Dalibor Svrcina and Mukund Sasikumar will clash against each other in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 5:30 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Dalibor Svrcina who should win in 3 sets.
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.44
Mukund Sasikumar -> 2.61
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Prediction and head to head Dalibor Svrcina vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Dalibor Svrcina and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Dalibor Svrcina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13-13 | 6-5 | 5-6 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-31 | 7-10 | 24-20 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 28-24 | 8-9 | 18-14 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-17 | 8-3 | 25-13 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 15-10 | 6-3 | 3-5 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 186, Svrcina reached the quarter after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 6-3 2-6 6-2 and Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 0-6 6-2
.In the 2nd round, The Czech defeated Donskoy (6-2 0-6 6-2). During the match, Svrcina scored 85 points vs Donskoy’s 78. Dalibor was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Talking about the service games, Svrcina scored just 1 ace in the encounter and he committed only 4 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve 5 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 71% of his first serves in, winning 58% (33/57) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Svrcina broke Donskoy 6 times after converting 55% of his break points (6/11).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech has conceded 2 set in this tournament to win 52% of the points he played.
Svrcina has a winning match record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (124-95). 2-1 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Svrcina has an overall34-30 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.
The Czech has an overall 4-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 19-17 | 19-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 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, Sasi reached the quarter after beating Maks Kasnikowski 6-3 4-6 7-5 and Moez Echargui 7-64 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Sasi had a good straight sets win against Echargui (7-64 6-3). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 80 points vs Echargui’s 61. Kumar Mukund was pretty aggressive to blast 30 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund recorded 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Mukund Sasikumar was very effective on serve to win 79% (30/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (18/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Sasi broke Echargui 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Sasi has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
The Indian’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M25 Chennai.
Kumar Mukund has a compiled 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-3 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Svrcina | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 47 | 53 |
| Pts | 177-162 | 181-155 |
| Total Points | 339 | 336 |
| Winners | 66 | 80 |
| %Winners | 37% | 44% |
Both Svrcina and Kumar Mukund played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dalibor Svrcina conceded 2 sets, while Mukund Sasikumar lost 1 set. Svrcina has played 1 set more than Kumar Mukund (6 vs 5). However, it’s interesting to notice that Svrcina played 6 games less than Kumar Mukund. Svrcina scored 66 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Kumar Mukund scored 80 winners (44%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Svrcina | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 16 |
| Avg per match | 0.5 | 8 |
| 1st in | 111/166 | 107/166 |
| %1st in | 67% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 66/111 | 80/107 |
| %1st pts | 59% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 21/55 | 25/59 |
| %2nd pts | 38% | 42% |
Svrcina blasted 1 ace (0.5 per match). Kumar Mukund also blasted 16 aces (8 per match). Svrcina won 59% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 38% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 75% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Svrcina | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 13 | 9 |
| Converted | 13/28 | 9/16 |
| % Converted | 46% | 56% |
| Conceded | 19 | 11 |
| Saved | 9 | 5 |
| % Saved | 47% | 45% |
| Times Broken | 10 | 6 |
The Czech broke his opponents 13 times with a 46% conversion rate. Dalibor surrendered his serve 10 times and he saved 47% of the break points that he conceded. Kumar Mukund broke his opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Sasi conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 45% of the break points that he conceded.
| Svrcina | ||||
| R1 Bobrov | R2 Donskoy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | 6-2 0-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 47 | |
| pts | 92-84 | 85-78 | 177-162 | |
| Total points | 176 | 163 | 339 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 54/86 | 57/80 | 111/166 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 33/57 | 66/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 58% | 59% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/32 | 9/23 | 21/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 39% | 38% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 6/11 | 13/28 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 55% | 46% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 19 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 5/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||
| R1 Kasnikowski | R2 Echargui | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 4-6 7-5 | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 22 | 53 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 80-61 | 181-155 | |
| Total points | 195 | 141 | 336 | |
| Winners | 50 | 30 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 38% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 6 | 16 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 69/95 | 38/71 | 107/166 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 54% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 50/69 | 30/38 | 80/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 7/26 | 18/33 | 25/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 27% | 55% | 42% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
| Converted | 6/12 | 3/4 | 9/16 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 75% | 56% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| Saved | 3/8 | 2/3 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 38% | 67% | 53% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
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