Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Kris Van Wyk will face off in the qualifications of the Bengaluru Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Samuel Vincent Ruggeri who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Samuel Vincent Ruggeri is the pick to win this match.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri -> 1.099
Kris Van Wyk -> 6.2
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Prediction and head to head Samuel Vincent Ruggeri vs. Kris Van Wyk
This will be the 2nd time that Samuel Vincent Ruggeri and Kris Van Wyk clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vincent Ruggeri (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Vincent Ruggeri won 7-5 3-6 6-1 in the final in M25 Sharm ElSheikh back in 2023.
Samuel Vincent Ruggeri
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 47-31 | 12-6 | 26-20 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-29 | 25-11 | 22-14 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 55-28 | 29-10 | 26-18 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-24 | 18-13 | 15-9 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 312 (career-high), the Italian got to the qualifications after defeating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Samuel had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 6-3). During the match, Vincent Ruggeri scored 67 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 55. Samuel was pretty aggressive to blast 22 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vincent Ruggeri blasted 6 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Samuel Vincent Ruggeri was very effective on serve to win 85% (22/26) of his 1st serve and 67% (18/27) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Vincent Ruggeri broke Kumar Mukund 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Vincent Ruggeri has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 64% of his matches (151-86). 6-2 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vincent Ruggeri has a composed78-36 record in the last 5 years on hard.
Vincent Ruggeri has an aggregate 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bengaluru Challenger
Vincent Ruggeri has never competed in this tournament before.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 56-34 | 56-34 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 416, Kris reached the qualifications after beating Olaf Pieczkowski 6-3 6-3.
In the qualifications, Kris had a good straight sets win against Pieczkowski (6-3 6-3). During the match Van Wyk scored 79 points vs Pieczkowski’s 62. The South African was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Van Wyk scored 2 aces and he was not very consistent on his 2nd serve to score 14 double faults. Kris Van Wyk lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Van Wyk put 54% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 31% (10/32) on the 2nd serve. Kris broke Pieczkowski 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Van Wyk has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vincent Ruggeri | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 18 |
| Pts | 67-55 | 79-62 |
| Total Points | 122 | 141 |
| Winners | 22 | 29 |
| %Winners | 33% | 37% |
Both Vincent Ruggeri and Van Wyk played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Vincent Ruggeri and Van Wyk have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Vincent Ruggeri played 1 game more than Van Wyk. Samuel scored 22 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The South African managed to score 29 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vincent Ruggeri | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 2 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 2 |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 38/70 |
| %1st in | 49% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 29/38 |
| %1st pts | 85% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 10/32 |
| %2nd pts | 67% | 31% |
Vincent Ruggeri recorded 6 aces . Van Wyk managed to score 2 aces . Vincent Ruggeri won 85% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Van Wyk won 76% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 31% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vincent Ruggeri | Van Wyk |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 6 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 6/14 |
| % Converted | 43% | 43% |
| Conceded | 4 | 10 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 70% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Samuel broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. The Italian pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 4 break points. The South African broke his opponent 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kris conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vincent Ruggeri | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 67-55 | 67-55 | |
| Total points | 122 | 122 | |
| Winners | 22 | 22 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 26/53 | 26/53 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 49% | |
| 1st pts | 22/26 | 22/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/27 | 18/27 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 67% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Van Wyk | |||
| Q1 Pieczkowski |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 79-62 | 79-62 | |
| Total points | 141 | 141 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 37% | 37% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 14 | 14 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 38/70 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 29/38 | 29/38 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/32 | 10/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 31% | 31% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/14 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 7/10 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 70% | 70% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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