Daniel Cukierman and Saba Purtseladze will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniel Cukierman who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Daniel Cukierman is the pick to win this match.
Daniel Cukierman -> 1.51
Saba Purtseladze -> 2.43
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Prediction and head to head Daniel Cukierman vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Daniel Cukierman and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Daniel Cukierman
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 2-2 | 12-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-25 | 17-11 | 6-5 | 11-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-28 | 39-14 | 5-7 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-13 | 3-4 | 20-8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-7 | 9-6 | 1-0 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 386, Daniel reached the qualifications after beating Aleksandr Braynin 6-4 7-63.
In the qualifications, The Israeli had a good straight sets win against Braynin (6-4 7-63). During the match, Cukierman scored 75 points vs Braynin’s 66. Daniel was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Cukierman was unable to score even 1 ace during the encounter and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Daniel Cukierman was extremely efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 54% (15/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Daniel broke Braynin 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Cukierman has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (189-114). 14-9 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cukierman has an overall136-73 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
Cukierman’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M25 Gurb.
Daniel has a compiled 28-21 win-loss record in 2023, 14-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Daniel has never competed in this tournament before.
Saba Purtseladze
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-19 | 15-10 | 7-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 450, Purtseladze got to the qualifications after beating Evgenii Tiurnev 5-7 6-1 6-3.
In the qualifications against Tyurnev, Purtseladze recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-1 6-3). During the match Purtseladze scored 88 points vs Tyurnev’s 76. The Georgean was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Purtseladze blasted 11 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Saba Purtseladze lost the serve 3 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 53% of his first serves in, winning 70% (30/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (22/38) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Tyurnev 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
The Georgean’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and M25 Sharm ElSheikh.
Saba has an overall 30-23 win-loss record in 2023, 27-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cukierman | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 28 |
| Pts | 75-66 | 88-76 |
| Total Points | 141 | 164 |
| Winners | 32 | 30 |
| %Winners | 43% | 34% |
Both Cukierman and Purtseladze played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Saba Purtseladze conceded 1 set while Daniel Cukierman hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Cukierman has played 1 set(s) less than Purtseladze (2 vs 3). Therefore, Cukierman played 5 games less than Purtseladze. The Israeli scored 32 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Saba managed to score 30 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cukierman | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 11 |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 43/81 |
| %1st in | 61% | 53% |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 30/43 |
| %1st pts | 73% | 70% |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 22/38 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 58% |
Cukierman didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Purtseladze blasted 11 aces . Cukierman won 73% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Purtseladze won 70% of the points behind 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 | Cukierman | Purtseladze |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 60% | 63% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
The Israeli broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Cukierman lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Purtseladze broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Georgean conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cukierman | |||
| Q1 Braynin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 75-66 | 75-66 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 32 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 44/72 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 32/44 | 32/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Purtseladze | |||
| Q1 Tyurnev |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 88-76 | 88-76 | |
| Total points | 164 | 164 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 43/81 | 43/81 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 30/43 | 30/43 | |
| % 1st pts | 70% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/38 | 22/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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