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.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

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

Denis Kudla

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
1-1
I Hard
2-0
Rank
167
High
53
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-15 5-3 6-6 5-3 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
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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

Cleveland Challenger
Kudla's Record

Noah Rubin

Noah Rubin

6 - 4win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
3-2
Rank
734
High
125
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
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
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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).

Cleveland Challenger
Rubin's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Kudla
N.Rubin
1h:51
1h:51
Time on court​
2h:30
2h:30
1h:51
1h:51
Last match​
!
2h:30
2h:30
1
1
Match played
1
1
27
27
Games Played​
33
33
3
3
Set played​​
3
3
79
79
Total points​
109
109
79
79
Avg point​
109
109
38
38
Winners
42
42
38
38
Avg Winners​
42
42
48%
48%
Ratio winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
1
1
8
8
Avg Aces
1
1
5
5
Double Faults
6
6
5
5
Avg Double Faults
!
6
6
38/51
38/51
1st won total​
42/66
42/66
!
75%
75%
1st won %
64%
64%
14/29
14/29
2nd won total​
22/44
22/44
48%
48%
2nd won %
50%
50%
-- Break Points --
3/8
3/8
BP won
6/13
6/13
3/8
3/8
Avg BP won
6/13
6/13
38%
38%
Won
46%
46%
11
11
Conceded
10
10
11
11
Avg Conceded
10
10
4
4
Broken
4
4
4
4
Avg Broken
4
4
7
7
Saved
6
6
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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
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
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
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

Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger

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