Zachary Svajda and Blaise Bicknell will fight against each other in the final of the Indian Wells 2 Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 11:00 am on PC3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Zachary Svajda who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Zachary Svajda is the pick to win this match.
Zachary Svajda -> 1.152
Blaise Bicknell -> 4.95

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Prediction and head to head Zachary Svajda vs. Blaise Bicknell

There is no head to head record between Zachary Svajda and Blaise Bicknell since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Zachary Svajda

Ranked no. 143, the American reached the final after defeating Gabriel Debru 6-4 6-1, Strong Kirchheimer 6-2 6-1, Bor Artnak 6-2 3-6 6-0 and Sebastian Fanselow 6-2 6-4.

In the semifinal, Svajda had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-2 6-4). During the match, Svajda scored 63 points vs Fanselow’s 47. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 19 winners.

Regarding the service games, Svajda scored 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Zachary Svajda lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Svajda put 53% of his first serves in, winning 68% (19/28) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (16/25) on the 2nd serve. Zachary broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Svajda has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 59% of his matches (128-89). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Svajda has an aggregate99-53 match record in the last 7 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Svajda has a compiled 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger

Zachary has never competed in this tournament before.

Blaise Bicknell

Ranked no. 396 (career-high), Bicknell reached the final after beating Aidan Mayo 6-3 6-4, Yshai Oliel 7-5 6-3, Brandon Holt 6-3 2-2 ret. and Andre Ilagan 7-6⁵ 6-4.

In the semifinal, The Jamaican had a good straight sets win against Ilagan (7-6⁵ 6-4).During the match Bicknell scored less points (1) than Ilagan. In fact, the world no. 143 won 65 points vs Ilagan’s. That means that Bicknell was more focused during the important points. Blaise was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Bicknell bagged 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Blaise Bicknell lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bicknell put 72% of his first serves in, winning 69% (33/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Blaise broke Ilagan 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Blaise hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Blaise’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Indian Wells 2 Challenger.

Blaise 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	Svajda	Bicknell
Match played	4	4
Tot Set	9	9
Tot Games	73	76
Pts	260-184	266-225
Total Points	444	491
Winners	86	122
%Winners	33%	46%

Both Svajda and Bicknell played 4 matches. At the moment, Zachary Svajda lost 1 set while Blaise Bicknell hasn’t conceded a set so far. Talking about their workload, Svajda and Bicknell have played the same amount of sets 9. However, Svajda played 3 games less than Bicknell. The American scored 86 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Blaise scored 122 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Svajda	Bicknell
Aces	16	12
Avg per match	4	3
1st in	117/211	165/240
%1st in	55%	69%
1st pts	86/117	122/165
%1st pts	74%	74%
2nd pts	62/94	44/75
%2nd pts	66%	59%

Svajda managed to score 16 aces (4 per match). Bicknell blasted 12 aces (3 per match). Svajda won 74% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 66% of the points. On the other side, Bicknell won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Svajda	Bicknell
Won	17	10
Converted	17/27	10/24
% Converted	63%	42%
Conceded	8	20
Saved	5	16
% Saved	63%	80%
Times Broken	3	4

Svajda broke his opponents 17 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 63% of the break points that he conceded. Blaise broke his opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. Bicknell conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.

Svajda
	R1 Debru	R2 Kirchheimer	1/4 Artnak	1/2 Fanselow	Total
Score	6-4 6-1	6-2 6-1	6-2 3-6 6-0	6-2 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	3	2	9
Tot Games	17	15	23	18	73
pts	65-43	55-34	77-60	63-47	260-184
Total points	108	89	137	110	444
Winners	22	20	25	19	86
%Winners	34%	36%	32%	30%	33%
SERVE
Aces	0	7	7	2	16
Double Faults	3	0	2	1	6
1st in	35/59	25/43	29/56	28/53	117/211
% 1st in	59%	58%	52%	53%	55%
1st pts	22/35	20/25	25/29	19/28	86/117
% 1st pts	63%	80%	86%	68%	74%
2nd pts	17/24	13/18	16/27	16/25	62/94
% 2nd pts	71%	72%	59%	64%	66%
Breaks
Won	4	4	5	4	17
Converted	4/6	4/5	5/7	4/9	17/27
Converted %	67%	80%	71%	44%	63%
Conceded	3	1	2	2	8
Saved	2/3	1/1	1/2	1/2	5
Saved %	67%	100%	50%	50%	67%
Times Broken	1	0	1	1	3

Bicknell
	R1 Mayo	R2 Oliel	1/4 Holt	1/2 Ilagan	Total
Score	6-3 6-4	7-5 6-3	6-3 2-2 ret.	7-65 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	19	21	13	23	76
pts	77-61	74-58	50-40	65-66	266-225
Total points	138	132	90	131	491
Winners	33	32	24	33	122
%Winners	43%	43%	48%	51%	46%
SERVE
Aces	1	4	2	5	12
Double Faults	1	4	0	1	6
1st in	41/59	44/67	32/47	48/67	165/240
% 1st in	69%	66%	68%	72%	69%
1st pts	33/41	32/44	24/32	33/48	122/165
% 1st pts	80%	73%	75%	69%	74%
2nd pts	11/18	14/23	10/15	9/19	44/75
% 2nd pts	61%	61%	67%	47%	59%
Breaks
Won	2	3	1	4	10
Converted	2/10	3/5	1/3	4/6	10/24
Converted %	20%	60%	33%	67%	42%
Conceded	5	6	3	6	20
Saved	5/5	5/6	3/3	3/6	16
Saved %	100%	83%	100%	50%	83%
Times Broken	0	1	0	3	4

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