broken 1 0

Machac broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Anderson broke his opponent twice with a 50% conversion rate. Kevin was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 3 break points.

Machac
Q1
Lokoli
Total
Score 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 17 17
pts 58-45 58-45
Total points 103 103
Winners 20 20
%Winners 34% 34%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 27/40 27/40
% 1st in 68% 68%
1st pts 20/27 20/27
% 1st pts 74% 74%
2nd pts 8/13 8/13
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/10 5/10
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1
Anderson
Q1
Krutykh
Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 66-55 66-55
Total points 121 121
Winners 35 35
%Winners 53% 53%
SERVE
Aces 12 12
Double Faults 2 2
1st in 41/65 41/65
% 1st in 63% 63%
1st pts 35/41 35/41
% 1st pts 85% 85%
2nd pts 13/24 13/24
% 2nd pts 54% 54%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/4 2/4
Converted % 50% 50%
Conceded 3 3
Saved 3/3 3
Saved % 100% 100%
Times Broken 0 0

Tennis Scores – U.S. Open

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