Alexis Galarneau and Denis Kudla will fight against each other in the final of the Columbus Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 12:00 pm on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexis Galarneau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Alexis Galarneau is the pick to win this match.
Alexis Galarneau -> 1.8
Denis Kudla -> 1.96
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Prediction and head to head Alexis Galarneau vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Alexis Galarneau and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Alexis Galarneau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 9-5 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-26 | 20-18 | 3-5 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-28 | 12-7 | 9-9 | 18-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-20 | 13-9 | 5-6 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-3 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 202, the Canadian reached the final after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-4 6-3, Laurent Lokoli 7-5 7-65, Enzo Couacaud 6-3 6-4 and Cannon Kingsley 6-4 7-62.
In the semifinal, Alexis had a good straight sets win against Kingsley (6-4 7-62). During the match, Galarneau scored 70 points vs Kingsley’s 64. Alexis was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Galarneau fired 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Alexis Galarneau lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Galarneau put 59% of his first serves in, winning 75% (33/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Alexis broke Kingsley 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Canadian hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Galarneau has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 55% of his matches (137-111). 6-1 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Galarneau has an aggregate40-28 match record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Granby Challenger where he defeated Philip Sekulic in the final 6-4 3-6 6-3.
The Canadian has a compiled 26-21 win-loss record in 2023, 6-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 17-15 | 5-3 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-3 | 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, Denis got to the final after defeating Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-4, Michael Geerts 7-5 3-6 6-3, Tristan Schoolkate 6-2 6-4 and Ryan Peniston 7-5 6-2.
In the semifinal, Denis had a good straight sets win against Peniston (7-5 6-2). During the match Kudla scored 64 points vs Peniston’s 48. Kudla was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
About the serving games, Kudla managed to score 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Denis Kudla was very effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 70% (19/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Kudla broke Peniston 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Denis has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Columbus Challenger.
The American has a compiled 22-22 win-loss record in 2023, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Columbus Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Galarneau | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 8 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 86 | 86 |
| Pts | 301-257 | 285-229 |
| Total Points | 558 | 514 |
| Winners | 117 | 110 |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% |
Both Galarneau and Kudla played 4 matches. At the moment, Denis Kudla dropped 1 set while Alexis Galarneau hasn’t lost a set so far. Galarneau has played 1 set(s) less than Kudla (8 vs 9). However, it is interesting to notice that they played the same amount of games (86). The Canadian scored 117 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kudla recorded 110 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Galarneau | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 4.8 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 151/283 | 133/248 |
| %1st in | 53% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 117/151 | 110/133 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 70/132 | 74/115 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 64% |
Galarneau managed to score 19 aces (4.8 per match). Kudla managed to score 33 aces (8.3 per match). Galarneau won 77% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Galarneau | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 11 |
| Converted | 13/25 | 11/24 |
| % Converted | 52% | 46% |
| Conceded | 20 | 12 |
| Saved | 14 | 11 |
| % Saved | 70% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 6 | 1 |
Alexis broke his opponents 13 times with a 52% conversion rate. Alexis conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. Denis broke his opponents 11 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Galarneau | ||||||||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Lokoli |
R2 Lokoli |
1/4 Couacaud |
1/4 Couacaud |
1/2 Kingsley |
1/2 Kingsley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | 6-4 6-3 | 7-5 7-65 | 7-5 7-65 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-62 | 6-4 7-62 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 172 | |
| pts | 70-52 | 70-52 | 87-79 | 87-79 | 74-62 | 74-62 | 70-64 | 70-64 | 602-514 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | 166 | 166 | 136 | 136 | 134 | 134 | 1116 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | 35 | 35 | 29 | 29 | 33 | 33 | 234 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | 40% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||||||||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 38 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 | |
| 1st in | 25/58 | 25/58 | 44/80 | 44/80 | 38/71 | 38/71 | 44/74 | 44/74 | 302/566 | |
| % 1st in | 43% | 43% | 55% | 55% | 54% | 54% | 59% | 59% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 20/25 | 20/25 | 35/44 | 35/44 | 29/38 | 29/38 | 33/44 | 33/44 | 234/302 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | 80% | 80% | 76% | 76% | 75% | 75% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/33 | 21/33 | 20/36 | 20/36 | 14/33 | 14/33 | 15/30 | 15/30 | 140/264 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | 56% | 56% | 42% | 42% | 50% | 50% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||||||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 4/9 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 4/7 | 4/7 | 3/5 | 3/5 | 26/50 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 44% | 50% | 50% | 57% | 57% | 60% | 60% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 40 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3/4 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 5/7 | 5/7 | 4/6 | 4/6 | 28 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | 67% | 67% | 71% | 71% | 67% | 67% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |
| Kudla | ||||||||||
| R1 Kirchheimer |
R2 Geerts |
1/4 Schoolkate |
1/2 Peniston |
Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 6-3 | 6-2 6-4 | 7-5 6-2 | ||||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |||||
| Tot Games | 18 | 30 | 18 | 20 | 86 | |||||
| pts | 60-44 | 97-94 | 64-43 | 64-48 | 285-229 | |||||
| Total points | 104 | 191 | 107 | 112 | 514 | |||||
| Winners | 22 | 42 | 23 | 23 | 110 | |||||
| %Winners | 37% | 43% | 36% | 36% | 39% | |||||
| SERVE | ||||||||||
| Aces | 7 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 33 | |||||
| Double Faults | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |||||
| 1st in | 29/53 | 50/94 | 28/48 | 26/53 | 133/248 | |||||
| % 1st in | 55% | 53% | 58% | 49% | 54% | |||||
| 1st pts | 22/29 | 42/50 | 23/28 | 23/26 | 110/133 | |||||
| % 1st pts | 76% | 84% | 82% | 88% | 83% | |||||
| 2nd pts | 18/24 | 21/44 | 16/20 | 19/27 | 74/115 | |||||
| % 2nd pts | 75% | 48% | 80% | 70% | 64% | |||||
| Breaks | ||||||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/3 | 3/7 | 3/6 | 11/24 | |||||
| Converted % | 38% | 67% | 43% | 50% | 46% | |||||
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Saved | 3/3 | 6/7 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Saved % | 100% | 86% | – | 100% | 36% | |||||
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||
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