Sumit Nagal and Dalibor Svrcina will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Chennai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sumit Nagal who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sumit Nagal is the pick to win this match.
Sumit Nagal -> 1.79
Dalibor Svrcina -> 1.93
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Prediction and head to head Sumit Nagal vs. Dalibor Svrcina
This will be the 2nd time that Sumit Nagal and Dalibor Svrcina fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nagal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they played, Nagal won 6-4 7-5 in the final in the Tampere Challenger back in 2023.
Sumit Nagal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-29 | 15-13 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 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), Nagal reached the semifinal after beating S D Prajwal Dev 6-1 6-2, Giovanni Fonio 7-5 6-2 and Dominik Palan 6-3 6-3.
In the quarter, The Indian had a good straight sets win against Palan (6-3 6-3). During the match, Nagal scored 67 points vs Palan’s 50. Sumit was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nagal scored 3 aces and he was pretty solid in conceding no double faults. Sumit Nagal was pretty effective on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Indian broke Palan 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nagal hasn’t dropped yet a set in this event to conquer 58% of the points he played.
Nagal has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (297-191). 7-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Nagal has a composed 80-57 match record in the last years on hard.
Sumit has an aggregate 7-2 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Dalibor Svrcina
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40-27 | 29-13 | 9-12 | 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, Dalibor got to the semifinal after defeating Bogdan Bobrov 6-3 2-6 6-2, Evgeny Donskoy 6-2 0-6 6-2 and Mukund Sasikumar 6-76 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter against Kumar Mukund, Dalibor recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-76 6-2 6-4). During the match Svrcina scored 113 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 96. Dalibor was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
Talking about serving, Svrcina recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Dalibor Svrcina lost the serve 5 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Svrcina put 62% of his first serves in, winning 68% (47/69) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. The Czech broke Kumar Mukund 8 times after converting 67% of his break points (8/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Dalibor has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Dalibor has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Chennai Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nagal | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 9 |
| Tot Games | 53 | 78 |
| Pts | 184-131 | 290-258 |
| Total Points | 315 | 548 |
| Winners | 83 | 113 |
| %Winners | 45% | 39% |
Both Nagal and Svrcina played 3 matches. At the moment, Dalibor Svrcina lost 3 sets while Sumit Nagal hasn’t conceded a set so far. Nagal has played 3 set(s) less than Svrcina (6 vs 9). Therefore, Nagal played 25 games less than Svrcina. Nagal scored 83 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Dalibor blasted 113 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nagal | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| 1st in | 111/156 | 180/277 |
| %1st in | 71% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 83/111 | 113/180 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 63% |
| 2nd pts | 31/45 | 38/97 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 39% |
Nagal blasted 5 aces (1.7 per match). Svrcina made 4 aces (1.3 per match). Nagal won 75% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Svrcina won 63% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nagal | Svrcina |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 21 |
| Converted | 11/21 | 21/40 |
| % Converted | 52% | 53% |
| Conceded | 4 | 36 |
| Saved | 3 | 21 |
| % Saved | 75% | 58% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 15 |
Sumit broke his opponents 11 times with a 52% conversion rate. Nagal dropped his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 21 times with a 53% conversion rate. Dalibor conceded his serve 15 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nagal | |||||
| R1 D Prajwal Dev |
R2 Fonio |
1/4 Palan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | 7-5 6-2 | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 20 | 18 | 53 | |
| pts | 59-37 | 58-44 | 67-50 | 184-131 | |
| Total points | 96 | 102 | 117 | 315 | |
| Winners | 20 | 31 | 32 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 53% | 48% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 29/45 | 38/51 | 44/60 | 111/156 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 75% | 73% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 20/29 | 31/38 | 32/44 | 83/111 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 82% | 73% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 10/13 | 10/16 | 31/45 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 77% | 63% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 3/6 | 3/6 | 11/21 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 50% | 50% | 52% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | – | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Svrcina | |||||
| R1 Bobrov |
R2 Donskoy |
1/4 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 2-6 6-2 | 6-2 0-6 6-2 | 6-76 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 22 | 31 | 78 | |
| pts | 92-84 | 85-78 | 113-96 | 290-258 | |
| Total points | 176 | 163 | 209 | 548 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | 47 | 113 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 39% | 42% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 54/86 | 57/80 | 69/111 | 180/277 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 71% | 62% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 33/54 | 33/57 | 47/69 | 113/180 | |
| % 1st pts | 61% | 58% | 68% | 63% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/32 | 9/23 | 17/42 | 38/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 39% | 40% | 39% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | |
| Converted | 7/17 | 6/11 | 8/12 | 21/40 | |
| Converted % | 41% | 55% | 67% | 53% | |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 | 17 | 36 | |
| Saved | 4/9 | 5/10 | 12/17 | 21 | |
| Saved % | 44% | 50% | 71% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWWWWWW Tennis Scores in Chennai Challenger
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-76 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Stefano NapolitanoNapolitano (6-4 3-6 6-0) – See score progression
- Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng – Enrico Dalla ValleDalla Valle (7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (6-7(6) 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Sumit NagalNagal – Dominik PalanPalan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Sumit NagalNagal (0-1) – H2H and prediction
