Vasek Pospisil and James Tracy will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:30 pm on COURT 3. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Vasek Pospisil who should win in 2 sets.
Vasek Pospisil -> 1.159
James Tracy -> 4.75
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Prediction and head to head Vasek Pospisil vs. James Tracy
There is no head to head record between Vasek Pospisil and James Tracy since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Vasek Pospisil
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 9-14 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 45-22 | 6-9 | 0-0 | 35-10 | 1-2 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 8-19 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1-6 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 21-12 | 6-3 | 0-1 | 15-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 188, Vasek reached the 2nd round after defeating Nishesh Basavareddy 7-5 2-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Canadian defeated Basavareddy (7-5 2-6 7-5). During the match, Pospisil scored 103 points vs Basavareddy’s 94. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Talking about the service games, Pospisil scored 13 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Vasek Pospisil was pretty effective on serve to win 75% (42/56) of his 1st serve and 54% (19/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. The Canadian broke Basavareddy 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Pospisil has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (260-204). 6-3 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Pospisil has a compiled 107-53 win-loss record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Pospisil’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Koblenz Challenger.
Pospisil has a composed 8-10 win-loss record in 2023, 6-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Pospisil has never competed in this tournament before.
James Tracy
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 12-5 | 11-3 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-6 | 4-2 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 715, the American reached the 2nd round after defeating Justin Boulais 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round, James had a good straight sets win against Boulais (6-3 7-5). During the match Tracy scored 65 points vs Boulais’s 48. James was very aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Tracy scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite steady in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Tracy was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (28/33) of his 1st serve and 67% (12/18) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Boulais 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
The American’s best result of the year was getting to the final in M15 South Bend and M25 Laval.
Tracy has a compiled 12-4 win-loss record in 2023, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Pospisil | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 21 |
| Pts | 103-94 | 65-48 |
| Total Points | 197 | 113 |
| Winners | 42 | 28 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Pospisil and Tracy played 1 match. At the moment, Vasek Pospisil dropped 1 set while James Tracy hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Pospisil has played 1 set more than Tracy (3 vs 2). Therefore, Pospisil played 11 games more than Tracy. Vasek scored 42 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Tracy scored 28 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Pospisil | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 1 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 1 |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 33/51 |
| %1st in | 62% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 28/33 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 12/18 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 67% |
Pospisil made 13 aces . Tracy struck 1 ace . Pospisil won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Tracy won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 67% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Pospisil | Tracy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/5 |
| % Converted | 43% | 60% |
| Conceded | 8 | 0 |
| Saved | 5 | 0 |
| % Saved | 63% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 |
Vasek broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Vasek lost his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Tracy broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. James was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Pospisil | |||
| R1 Basavareddy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 2-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 103-94 | 103-94 | |
| Total points | 197 | 197 | |
| Winners | 42 | 42 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 56/91 | 56/91 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 42/56 | 42/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/35 | 19/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 5/8 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 63% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Tracy | |||
| R1 Boulais | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 65-48 | 65-48 | |
| Total points | 113 | 113 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 33/51 | 33/51 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 28/33 | 28/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 12/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/5 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 60% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Tennis Scores in Columbus Challenger
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Adam WaltonWalton (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis KudlaKudla – Michael GeertsGeerts (7-5 3-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-60 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Cannon KingsleyKingsley (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate – Denis KudlaKudla (0-0) – H2H and prediction