Denis Kudla and Tennys Sandgren will square off in the quarter of the Cleveland Challenger for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.727
Tennys Sandgren -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Tennys Sandgren
This will be the 5th time that Denis Kudla and Tennys Sandgren fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Kudla (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Sandgren won 7-6(6) 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 quarter after defeating Keegan Smith 1-6 6-4 6-4 and Noah Rubin 6-1 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Denis had a good straight sets win against Rubin (6-1 6-3). During the match, Kudla scored 56 points vs Rubin’s 35. The American was very aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla struck 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Denis Kudla was extremely efficient on serve to win 93% (25/27) of his 1st serve and 53% (8/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Rubin 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American has lost 1 set in this competition to conquer 55% of the points he played.
Kudla has winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (306-249). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Kudla has a compiled 63-39 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Kudla has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Tennys Sandgren
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-9 | 4-4 | 5-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-25 | 20-19 | 0-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 25-23 | 19-11 | 1-5 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-24 | 5-12 | 1-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 7-5 | 5-3 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 266, the American reached the quarter after defeating Tim Handel 6-76 7-5 6-4 and Sebastian Fanselow 6-0 7-64.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Fanselow (6-0 7-64). During the match Sandgren scored 73 points vs Fanselow’s 54. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Sandgren struck 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tennys Sandgren lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Sandgren put 60% of his first serves in, winning 86% (31/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Sandgren broke Fanselow 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tennys has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Tennys has an aggregate 6-4 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cleveland Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 54 |
| Pts | 135-111 | 182-158 |
| Total Points | 246 | 340 |
| Winners | 63 | 84 |
| %Winners | 47% | 46% |
Both Kudla and Sandgren played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Denis Kudla surrendered 1 set, while Tennys Sandgren surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Sandgren have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Kudla played 11 games less than Sandgren. Denis scored 63 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Sandgren made 84 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 35 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 17.5 |
| 1st in | 78/122 | 107/171 |
| %1st in | 64% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 63/78 | 84/107 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 34/64 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Kudla bagged 14 aces (7 per match). Sandgren recorded 35 aces (17.5 per match). Kudla won 81% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Sandgren won 79% 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 | Kudla | Sandgren |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 7 | 7 |
| Converted | 7/16 | 7/20 |
| % Converted | 44% | 35% |
| Conceded | 11 | 9 |
| Saved | 7 | 7 |
| % Saved | 64% | 78% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 |
Denis broke his opponents 7 times with a 44% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded. Tennys broke his opponents 7 times with a 35% conversion rate. Sandgren conceded his serve twice and he saved 78% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Smith |
R2 Rubin |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 1-6 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 16 | 43 | |
| pts | 79-76 | 56-35 | 135-111 | |
| Total points | 155 | 91 | 246 | |
| Winners | 38 | 25 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 45% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 8 | 6 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 51/80 | 27/42 | 78/122 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 38/51 | 25/27 | 63/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 93% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/29 | 8/15 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 53% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 4/8 | 7/16 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 50% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 0/0 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | – | 32% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Sandgren | ||||
| R1 Handel |
R2 Fanselow |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-76 7-5 6-4 | 6-0 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 19 | 54 | |
| pts | 109-104 | 73-54 | 182-158 | |
| Total points | 213 | 127 | 340 | |
| Winners | 53 | 31 | 84 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 42% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 23 | 12 | 35 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 71/111 | 36/60 | 107/171 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 60% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 53/71 | 31/36 | 84/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 86% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/40 | 11/24 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 46% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 4/13 | 7/20 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 31% | 35% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 4/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 80% | 78% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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