Emilio Nava and Denis Kudla will play each other in the semifinal of the Knoxville Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on COURT 2. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emilio Nava who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Emilio Nava is the pick to win this match.
Emilio Nava -> 1.62
Denis Kudla -> 2.23
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Prediction and head to head Emilio Nava vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 3rd time that Emilio Nava and Denis Kudla face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nava won 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in the Charlottesville Challenger back in 2022.
Emilio Nava
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-12 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-31 | 24-14 | 12-8 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 41-27 | 15-15 | 14-6 | 12-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-16 | 9-6 | 27-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 17-12 | 10-7 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 153, Emilio reached the semifinal after defeating Nino Serdarusic 6-4 6-4, Murphy Cassone 6-4 6-4 and Zachary Svajda 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 6-4). During the match, Nava scored 80 points vs Svajda’s 69. The American was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Nava struck 8 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emilio Nava lost the serve once and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Nava put 65% of his first serves in, winning 63% (36/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (18/31) on the 2nd serve. Emilio broke Svajda 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Emilio hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Nava has a solid win-loss record in the last 6 years having won 61% of his matches (153-98). 4-7 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nava has an overall20-16 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Modena Challenger where he overcame Titouan Droguet in the final 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-4.
Emilio has an overall 40-29 win-loss record in 2023, 4-7 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 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. 183, Kudla reached the semifinal after defeating Patrick Kypson 6-75 6-3 6-4, Martin Damm 7-64 6-3 and Aidan Mchugh 6-3 7-65.
In the quarter, The American had a good straight sets win against Mchugh (6-3 7-65). During the match Kudla scored 82 points vs Mchugh’s 71. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
About the serving games, Kudla fired 7 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 6 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 65% of his first serves in, winning 85% (41/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (13/26) on the 2nd serve. Kudla broke Mchugh once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Columbus Challenger where he overcame Alexis Galarneau in the final 6-2 6-1.
Denis has a compiled 29-26 win-loss record in 2023, 10-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Knoxville Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2017. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nava | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 60 | 76 |
| Pts | 214-187 | 263-232 |
| Total Points | 401 | 495 |
| Winners | 91 | 121 |
| %Winners | 43% | 46% |
Both Nava and Kudla played 3 matches. At the moment, Denis Kudla surrendered 1 set while Emilio Nava hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nava has played 1 set(s) less than Kudla (6 vs 7). Therefore, Nava played 16 games less than Kudla. The American scored 91 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 121 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nava | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 15 | 26 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 8.7 |
| 1st in | 130/203 | 166/253 |
| %1st in | 64% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 91/130 | 121/166 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 39/73 | 53/87 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 61% |
Nava blasted 15 aces (5 per match). Kudla struck 26 aces (8.7 per match). Nava won 70% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nava | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 10 | 8 |
| Converted | 10/20 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 50% | 36% |
| Conceded | 14 | 17 |
| Saved | 10 | 13 |
| % Saved | 71% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Nava broke his opponents 10 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nava dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Kudla broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Kudla conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nava | |||||
| R1 Serdarusic |
R2 Cassone |
1/4 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 65-58 | 80-69 | 214-187 | |
| Total points | 129 | 123 | 149 | 401 | |
| Winners | 36 | 19 | 36 | 91 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 29% | 45% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 44/64 | 29/51 | 57/88 | 130/203 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 57% | 65% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 19/29 | 36/57 | 91/130 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 66% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/20 | 11/22 | 18/31 | 39/73 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | 58% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/8 | 3/6 | 10/20 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 63% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 0/3 | 8/9 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 89% | 63% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Kudla | |||||
| R1 Kypson |
R2 Damm |
1/4 Mchugh |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | 7-64 6-3 | 6-3 7-65 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 22 | 22 | 76 | |
| pts | 110-96 | 71-65 | 82-71 | 263-232 | |
| Total points | 206 | 136 | 153 | 495 | |
| Winners | 42 | 38 | 41 | 121 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 54% | 50% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 13 | 6 | 7 | 26 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 68/104 | 50/75 | 48/74 | 166/253 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 67% | 65% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 42/68 | 38/50 | 41/48 | 121/166 | |
| % 1st pts | 62% | 76% | 85% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/36 | 15/25 | 13/26 | 53/87 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 60% | 50% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/6 | 1/4 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 33% | 25% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/5 | 6/6 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 80% | 100% | 77% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWLLLLWWWL Tennis Scores in Knoxville Challenger
- Denis KudlaKudla – Aidan MchughMchugh (6-3 7-65) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Alexander RitschardRitschard (7-69 6-4) – See score progression
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Nishesh BasavareddyBasavareddy (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Martin Damm/Alex RybakovDamm/Alex Rybakov – Shunsuke Mitsui/Filip PieczonkaMitsui/Filip Pieczonka (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – Emilio NavaNava (1-1) – H2H and prediction
