Jordan Thompson and Denis Kudla will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the Dallas Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:30 pm on STADIUM. 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 Jordan Thompson who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jordan Thompson is the pick to win this match.
Jordan Thompson -> 1.36
Denis Kudla -> 3.16
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Prediction and head to head Jordan Thompson vs. Denis Kudla
This will be the 7th time that Jordan Thompson and Denis Kudla fight against each other. The head to head is 4-2 for Thompson (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Kudla won 3-6 6-4 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Delray beach back in 2023.
Highlights Denis Kudla vs Jordan Thompson – Delray beach 13-February-2023
Jordan Thompson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-11 | 11-7 | 3-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-28 | 22-15 | 0-3 | 7-4 | 12-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-26 | 18-14 | 2-6 | 8-1 | 12-5 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-25 | 10-11 | 2-6 | 0-1 | 9-5 | 2-2 |
| 2020 | 12-13 | 6-6 | 1-2 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 44, Thompson got to the 2nd round after defeating Adam Neff 6-3 6-1.
In the 1st round, Jordan had a good straight sets win against Neff (6-3 6-1). During the match, Thompson scored 69 points vs Neff’s 41. Thompson was pretty aggressive to blast 23 winners.
Talking about the service games, Thompson managed to score 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Jordan Thompson was extremely effective on serve to win 88% (23/26) of his 1st serve and 83% (10/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Neff 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Thompson has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (345-233). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Thompson has a compiled 37-19 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Thompson’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.
Jordan has an aggregate 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dallas
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-11 | 5-3 | 4-5 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 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. 174, Denis reached the 2nd round after defeating Jerry Barton 6-2 7-5 and Radu Albot 6-3 7-63.
In the 1st round, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Albot (6-3 7-63). During the match Kudla scored 76 points vs Albot’s 67. Kudla was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
About the serving games, Kudla scored 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Denis Kudla lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 61% of his first serves in, winning 78% (36/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Albot twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
The American’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Denis has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dallas
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2022 and 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Thompson | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 16 | 42 |
| Pts | 69-41 | 146-115 |
| Total Points | 110 | 261 |
| Winners | 23 | 64 |
| %Winners | 33% | 44% |
Thompson played 1 match while Kudla competed in 2 matches. Kudla started his run from the qualifications while Thompson had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Thompson has played 2 set(s) less than Kudla (2 vs 4). Therefore, Thompson played 26 games less than Kudla. Thompson scored 23 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Kudla recorded 64 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Thompson | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 26/38 | 81/128 |
| %1st in | 68% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 64/81 |
| %1st pts | 88% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 25/47 |
| %2nd pts | 83% | 53% |
Thompson blasted 8 aces . Kudla made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Thompson won 88% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 83% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 79% of the points on 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 | Thompson | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 6 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 6/12 |
| % Converted | 36% | 50% |
| Conceded | 0 | 7 |
| Saved | 0 | 5 |
| % Saved | 0% | 71% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
Thompson broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Thompson quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 0 break points. Denis broke his opponents 6 times with a 50% conversion rate. Denis conceded his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.
| Thompson | |||
| R1 Neff |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 69-41 | 69-41 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 23 | 23 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/38 | 26/38 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 23/26 | 23/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 88% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/12 | 10/12 | |
| % 2nd pts | 83% | 83% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kudla | |||||
| Q1 Barton |
Q3 Moreno De Alboran |
R1 Albot |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-5 | 6-4 6-74 6-4 | 6-3 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 33 | 22 | 75 | |
| pts | 70-48 | – | 76-67 | 146-115 | |
| Total points | 118 | 0 | 143 | 261 | |
| Winners | 28 | 36 | 64 | ||
| %Winners | 40% | 0% | 47% | 44% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 0 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 1st in | 35/53 | / | 46/75 | 81/128 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 0% | 61% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 28/35 | / | 36/46 | 64/81 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 0% | 78% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | / | 13/29 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 0% | 45% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Converted | 4/8 | / | 2/4 | 6/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 0% | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/ | 1/2 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | – | 50% | 130% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
Head 2 Head
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