Moez Echargui and Mukund Sasikumar will face off in the 2nd round of the Chennai Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Mukund Sasikumar who should win in 3 sets.
Mukund Sasikumar -> 1.666
Moez Echargui -> 2.13
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Prediction and head to head Moez Echargui vs. Mukund Sasikumar
This will be the 3rd time that Moez Echargui and Mukund Sasikumar clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Echargui and Kumar Mukund (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
The last time that they played, Echargui won 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the quarter in Nigeria F6 back in 2016.
Moez Echargui
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 10-11 | 12-14 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-34 | 23-10 | 23-22 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 7-2 | 37-26 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 43-24 | 38-17 | 4-6 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 20-14 | 20-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 292, the Tunisian got to the 2nd round after defeating Yu Hsiou Hsu 6-75 6-2 7-5.
In the 1st round against Hsiou Hsu, The Tunisian recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-2 7-5). During the match, Echargui scored 119 points vs Hsiou Hsu’s 100. The Tunisian was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Echargui scored 8 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Moez Echargui lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Echargui put 54% of his first serves in, winning 67% (34/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (28/44) on the 2nd serve. The Tunisian broke Hsiou Hsu 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Echargui has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 58% of his matches (269-197). 1-0 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Echargui has a compiled154-83 record in the last 9 years on hard.
Moez has a composed 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 486, Kumar Mukund reached the 2nd round after defeating Maks Kasnikowski 6-3 4-6 7-5.
In the 1st round, The Indian defeated Kasnikowski (6-3 4-6 7-5). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 101 points vs Kasnikowski’s 94. Kumar Mukund was exceptionally aggressive to blast 50 winners.
Talking about serving, Kumar Mukund scored 10 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Mukund Sasikumar lost the serve 5 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Kumar Mukund put 73% of his first serves in, winning 72% (50/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 27% (7/26) on the 2nd serve. Kumar Mukund broke Kasnikowski 6 times after converting 50% of his break points (6/12).
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Chennai.
Kumar Mukund has a compiled 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Echargui | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 31 |
| Pts | 119-100 | 101-94 |
| Total Points | 219 | 195 |
| Winners | 34 | 50 |
| %Winners | 29% | 50% |
Both Echargui and Kumar Mukund played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Moez Echargui conceded 1 set, while Mukund Sasikumar surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Echargui and Kumar Mukund have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Echargui played 2 games more than Kumar Mukund. The Tunisian scored 34 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Indian made 50 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Echargui | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 69/95 |
| %1st in | 54% | 73% |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 50/69 |
| %1st pts | 67% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 28/44 | 7/26 |
| %2nd pts | 64% | 27% |
Echargui blasted 8 aces . Kumar Mukund bagged 10 aces . Echargui won 67% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 27% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Echargui | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 6 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 43% | 50% |
| Conceded | 5 | 8 |
| Saved | 2 | 3 |
| % Saved | 40% | 38% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 5 |
Echargui broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Echargui lost his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded. Sasi broke his opponent 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sasi conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 38% of the break points that he conceded.
| Echargui | |||
| R1 Hsiou | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-2 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 119-100 | 119-100 | |
| Total points | 219 | 219 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 51/95 | 51/95 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 34/51 | 34/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 67% | 67% | |
| 2nd pts | 28/44 | 28/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 64% | 64% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Kumar Mukund | |||
| R1 Kasnikowski | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 101-94 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 50 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 69/95 | 69/95 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 50/69 | 50/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/26 | 7/26 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 27% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 8 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 38% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | |
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