Manuel Guinard and Nicola Kuhn will face off in the quarter of the Glasgow Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 12:00 pm on COURT 8. 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 Manuel Guinard who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Manuel Guinard is the pick to win this match.
Manuel Guinard -> 1.65
Nicola Kuhn -> 2.12
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Prediction and head to head Manuel Guinard vs. Nicola Kuhn
This will be the 2nd time that Manuel Guinard and Nicola Kuhn play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Guinard (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Guinard won 6-1 6-4 in the 1st round in the Oeiras 2 Challenger back in 2021.
Manuel Guinard
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-12 | 5-2 | 13-6 | 6-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 27-31 | 0-2 | 26-22 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-35 | 1-4 | 21-20 | 12-10 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 37-28 | 1-2 | 29-19 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-12 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, Guinard got to the quarter after beating Alexander Blockx 6-1 5-7 4-1 ret. and Egor Gerasimov 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Guinard had a good straight sets win against Gerasimov (6-3 6-4). During the match, Guinard scored 62 points vs Gerasimov’s 53. The French player was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Guinard struck 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Manuel Guinard lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Guinard put 63% of his first serves in, winning 76% (29/38) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. Manuel broke Gerasimov 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).
Guinard has good match record in the last 10 years having won 59% of his matches (313-222). 3-2 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Guinard has a compiled 70-69 match record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Manuel’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger.
Guinard has an overall 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 3-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Glasgow Challenger
Manuel has never competed in this tournament before.
Nicola Kuhn
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-10 | 8-3 | 15-5 | 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, Nicola reached the quarter after defeating Marcello Serafini 6-4 3-6 6-0, Alex Knaff 5-7 6-2 6-4, Altug Celikbilek 6-3 6-3 and Steven Diez 6-3 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Kuhn had a good straight sets win against Diez (6-3 6-1). During the match Kuhn scored 69 points vs Diez’s 43. The Spaniard was pretty aggressive to blast 19 winners.
Talking about serving, Kuhn managed to score 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Nicola Kuhn was very effective on serve to win 79% (19/24) of his 1st serve and 63% (10/16) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Spaniard broke Diez 5 times after converting 29% of his break points (5/17).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nicola started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points he played.
The Spaniard’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Spaniard has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Guinard | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 4 |
| Tot Set | 6 | 10 |
| Tot Games | 43 | 89 |
| Pts | 151-120 | 328-243 |
| Total Points | 271 | 571 |
| Winners | 59 | 106 |
| %Winners | 39% | 32% |
Guinard played 2 matches while Kuhn competed in 4 matches. Kuhn started his run from the qualifications while Guinard had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Manuel Guinard dropped 1 set, while Nicola Kuhn dropped 2 sets. Guinard has played 4 set(s) less than Kuhn (6 vs 10). Therefore, Guinard played 46 games less than Kuhn. Manuel scored 59 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kuhn struck 106 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Guinard | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 29 |
| Avg per match | 6.5 | 7.3 |
| 1st in | 78/129 | 142/258 |
| %1st in | 60% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 59/78 | 106/142 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 27/51 | 70/116 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 60% |
Guinard recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Kuhn managed to score 29 aces (7.3 per match). Guinard won 76% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kuhn won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Guinard | Kuhn |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 19 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 19/46 |
| % Converted | 38% | 41% |
| Conceded | 6 | 22 |
| Saved | 3 | 15 |
| % Saved | 50% | 68% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 7 |
Guinard broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Spaniard broke his opponents 19 times with a 41% conversion rate. Kuhn conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 68% of the break points that he conceded.
| Guinard | ||||
| R1 Blockx |
R2 Gerasimov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 4-1 ret. | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 19 | 43 | |
| pts | 89-67 | 62-53 | 151-120 | |
| Total points | 156 | 115 | 271 | |
| Winners | 30 | 29 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/69 | 38/60 | 78/129 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 63% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 30/40 | 29/38 | 59/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 8/22 | 27/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 36% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/9 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 44% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 33% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Kuhn | ||||||
| Q1 Serafini |
Q3 Knaff |
R1 Celikbilek |
R2 Diez |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-0 | 5-7 6-2 6-4 | 6-3 6-3 | 6-3 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 30 | 18 | 16 | 89 | |
| pts | 91-72 | 98-76 | 70-52 | 69-43 | 328-243 | |
| Total points | 163 | 174 | 122 | 112 | 571 | |
| Winners | 31 | 37 | 19 | 19 | 106 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 38% | 27% | 28% | 32% | |
| SERVE | ||||||
| Aces | 6 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 29 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/80 | 48/82 | 22/56 | 24/40 | 142/258 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 39% | 60% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/48 | 37/48 | 19/22 | 19/24 | 106/142 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 77% | 86% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 17/32 | 23/34 | 20/34 | 10/16 | 70/116 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 68% | 59% | 63% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||||
| Won | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 19 | |
| Converted | 7/14 | 4/6 | 3/9 | 5/17 | 19/46 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 67% | 33% | 29% | 41% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 22 | |
| Saved | 7/11 | 3/5 | 2/2 | 3/4 | 15 | |
| Saved % | 64% | 60% | 100% | 75% | 150% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
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