Luca Nardi and Marc Polmans will clash against each other in the quarter of the Kobe Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:00 pm on CENTRAL COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.35
Marc Polmans -> 3.08
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Marc Polmans
This will be the 2nd time that Luca Nardi and Marc Polmans square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nardi (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played each other, Nardi won 4-6 6-3 6-1 in the 1st round in the San Benedetto Challenger back in July 2023.
Luca Nardi
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22-22 | 13-12 | 8-5 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 128, the Italian reached the quarter after beating Taisei Ichikawa 7-5 6-2 and August Holmgren 6-3 3-6 7-5.
In the 2nd round, Luca defeated Holmgren (6-3 3-6 7-5). During the match, Nardi scored 100 points vs Holmgren’s 86. Luca was quite aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi managed to score 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Luca Nardi was pretty effective on serve to win 74% (39/53) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Italian broke Holmgren 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nardi has surrendered 1 set in this event to win 54% of the points he played.
Nardi has a winning match record in the last 6 years having won 57% of his matches (117-89). 10-9 on indoor hard courts in 2023. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Nardi has a compiled32-30 match record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Porto Challenger where he overcame Joao Sousa in the final 5-7 6-4 6-1 and the Matsuyama Challenger where he beat Taro Daniel in the final 3-6 6-4 6-2.
Luca has a composed 37-32 win-loss record in 2023, 10-9 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Marc Polmans
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-24 | 10-15 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-35 | 32-23 | 14-9 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-13 | 14-12 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 15-28 | 1-6 | 8-13 | 2-6 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 11-16 | 2-6 | 5-4 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 158, Polmans reached the quarter after beating Andrew Fenty 6-2 7-5 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-4 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Marc had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-4 7-63). During the match Polmans scored 93 points vs Blancaneaux’s 80. Marc was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about serving, Polmans scored 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Marc Polmans lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Polmans put 67% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Polmans broke Blancaneaux 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Marc hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Polmans’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Canberra,the Guangzhou Challenger and the Sydney Challenger.
The Australian has a compiled 46-32 win-loss record in 2023, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Kobe Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 50 | 43 |
| Pts | 165-138 | 171-145 |
| Total Points | 303 | 316 |
| Winners | 67 | 61 |
| %Winners | 41% | 36% |
Both Nardi and Polmans played 2 matches. At the moment, Luca Nardi conceded 1 set while Marc Polmans hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Nardi has played 1 set more than Polmans (5 vs 4). Therefore, Nardi played 7 games more than Polmans. The Italian scored 67 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, The Australian struck 61 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 4.5 | 4 |
| 1st in | 90/142 | 88/135 |
| %1st in | 63% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 67/90 | 61/88 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 69% |
| 2nd pts | 34/52 | 18/47 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 38% |
Nardi struck 9 aces (4.5 per match). Polmans made 8 aces (4 per match). Nardi won 74% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Polmans won 69% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Polmans |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 10 |
| Converted | 7/17 | 10/31 |
| % Converted | 41% | 32% |
| Conceded | 6 | 14 |
| Saved | 3 | 8 |
| % Saved | 50% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 6 |
Luca broke his opponents 7 times with a 41% conversion rate. The Italian lost his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Marc broke his opponents 10 times with a 32% conversion rate. Polmans conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | ||||
| R1 Ichikawa |
R2 Holmgren |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 3-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 30 | 50 | |
| pts | 65-52 | 100-86 | 165-138 | |
| Total points | 117 | 186 | 303 | |
| Winners | 28 | 39 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 39% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 37/57 | 53/85 | 90/142 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 62% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/37 | 39/53 | 67/90 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/20 | 22/32 | 34/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 69% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/10 | 7/17 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 30% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Polmans | ||||
| R1 Fenty |
R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 23 | 43 | |
| pts | 78-65 | 93-80 | 171-145 | |
| Total points | 143 | 173 | 316 | |
| Winners | 30 | 31 | 61 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 33% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 40/63 | 48/72 | 88/135 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 67% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 31/48 | 61/88 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 65% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/23 | 10/24 | 18/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 35% | 42% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/17 | 10/31 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 29% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 9 | 14 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 5/9 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 56% | 58% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
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