Denis Kudla and Garrett Johns will face off in the 2nd round of the Charleston Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:00 am on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.26
Garrett Johns -> 3.58
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Garrett Johns
This will be the 2nd time that Denis Kudla and Garrett Johns clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Kudla won 6-2 6-1 in the 2nd round in the Cary Challenger back in 2020.
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. 173, Kudla reached the 2nd round after beating Tristan Schoolkate 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Schoolkate (6-4 7-5). During the match, Kudla scored 75 points vs Schoolkate’s 60. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla blasted 2 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (29/36) of his 1st serve and 58% (15/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Denis broke Schoolkate 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kudla has winning match record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (338-264). 12-14 on hard in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has an aggregate 164-136 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the season was conquering the title the Columbus Challenger where he beat Alexis Galarneau in the final 6-2 6-1.
Denis has an aggregate 24-22 win-loss record in 2023, 12-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Garrett Johns
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-16 | 29-11 | 5-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-8 | 13-4 | 6-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-9 | 9-6 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 638 (career-high), Johns reached the 2nd round after beating Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard 6-4 7-64.
In the 1st round, Garrett had a good straight sets win against Mpetshi Perricard (6-4 7-64). During the match Johns scored 73 points vs Mpetshi Perricard’s 64. The American was quite aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Johns struck 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Garrett Johns was quite efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Garrett broke Mpetshi Perricard once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Garrett’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
The American has a composed 19-11 win-loss record in 2023, 17-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Charleston Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 23 |
| Pts | 75-60 | 73-64 |
| Total Points | 135 | 137 |
| Winners | 29 | 33 |
| %Winners | 39% | 45% |
Both Kudla and Johns played 1 match. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Johns have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudla played 1 game less than Johns. Denis scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Johns recorded 33 winners (45%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 7 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 7 |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 39/64 |
| %1st in | 58% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 33/39 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 17/25 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 68% |
Kudla managed to score 2 aces . Johns made 7 aces . Kudla won 81% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Johns won 85% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Johns |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 50% | 25% |
| Conceded | 5 | 0 |
| Saved | 4 | 0 |
| % Saved | 80% | 0% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 |
Denis broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American lost his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. Johns was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points.
| Kudla | |||
| R1 Schoolkate |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 75-60 | 75-60 | |
| Total points | 135 | 135 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 36/62 | 36/62 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 29/36 | 29/36 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/26 | 15/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Johns | |||
| R1 Mpetshi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 73-64 | 73-64 | |
| Total points | 137 | 137 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 39/64 | 39/64 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 33/39 | 33/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/25 | 17/25 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWLWWWWW Tennis Scores in Charleston Challenger
- Christian Harrison/Mikelis LibietisHarrison/Mikelis Libietis – Mitchell Krueger/Luis David MartinezKrueger/Luis David Martinez (6-4 3-6 11-9) – See score progression
- Brandon HoltHolt – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Christian HarrisonHarrison – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (6-76 7-61 6-2) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – August HolmgrenHolmgren (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Bernard TomicTomic (6-3 5-7 7-63) – See score progression
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Patrick KypsonKypson (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Abedallah ShelbayhShelbayh – Mark LajalLajal (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Tristan SchoolkateSchoolkate (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-74 6-3 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Stefan DostanicDostanic – Alexander RitschardRitschard (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aidan MayoMayo – Michael GeertsGeerts (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Skander MansouriMansouri (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (6-2 7-65) – See score progression
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Mili PoljicakPoljicak (6-3 4-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Laurent LokoliLokoli – Mitchell KruegerKrueger (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Enzo CouacaudCouacaud – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Ryan PenistonPeniston – Christian HarrisonHarrison (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Stefan DostanicDostanic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Aziz DougazDougaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oliver CrawfordCrawford – Laurent LokoliLokoli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Garrett JohnsJohns – Denis KudlaKudla (0-1) – H2H and prediction
