Ajeet Rai and Keegan Smith will clash against each other in the qualifications of the Indian Wells 1 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 9:30 am on PC4. 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 -> 1.5
Ajeet Rai -> 2.47

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Prediction and head to head Ajeet Rai vs. Keegan Smith

There is no head to head record between Ajeet Rai and Keegan Smith since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Ajeet Rai

Ranked no. 541, the Kiwi got to the qualifications after beating Elijah Strode 6-2 6-3.

In the qualifications, Rai had a good straight sets win against Strode (6-2 6-3). During the match, Rai scored 58 points vs Strode’s 42. Rai was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

Regarding the service games, Rai struck 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ajeet Rai lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Rai put 57% of his first serves in, winning 75% (24/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Ajeet broke Strode 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Rai has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (143-107). 1-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Rai has a composed123-94 record in the last 7 years on hard.

Rai has an overall 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in the Indian Wells 1 Challenger

Ajeet has never competed in this tournament before.

Keegan Smith

Ranked no. 590, the American got to the qualifications after defeating Jacob Bullard 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, Smith had a good straight sets win against Bullard (6-4 6-2). During the match Smith scored 63 points vs Bullard’s 43. Keegan was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

About the serving games, Smith blasted 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Keegan Smith conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 81% of his first serves in, winning 81% (34/42) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (5/10) on the 2nd serve. Smith broke Bullard 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).

Smith has an aggregate 1-0 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Rai	Smith
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	18
Pts	58-42	63-43
Total Points	100	106
Winners	24	34
%Winners	41%	54%

Both Rai and Smith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Rai and Smith have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Rai played 1 game less than Smith. Rai scored 24 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Keegan recorded 34 winners (54%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Rai	Smith
Aces	2	5
Avg per match	2	5
1st in	32/56	42/52
%1st in	57%	81%
1st pts	24/32	34/42
%1st pts	75%	81%
2nd pts	12/24	5/10
%2nd pts	50%	50%

Rai fired 2 aces . Smith struck 5 aces . Rai won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Smith won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Rai	Smith
Won	4	3
Converted	4/6	3/8
% Converted	67%	38%
Conceded	2	1
Saved	1	1
% Saved	50%	100%
Times Broken	1	0

Ajeet broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rai dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Keegan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.

Rai
	Q1 Strode	Total
Score	6-2 6-3
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	17	17
pts	58-42	58-42
Total points	100	100
Winners	24	24
%Winners	41%	41%
SERVE
Aces	2	2
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	32/56	32/56
% 1st in	57%	57%
1st pts	24/32	24/32
% 1st pts	75%	75%
2nd pts	12/24	12/24
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	4	4
Converted	4/6	4/6
Converted %	67%	67%
Conceded	2	2
Saved	1/2	1
Saved %	50%	50%
Times Broken	1	1

Smith
	Q1 Bullard	Total
Score	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	18	18
pts	63-43	63-43
Total points	106	106
Winners	34	34
%Winners	54%	54%
SERVE
Aces	5	5
Double Faults	1	1
1st in	42/52	42/52
% 1st in	81%	81%
1st pts	34/42	34/42
% 1st pts	81%	81%
2nd pts	5/10	5/10
% 2nd pts	50%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3
Converted	3/8	3/8
Converted %	38%	38%
Conceded	1	1
Saved	1/1	1
Saved %	100%	100%
Times Broken	0	0

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