Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Dominik Palan will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 8:00 pm on COURT 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samuel Vincent Ruggeri who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Samuel Vincent Ruggeri is the pick to win this match.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 1.41
Dominik Palan -> 2.76
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Prediction and head to head Samuel Vincent Ruggeri vs. Dominik Palan
There is no head to head record between Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Dominik Palan since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-33 | 12-6 | 26-21 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312 (career-high), Samuel got to the 2nd round after beating Aziz Dougaz 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Italian had a good straight sets win against Dougaz (6-3 6-3). During the match, Vincent Ruggeri scored 64 points vs Dougaz’s 44. The Italian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vincent Ruggeri bagged 10 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (21/24) of his 1st serve and 61% (17/28) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Italian broke Dougaz 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Vincent Ruggeri has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (150-85). 5-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vincent Ruggeri has an overall77-35 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Vincent Ruggeri has a composed 11-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
The Italian has never competed in this tournament before.
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-30 | 28-28 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-29 | 34-28 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-26 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-22 | 15-9 | 9-8 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-12 | 8-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 331, Palan got to the 2nd round after beating Arthur Weber 6-1 6-4.
In the 1st round, Palan had a good straight sets win against Weber (6-1 6-4). During the match Palan scored 60 points vs Weber’s 38. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Palan scored 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Dominik Palan was pretty efficient on serve to win 90% (28/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Dominik broke Weber 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Palan has an aggregate 4-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vincent Ruggeri | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 17 |
| Pts | 64-44 | 60-38 |
| Total Points | 108 | 98 |
| Winners | 21 | 28 |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% |
Both Vincent Ruggeri and Palan played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vincent Ruggeri and Palan have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vincent Ruggeri played 1 game more than Palan. Samuel scored 21 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech struck 28 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vincent Ruggeri | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 10 | 9 |
| 1st in | 24/52 | 31/46 |
| %1st in | 46% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 28/31 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 90% |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 9/15 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 60% |
Vincent Ruggeri made 10 aces . Palan managed to score 9 aces . Vincent Ruggeri won 88% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 90% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vincent Ruggeri | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/6 |
| % Converted | 75% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 |
| Saved | 2 | 1 |
| % Saved | 100% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Samuel broke his opponent 3 times with a 75% conversion rate. The Italian pretty effective on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Czech broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. Palan was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Vincent Ruggeri | |||
| R1 Dougaz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 64-44 | 64-44 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 24/52 | 24/52 | |
| % 1st in | 46% | 46% | |
| 1st pts | 21/24 | 21/24 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/28 | 17/28 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 3/4 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Palan | |||
| R1 Weber |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 60-38 | |
| Total points | 98 | 98 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 31/46 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 28/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 9/15 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLWWWWLWWL Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Mukund SasikumarSasikumar – Maks KasnikowskiKasnikowski (6-3 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Jonas ForejtekForejtek (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – S D Prajwal DevD Prajwal Dev (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
- Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla – Ramkumar RamanathanRamanathan (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Eric VanshelboimVanshelboim (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Bernard TomicTomic – Olaf PieczkowskiPieczkowski (2-6 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Bogdan BobrovBobrov (6-3 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Tung-Lin WuWu (3-2 ret.) – See score progression
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (3-6 7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Yu Hsiou HsuHsiou Hsu (6-75 6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Samuel Vincent RuggeriVincent Ruggeri – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik PalanPalan – Arthur WeberWeber (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Akira SantillanSantillan (2-6 6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Maxime JanvierJanvier (6-4 3-6 7-5) – See score progression
- Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano – Kaichi UchidaUchida (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle – Oriol Roca BatallaRoca Batalla (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Moez EcharguiEchargui – Sasi Kumar MukundKumar Mukund (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Sumit NagalNagal (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ugo BlanchetBlanchet – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H and prediction
