Keegan Smith and Mark Whitehouse will square off in the qualifications of the Champaign Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Keegan Smith who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.42
Mark Whitehouse -> 2.71
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Mark Whitehouse
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Mark Whitehouse since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 36-21 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 653, Keegan got to the qualifications after beating Jody Maginley 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Maginley (6-4 6-4). During the match, Smith scored 70 points vs Maginley’s 51. Smith was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Regarding the service games, Smith scored just 1 ace throughout the match and he committed only 2 double faults. Keegan Smith was very efficient on serve to win 88% (30/34) 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. The American broke Maginley twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
Smith has a solid match record in the last 8 years having won 62% of his matches (128-77). 4-5 on indoor hard courts in 2023. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Smith has a compiled18-16 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.
Keegan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Rancho Santa Fe,M15 San Diego and M15 Albuquerque.
Keegan has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2023, 4-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Champaign Challenger
Mark Whitehouse
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-17 | 8-7 | 5-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2023 | 13-26 | 7-14 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 34-33 | 25-21 | 0-0 | 2-6 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 12-18 | 7-10 | 5-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-9 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 9-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 801, Whitehouse reached the qualifications after beating Gabi Adrian Boitan 4-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Adrian Boitan, Mark recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Whitehouse scored 91 points vs Adrian Boitan’s 78. Mark was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Whitehouse recorded 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Mark Whitehouse lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Whitehouse put 60% of his first serves in, winning 78% (38/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. Mark broke Adrian Boitan 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Whitehouse has an overall 11-24 win-loss record in 2023, 1-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 27 |
| Pts | 70-51 | 91-78 |
| Total Points | 121 | 169 |
| Winners | 30 | 38 |
| %Winners | 43% | 42% |
Both Smith and Whitehouse played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mark Whitehouse dropped 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t lost a set so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Whitehouse (2 vs 3). Therefore, Smith played 7 games less than Whitehouse. The American scored 30 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Whitehouse scored 38 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 12 |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 49/81 |
| %1st in | 64% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 38/49 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 15/32 |
| %2nd pts | 63% | 47% |
Smith struck 1 ace . Whitehouse also fired 12 aces . Smith won 88% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Whitehouse won 78% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Smith | Whitehouse |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 4 |
| Converted | 2/8 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 25% | 36% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 2 |
| % Saved | 0% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Smith broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. Keegan pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Mark broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Whitehouse conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Maginley |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 70-51 | |
| Total points | 121 | 121 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 34/53 | 34/53 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 30/34 | 30/34 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/19 | 12/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 63% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/8 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Whitehouse | |||
| Q1 Adrian |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 91-78 | 91-78 | |
| Total points | 169 | 169 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/81 | 49/81 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 38/49 | 38/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/32 | 15/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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