Sebastian Fanselow and Learner Tien will square off in the quarter of the Indian Wells 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday 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 Learner Tien who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Learner Tien is the pick to win this match.
Learner Tien -> 1.38
Sebastian Fanselow -> 2.83
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Fanselow vs. Learner Tien
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Fanselow and Learner Tien since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Sebastian Fanselow
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-34 | 7-9 | 14-18 | 8-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 56-31 | 24-9 | 20-15 | 12-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-31 | 5-11 | 17-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 17-13 | 13-11 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 34-15 | 34-13 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 324, Sebastian got to the quarter after defeating Vasek Pospisil 6-2 7-5 and Trevor Svajda 6-4 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Sebastian had a good straight sets win against Svajda (6-4 6-4). During the match, Fanselow scored 69 points vs Svajda’s 64. Fanselow was pretty aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Regarding the service games, Fanselow recorded 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Fanselow lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Fanselow put 48% of his first serves in, winning 65% (20/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (19/33) on the 2nd serve. Fanselow broke Svajda 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Fanselow hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Fanselow has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (314-200). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Fanselow has a compiled 194-106 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Sebastian has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 63-14 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 10-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 473, Learner reached the quarter after defeating Giovanni Oradini 6-2 6-3 and Marco Trungelliti 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Trungelliti (6-2 6-0). During the match Tien scored 64 points vs Trungelliti’s 39. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Tien wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Learner Tien conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 10 break points. Furthermore, Tien put 56% of his first serves in, winning 69% (24/35) of the points behind his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the 2nd serve. Tien broke Trungelliti 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Learner hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Learner has an aggregate 4-1 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Fanselow | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 31 |
| Pts | 142-121 | 122-73 |
| Total Points | 263 | 195 |
| Winners | 41 | 44 |
| %Winners | 29% | 36% |
Both Fanselow and Tien played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Fanselow and Tien have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Fanselow played 9 games more than Tien. Sebastian scored 41 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, Tien blasted 44 winners (36%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Fanselow | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 62/119 | 59/110 |
| %1st in | 52% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 41/62 | 44/59 |
| %1st pts | 66% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 34/57 | 33/51 |
| %2nd pts | 60% | 65% |
Fanselow struck 7 aces (3.5 per match). Tien fired 5 aces (2.5 per match). Fanselow won 66% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Tien won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 65% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Fanselow | Tien |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/21 | 8/10 |
| % Converted | 43% | 80% |
| Conceded | 10 | 11 |
| Saved | 6 | 11 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Fanselow broke his opponents 9 times with a 43% conversion rate. The German surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Tien broke his opponents 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. The American was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 11 break points.
| Fanselow | ||||
| R1 Pospisil |
R2 Svajda |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | 40 | |
| pts | 73-57 | 69-64 | 142-121 | |
| Total points | 130 | 133 | 263 | |
| Winners | 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 6 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 31/55 | 31/64 | 62/119 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 48% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 21/31 | 20/31 | 41/62 | |
| % 1st pts | 68% | 65% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/24 | 19/33 | 34/57 | |
| % 2nd pts | 63% | 58% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 9 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 4/11 | 9/21 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 36% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 7 | 10 | |
| Saved | 1/3 | 5/7 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 33% | 71% | 52% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tien | ||||
| R1 Oradini |
R2 Trungelliti |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 14 | 31 | |
| pts | 58-34 | 64-39 | 122-73 | |
| Total points | 92 | 103 | 195 | |
| Winners | 20 | 24 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 36% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 24/47 | 35/63 | 59/110 | |
| % 1st in | 51% | 56% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/24 | 24/35 | 44/59 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 69% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/23 | 16/28 | 33/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 74% | 57% | 65% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 5/6 | 8/10 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 83% | 80% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 10/10 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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