Alex Knaff and Nicola Kuhn will face off in the qualifications of the Glasgow Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on COURT 4. 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 Nicola Kuhn who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nicola Kuhn is the pick to win this match.
Nicola Kuhn -> 1.36
Alex Knaff -> 2.98
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Prediction and head to head Alex Knaff vs. Nicola Kuhn
There is no head to head record between Alex Knaff and Nicola Kuhn since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Alex Knaff
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 29-23 | 2-3 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-31 | 36-22 | 16-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 20-9 | 3-6 | 24-9 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2021 | 20-13 | 5-4 | 5-5 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 507,he will start his run in the Glasgow Challenger after he played his last match in the Glasgow Challenger where he beat 6-3 6-3 to Ponwith in the qualifications on the 11th of February.
Alex has a composed 1-2 win-loss record in 2024, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, The Luxembourger has an overall 160-104 record. He has a positive 36-17 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Glasgow Challenger
Knaff has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicola Kuhn
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-14 | 8-3 | 29-9 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 17-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 14-21 | 4-5 | 4-9 | 3-5 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 20-28 | 2-6 | 14-15 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 0-1 |
| 2020 | 4-12 | 0-3 | 1-7 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 656, Kuhn got to the qualifications after defeating Marcello Serafini 6-4 3-6 6-0.
In the qualifications, Nicola defeated Serafini (6-4 3-6 6-0). During the match Kuhn scored 91 points vs Serafini’s 72. Kuhn was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.
About the serving games, Kuhn blasted 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nicola Kuhn lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kuhn put 60% of his first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (17/32) on the 2nd serve. Nicola broke Serafini 7 times after converting 50% of his break points (7/14).
Nicola’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Spaniard has an aggregate 9-3 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Knaff | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 25 |
| Pts | 65-46 | 91-72 |
| Total Points | 111 | 163 |
| Winners | 24 | 31 |
| %Winners | 37% | 34% |
Both Knaff and Kuhn played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Nicola Kuhn conceded 1 set while Alex Knaff hasn’t dropped a set so far. Knaff has played 1 set(s) less than Kuhn (2 vs 3). Therefore, Knaff played 7 games less than Kuhn. Alex scored 24 winners (37% of the total points). On the other side, Nicola struck 31 winners (34%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Knaff | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 5 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 6 |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 48/80 |
| %1st in | 55% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 24/27 | 31/48 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 65% |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 17/32 |
| %2nd pts | 59% | 53% |
Knaff blasted 5 aces . Kuhn bagged 6 aces . Knaff won 89% points behind his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 59% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 65% of the points behind 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 | Knaff | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 7 |
| Converted | 3/5 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 60% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 11 |
| Saved | 2 | 7 |
| % Saved | 100% | 64% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 |
Knaff broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. Knaff pretty solid on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 2 break points. The Spaniard broke his opponent 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Nicola conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.
| Knaff | ||
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Score | ||
| Tot Set | 0 | |
| Tot Games | 0 | |
| pts | 0-0 | |
| Total points | 0 | |
| Winners | 0 | |
| %Winners | 0% | |
| SERVE | ||
| Aces | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | |
| 1st in | 0/0 | |
| % 1st in | 0% | |
| 1st pts | 0/0 | |
| % 1st pts | % | |
| 2nd pts | 0/0 | |
| % 2nd pts | 0% | |
| Breaks | ||
| Won | 0 | |
| Converted | 0/0 | |
| Converted % | 0% | |
| Conceded | 0 | |
| Saved | 0 | |
| Saved % | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | |
| Kuhn | |||
| Q1 Serafini |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 91-72 | 91-72 | |
| Total points | 163 | 163 | |
| Winners | 31 | 31 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 48/80 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 31/48 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 65% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 17/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 7 | 7 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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