Denis Kudla and Noah Rubin will square off in the 2nd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.41
Noah Rubin -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Noah Rubin
This will be the 3rd time that Denis Kudla and Noah Rubin face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Rubin (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Rubin won 6-2 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Tallahassee Challenger back in 2018.
Denis Kudla
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 182, the American got to the 2nd round after beating Keegan Smith 1-6 6-4 6-4.
In the 1st round against Smith, Denis recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (1-6 6-4 6-4). During the match, Kudla scored 79 points vs Smith’s 76. Kudla was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla made 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 64% of his first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (14/29) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Smith 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Kudla has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (305-249). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a compiled 62-39 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Denis has a composed 2-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Noah Rubin
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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2024 | 6-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2023 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
2022 | 18-14 | 3-6 | 14-7 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
2021 | 1-9 | 1-6 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
2020 | 7-9 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 734, the American reached the 2nd round after beating Matija Pecotic 5-7 6-3 7-5.
In the 1st round against Pecotic, Rubin recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-5). During the match Rubin scored 109 points vs Pecotic’s 106. Rubin was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Rubin scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Noah Rubin lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Rubin put 60% of his first serves in, winning 64% (42/66) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (22/44) on the 2nd serve. Noah broke Pecotic 6 times after converting 46% of his break points (6/13).
Rubin has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
Points | Kudla | Rubin |
---|---|---|
Match played | 1 | 1 |
Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
Tot Games | 27 | 33 |
Pts | 79-76 | 109-106 |
Total Points | 155 | 215 |
Winners | 38 | 42 |
%Winners | 48% | 39% |
Both Kudla and Rubin played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla lost 1 set, while Noah Rubin lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Rubin have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Kudla played 6 games less than Rubin. Denis scored 38 winners (48% of the total points). On the other side, Noah fired 42 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
Serve | Kudla | Rubin |
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Aces | 8 | 1 |
Avg per match | 8 | 1 |
1st in | 51/80 | 66/110 |
%1st in | 64% | 60% |
1st pts | 38/51 | 42/66 |
%1st pts | 75% | 64% |
2nd pts | 14/29 | 22/44 |
%2nd pts | 48% | 50% |
Kudla recorded 8 aces . Rubin managed to score 1 ace . Kudla won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Rubin won 64% 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 | Kudla | Rubin |
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Won | 3 | 6 |
Converted | 3/8 | 6/13 |
% Converted | 38% | 46% |
Conceded | 11 | 10 |
Saved | 7 | 6 |
% Saved | 64% | 60% |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Denis broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. Kudla dropped his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Rubin broke his opponent 6 times with a 46% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
Kudla | |||
R1 Smith |
Total | ||
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Score | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
pts | 79-76 | 79-76 | |
Total points | 155 | 155 | |
Winners | 38 | 38 | |
%Winners | 48% | 48% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 8 | 8 | |
Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
1st in | 51/80 | 51/80 | |
% 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
1st pts | 38/51 | 38/51 | |
% 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
2nd pts | 14/29 | 14/29 | |
% 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 3 | 3 | |
Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
Saved % | 64% | 64% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Rubin | |||
R1 Pecotic |
Total | ||
---|---|---|---|
Score | 5-7 6-3 7-5 | ||
Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
pts | 109-106 | 109-106 | |
Total points | 215 | 215 | |
Winners | 42 | 42 | |
%Winners | 39% | 39% | |
SERVE | |||
Aces | 1 | 1 | |
Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
1st in | 66/110 | 66/110 | |
% 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
1st pts | 42/66 | 42/66 | |
% 1st pts | 64% | 64% | |
2nd pts | 22/44 | 22/44 | |
% 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
Breaks | |||
Won | 6 | 6 | |
Converted | 6/13 | 6/13 | |
Converted % | 46% | 46% | |
Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
Head 2 Head
Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Murphy CassoneCassone – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-1 7-67) – See score progression
- Sebastian FanselowFanselow – William GrantGrant (7-63 6-1) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer (3-6 6-1 7-63) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (4-6 6-3 7-61) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (7-64 6-1) – See score progression
- Noah RubinRubin – Matija PecoticPecotic (5-7 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Patrick MaloneyMaloney – Ezekiel ClarkClark (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Keegan SmithSmith (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Patrick BradyBrady – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Quinn VandecasteeleVandecasteele – Bruno KuzuharaKuzuhara (6-4 4-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Aidan MayoMayo (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Tim HandelHandel (6-76 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Patrick KypsonKypson – Nathan PonwithPonwith (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Toby Alex KodatAlex Kodat (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Mitchell KruegerKrueger – Thomas FancuttFancutt (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Emilio NavaNava – Gabi Adrian BoitanAdrian Boitan (7-6(4) 6-1) – See score progression
- Patrick BradyBrady – Lucas GerchGerch (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Murphy CassoneCassone – Roberto Cid SuberviCid Subervi (6-1 7-6(7)) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Keegan SmithSmith (1-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – Nick ChappellChappell (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- James Kent TrotterKent Trotter – Zachary SvajdaSvajda (4-6 6-3 7-6(1)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Patrick MaloneyMaloney (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sebastian FanselowFanselow (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski – James Kent TrotterKent Trotter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Noah RubinRubin – Denis KudlaKudla (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio NavaNava – (0-0) – H2H and prediction