Bruno Kuzuhara and Stefan Kozlov will square off in the qualifications of the Indian Wells 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 10:00 am on PC5. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefan Kozlov who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefan Kozlov is the pick to win this match.
Stefan Kozlov -> 1.666
Bruno Kuzuhara -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Bruno Kuzuhara vs. Stefan Kozlov
There is no head to head record between Bruno Kuzuhara and Stefan Kozlov since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Bruno Kuzuhara
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-12 | 3-2 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-30 | 13-6 | 28-23 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-23 | 8-13 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-13 | 6-6 | 2-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 488, Kuzuhara reached the qualifications after defeating Edan Leshem 7-5 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Leshem (7-5 6-2). During the match, Kuzuhara scored 71 points vs Leshem’s 52. Kuzuhara was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kuzuhara couldn’t to score even 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Bruno Kuzuhara lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kuzuhara put 72% of his first serves in, winning 63% (29/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (9/18) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Leshem 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
Kuzuhara has a winning record in the last 4 years having won 54% of his matches (79-67). 1-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kuzuhara has a composed28-26 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The American has an aggregate 1-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger
Stefan Kozlov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 4-3 | 17-8 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-34 | 14-18 | 0-5 | 4-5 | 3-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-15 | 20-12 | 5-2 | 16-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-13 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 786, Kozlov got to the qualifications after beating Alafia Ayeni 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kozlov had a good straight sets win against Ayeni (6-4 6-3). During the match Kozlov scored 69 points vs Ayeni’s 55. The American was quite aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Kozlov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Stefan Kozlov lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kozlov put 77% of his first serves in, winning 60% (30/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the 2nd serve. Kozlov was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Ayeni 5 times.
Kozlov has a composed 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kuzuhara | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 19 |
| Pts | 71-52 | 69-55 |
| Total Points | 123 | 124 |
| Winners | 29 | 30 |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% |
Both Kuzuhara and Kozlov played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kuzuhara and Kozlov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kuzuhara played 1 game more than Kozlov. Bruno scored 29 winners (41% of the total points). On the other side, Stefan struck 30 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kuzuhara | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 0 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 0 | 0 |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 50/65 |
| %1st in | 72% | 77% |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 30/50 |
| %1st pts | 63% | 60% |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 8/15 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Kuzuhara didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kozlov also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Kuzuhara won 63% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Kozlov won 60% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kuzuhara | Kozlov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 5 |
| Converted | 6/8 | 5/5 |
| % Converted | 75% | 100% |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 50% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 2 |
Kuzuhara broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Kuzuhara surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Stefan broke his opponent 5 times with a 100% conversion rate. Kozlov conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kuzuhara | |||
| Q1 Leshem |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 71-52 | 71-52 | |
| Total points | 123 | 123 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 41% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/64 | 46/64 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 29/46 | 29/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/18 | 9/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kozlov | |||
| Q1 Ayeni |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 69-55 | 69-55 | |
| Total points | 124 | 124 | |
| Winners | 30 | 30 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 50/65 | 50/65 | |
| % 1st in | 77% | 77% | |
| 1st pts | 30/50 | 30/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 60% | 60% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/15 | 8/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 5/5 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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