Martin Damm and David Poljak will face off in the qualifications of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Martin Damm who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Martin Damm is the pick to win this match.
Martin Damm -> 1.4
David Poljak -> 2.78
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Prediction and head to head Martin Damm vs. David Poljak
There is no head to head record between Martin Damm and David Poljak since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-20 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 399, Martin reached the qualifications after beating Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 7-5 7-64.
In the qualifications, Martin had a good straight sets win against Kaliyanda Poonacha (7-5 7-64). During the match, Damm scored 80 points vs Kaliyanda Poonacha’s 73. Damm was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Damm fired 5 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Martin Damm was extremely efficient on serve to win 79% (38/48) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Damm broke Kaliyanda Poonacha once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Damm has a winning win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 55% of his matches (99-82). 17-11 on hard in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Damm has a composed44-33 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Martin’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Southaven.
Martin has an overall 30-22 win-loss record in 2023, 17-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Damm has never competed in this tournament before.
David Poljak
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-19 | 3-2 | 5-5 | 8-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 10-15 | 7-11 | 3-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-30 | 6-4 | 8-10 | 25-15 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 38-28 | 15-12 | 12-12 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 5-0 |
| 2020 | 22-13 | 16-7 | 4-4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 762, the Czech got to the qualifications after defeating Evgeny Karlovskiy 6-2 4-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Poljak defeated Karlovskiy (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match Poljak scored 97 points vs Karlovskiy’s 92. The Czech was extremely aggressive to blast 53 winners.
About the serving games, Poljak struck 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. David Poljak lost the serve 3 times and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Poljak put 75% of his first serves in, winning 66% (53/80) of the points behind his 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. Poljak broke Karlovskiy 5 times after converting 71% of his break points (5/7).
David has an aggregate 8-8 win-loss record in 2023, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Damm | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 27 |
| Pts | 80-73 | 97-92 |
| Total Points | 153 | 189 |
| Winners | 38 | 53 |
| %Winners | 48% | 55% |
Both Damm and Poljak played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, David Poljak conceded 1 set while Martin Damm hasn’t dropped a set so far. Damm has played 1 set(s) less than Poljak (2 vs 3). Therefore, Damm played 2 games less than Poljak. The American scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Poljak bagged 53 winners (55%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Damm | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 80/107 |
| %1st in | 63% | 75% |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 53/80 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 10/27 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 37% |
Damm blasted 5 aces . Poljak recorded 4 aces . Damm won 79% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Poljak won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 37% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Damm | Poljak |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/4 | 5/7 |
| % Converted | 25% | 71% |
| Conceded | 3 | 12 |
| Saved | 3 | 9 |
| % Saved | 100% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
The American broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Damm was rock solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Czech broke his opponent 5 times with a 71% conversion rate. Poljak conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Damm | |||
| Q1 Kaliyanda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 80-73 | 80-73 | |
| Total points | 153 | 153 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/76 | 48/76 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 38/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Poljak | |||
| Q1 Karlovskiy |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 4-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 97-92 | 97-92 | |
| Total points | 189 | 189 | |
| Winners | 53 | 53 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 4 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 80/107 | 80/107 | |
| % 1st in | 75% | 75% | |
| 1st pts | 53/80 | 53/80 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/27 | 10/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 37% | 37% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/7 | 5/7 | |
| Converted % | 71% | 71% | |
| Conceded | 12 | 12 | |
| Saved | 9/12 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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