Sumit Nagal and Dominik Palan will fight against each other in the quarter of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.26
Dominik Palan -> 3.52
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Dominik Palan
This will be the 2nd time that Sumit Nagal and Dominik Palan fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Palan (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Palan won 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Pune Challenger back in 2023.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-24 | 15-13 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 46-29 | 9-8 | 32-17 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 17-18 | 0-1 | 16-17 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-26 | 1-4 | 22-22 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 121 (career-high), Sumit got to the quarter after defeating S D Prajwal Dev 6-1 6-2 and Giovanni Fonio 7-5 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Nagal had a good straight sets win against Fonio (7-5 6-2). During the match, Nagal scored 58 points vs Fonio’s 44. Sumit was quite aggressive to blast 31 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nagal scored just 1 ace during the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Sumit Nagal was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 82% (31/38) of his 1st serve and 77% (10/13) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian broke Fonio 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Indian hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 59% of the points he played.
Nagal has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (296-191). 6-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Nagal has an aggregate 79-57 record in the last years on hard.
Sumit has a compiled 6-2 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Dominik Palan
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-25 | 18-23 | 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, Dominik got to the quarter after defeating Arthur Weber 6-1 6-4 and Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Dominik defeated Vincent Ruggeri (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match Palan scored 76 points vs Vincent Ruggeri’s 68. Dominik was exceptionally aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Palan bagged 8 aces and he was very solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Dominik Palan was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (34/45) of his 1st serve and 61% (14/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Palan broke Vincent Ruggeri 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dominik has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 56% of the points he played.
Dominik has a compiled 5-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-3 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 (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 43 |
| Pts | 117-81 | 136-106 |
| Total Points | 198 | 242 |
| Winners | 51 | 62 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Nagal and Palan played 2 matches. At the moment, Dominik Palan conceded 1 set while Sumit Nagal hasn’t lost a set so far. Nagal has played 1 set(s) less than Palan (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nagal played 8 games less than Palan. Sumit scored 51 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Palan fired 62 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 17 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 8.5 |
| 1st in | 67/96 | 76/114 |
| %1st in | 70% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 51/67 | 62/76 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 21/29 | 23/38 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 61% |
Nagal struck 2 aces (1 per match). Palan made 17 aces (8.5 per match). Nagal won 76% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Palan won 82% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nagal | Palan |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/15 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 53% | 43% |
| Conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The Indian broke his opponents 8 times with a 53% conversion rate. Sumit dropped his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Dominik broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Dominik conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nagal | ||||
| R1 D Prajwal Dev |
R2 Fonio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 35 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 58-44 | 117-81 | |
| Total points | 96 | 102 | 198 | |
| Winners | 20 | 31 | 51 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 53% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 38/51 | 67/96 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 75% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 31/38 | 51/67 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 82% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 10/13 | 21/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 77% | 72% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 | 8/15 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Palan | ||||
| R1 Weber |
R2 Vincent |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 26 | 43 | |
| pts | 60-38 | 76-68 | 136-106 | |
| Total points | 98 | 144 | 242 | |
| Winners | 28 | 34 | 62 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 45% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 8 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 31/46 | 45/68 | 76/114 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 66% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 28/31 | 34/45 | 62/76 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 76% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/15 | 14/23 | 23/38 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/8 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 38% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 0/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 0% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
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