Denis Kudla and Michael Geerts will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 pm on Court 1. 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 Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.53
Michael Geerts -> 2.38
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Michael Geerts
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Michael Geerts play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Geerts (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Geerts won 6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 in the 2nd round in the Cherbourg Challenger back in 2021.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-12 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, Kudla got to the 2nd round after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Kirchheimer (6-2 6-4). During the match, Kudla scored 60 points vs Kirchheimer’s 44. Kudla was quite aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kudla struck 7 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Denis Kudla was pretty efficient on serve to win 76% (22/29) of his 1st serve and 75% (18/24) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Denis broke Kirchheimer 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (333-264). 2-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kudla has an aggregate 64-40 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Denis has an aggregate 19-22 win-loss record in 2023, 2-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-18 | 3-3 | 5-8 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 268, the Belgian reached the 2nd round after defeating Mitchell Krueger 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Krueger (7-5 6-2). During the match Geerts scored 73 points vs Krueger’s 51. Michael was very aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts scored 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Michael Geerts was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (23/27) of his 1st serve and 62% (21/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Belgian broke Krueger 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Michael’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Bigorre.
Michael has a compiled 28-30 win-loss record in 2023, 5-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 20 |
| Pts | 60-44 | 73-51 |
| Total Points | 104 | 124 |
| Winners | 22 | 23 |
| %Winners | 37% | 32% |
Both Kudla and Geerts played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudla played 2 games less than Geerts. Denis scored 22 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Geerts scored 23 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 7 |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 27/61 |
| %1st in | 55% | 44% |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 23/27 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 21/34 |
| %2nd pts | 75% | 62% |
Kudla recorded 7 aces . Geerts recorded 7 aces . Kudla won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 75% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 |
| % Converted | 38% | 50% |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 6 |
| % Saved | 100% | 86% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Denis quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 3 break points. The Belgian broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Belgian conceded his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 60-44 | 60-44 | |
| Total points | 104 | 104 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 29/53 | 29/53 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 22/29 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 18/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 75% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Geerts | |||
| R1 Krueger |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 73-51 | 73-51 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 27/61 | 27/61 | |
| % 1st in | 44% | 44% | |
| 1st pts | 23/27 | 23/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/34 | 21/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 62% | 62% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 6/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 86% | 86% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLWLLWLW Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Bernard TomicTomic (3-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Jack AnthropAnthrop (6-1 6-0) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Aidan MayoMayo (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Zachary SvajdaSvajda – Guido AndreozziAndreozzi (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Ethan QuinnQuinn (7-5 7-63) – See score progression
- James TracyTracy – Justin BoulaisBoulais (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Emilio GomezGomez – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Ryan PenistonPeniston (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Aziz DougazDougaz (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Michael GeertsGeerts – Denis KudlaKudla (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Juan Pablo FicovichPablo Ficovich – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cannon KingsleyKingsley – Alexander RitschardRitschard (0-1) – H2H and prediction
