Sumit Nagal and Ugo Blanchet will face off in the 1st round of the Malaga Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 1:00 pm on COURT 2. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.69
Ugo Blanchet -> 2.08
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Ugo Blanchet
There is no head to head record between Sumit Nagal and Ugo Blanchet since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-23 | 15-12 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 157, Nagal will start his run in the Malaga Challenger after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 6-3 6-2 to Saville in the qualifications on the 2nd of October.
Nagal has an overall 41-24 win-loss record in 2023, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Rome Challenger where he defeated Jesper De Jong in the final 6-3 6-2 and the Tampere Challenger where he defeated Dalibor Svrcina in the final 6-4 7-5.
Talking about his overall career, Nagal has an overall 293-188 record. He has a positive 81-58 record on hard.
Previously in the Malaga Challenger
Nagal has never competed in this tournament before.
Ugo Blanchet
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-23 | 4-7 | 14-12 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 49-21 | 35-12 | 6-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 14-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
Ranked no. 324, Ugo got to the 1st round after beating Ergi Kirkin 6-3 4-0 ret. and Daniel Rincon 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Ugo had a good straight sets win against Rincon (6-4 7-5). During the match Blanchet scored 60 points vs Rincon’s 51. Ugo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanchet bagged 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ugo Blanchet was extremely efficient on serve to win 85% (33/39) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ugo broke Rincon twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Blanchet’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Uriage and M25 Monastir.
Blanchet has a composed 33-24 win-loss record in 2023, 8-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Head 2 Head
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