Zachary Svajda and Sebastian Fanselow will play each other in the 2nd round of the Knoxville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on COURT 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.222
Sebastian Fanselow -> 3.92
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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Sebastian Fanselow
This will be the 3rd time that Zachary Svajda and Sebastian Fanselow play each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Fanselow (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they fought against each other, Fanselow won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in the Cleveland Challenger back in 2022.
Zachary Svajda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-20 | 16-11 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-24 | 28-8 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-23 | 25-14 | 0-3 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-13 | 24-12 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 6-6 | 5-3 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 141, Svajda reached the 2nd round after beating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, Svajda had a good straight sets win against Mayo (6-3 6-4). During the match, Svajda scored 66 points vs Mayo’s 48. The American was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svajda made 2 aces and he was exceptionally consistent in conceding no double faults. Overall, Zachary Svajda was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Zachary broke Mayo 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Svajda has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (122-86). 9-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Svajda has an overall11-15 win-loss record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Cary 2 Challenger where he defeated Rinky Hijikata in the final 7-6(3) 4-6 6-1 and the Tiburon Challenger where he beat Adam Walton in the final 6-2 6-2 and the Fairfield Challenger where he beat Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 6-4 6-1.
Zachary has a composed 45-23 win-loss record in 2023, 9-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Sebastian Fanselow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-22 | 7-8 | 5-8 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-31 | 24-9 | 20-15 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 5-11 | 17-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 17-13 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-15 | 34-13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 335, Fanselow got to the 2nd round after beating Kyle Kang 6-3 6-3, Alex Rybakov 6-70 6-4 6-4 and Cannon Kingsley 6-4 6-2.
In the 1st round, The German had a good straight sets win against Kingsley (6-4 6-2). During the match Fanselow scored 63 points vs Kingsley’s 46. The German was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
About the serving games, Fanselow fired 7 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Sebastian Fanselow was quite effective on serve to win 89% (25/28) of his 1st serve and 63% (12/19) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Sebastian broke Kingsley 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
The German’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula,M25 Wetzlar,M25 Sintra and M25 Tavira.
The German has an overall 55-28 win-loss record in 2023, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svajda | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 69 |
| Pts | 66-48 | 233-202 |
| Total Points | 114 | 435 |
| Winners | 20 | 100 |
| %Winners | 30% | 43% |
Svajda played 1 match while Fanselow competed in 3 matches. Fanselow started his run from the qualifications while Svajda had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Sebastian Fanselow conceded 1 set while Zachary Svajda hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Svajda has played 5 set(s) less than Fanselow (2 vs 7). Therefore, Svajda played 50 games less than Fanselow. Zachary scored 20 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, Fanselow fired 100 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svajda | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 25 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 8.3 |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 122/208 |
| %1st in | 46% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 100/122 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 48/86 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 56% |
Svajda recorded 2 aces . Fanselow struck 25 aces (8.3 per match). Svajda won 74% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Fanselow won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svajda | Fanselow |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 9 |
| Converted | 4/8 | 9/25 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
The American broke his opponent 4 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Sebastian broke his opponents 9 times with a 36% conversion rate. The German conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svajda | |||
| R1 Mayo |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 66-48 | 66-48 | |
| Total points | 114 | 114 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/59 | 27/59 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/32 | 19/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Fanselow | |||||
| Q1 Kang |
Q3 Rybakov |
R1 Kingsley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | 6-70 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 33 | 18 | 69 | |
| pts | 72-58 | 98-98 | 63-46 | 233-202 | |
| Total points | 130 | 196 | 109 | 435 | |
| Winners | 25 | 50 | 25 | 100 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 51% | 40% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 15 | 7 | 25 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 34/57 | 60/104 | 28/47 | 122/208 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 58% | 60% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/34 | 50/60 | 25/28 | 100/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 83% | 89% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/23 | 23/44 | 12/19 | 48/86 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 52% | 63% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 9/25 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 40% | 50% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 100% | 267% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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