H2H, prediction of Dane Sweeny vs Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha in Pune Challenger with odds, preview, pick | 23rd February 2024

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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Dane Sweeny and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will face off in the quarter of the Pune Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. 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 Dane Sweeny who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Dane Sweeny is the pick to win this match.
Dane Sweeny -> 1.132
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Dane Sweeny vs. Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

There is no head to head record between Dane Sweeny and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Dane Sweeny

Dane Sweeny
Dane Sweeny

11 - 5win/loss

Hard
11-5
I Hard
0-0
Rank
339
High
194
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 18-25 18-18 0-2 0-2 0-3 0-0
2023 35-33 25-23 10-8 0-1 0-1 0-0
2022 62-26 59-22 3-2 0-2 0-0 0-0
2021 27-23 19-15 1-1 7-6 0-0 0-1
2020 5-5 3-3 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 218, the Australian reached the quarter after beating Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-1 7-64 and Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Dane had a good straight sets win against Kasnikowski (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sweeny scored 63 points vs Kasnikowski’s 44. The Australian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Regarding the service games, Sweeny struck 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Dane Sweeny was very efficient on serve to win 82% (32/39) of his 1st serve and 60% (9/15) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kasnikowski 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dane has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 55% of the points he played.

Sweeny has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 58% of his matches (155-111). 11-5 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Sweeny has an overall129-78 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

Dane’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in the Burnie 2 Challenger.

Dane has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Sweeny
Pune Challenger
Sweeny's Record

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha

3 - 1win/loss

Hard
2-1
I Hard
0-0
Grass
1-0
Rank
891
High
607
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-11 2-6 2-3 0-2 1-0 0-0
2023 19-25 18-21 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 28-24 28-22 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 11-15 11-15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2020 5-4 4-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 791, the Indian reached the quarter after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-3 6-72 7-63 and Sumit Nagal 6-4 6-3.

In the 2nd round, Niki had a good straight sets win against Nagal (6-4 6-3). During the match Kaliyanda scored 61 points vs Nagal’s 48. Niki was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Kaliyanda blasted 7 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha was very efficient on serve to win 76% (29/38) of his 1st serve and 55% (12/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Niki was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Nagal 3 times.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kaliyanda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Kaliyanda has an overall 3-1 win-loss record in 2024, 2-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019. See his history.

Kaliyanda
Pune Challenger
Kaliyanda's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Sweeny
N.Kaliyanda Poonacha
3h:24
3h:24
Time on court​
3h:46
3h:46
1h:21
1h:21
Last match​
1h:09
1h:09
2
2
Match played
2
2
47
47
Games Played​
54
54
5
5
Set played​​
5
5
164
164
Total points​
178
178
82
82
Avg point​
89
89
70
70
Winners
79
79
35
35
Avg Winners​
39.5
39.5
43%
43%
Ratio winners
44%
44%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
28
28
2
2
Avg Aces
!
14
14
6
6
Double Faults
9
9
3
3
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
70/92
70/92
1st won total​
79/100
79/100
!
76%
76%
1st won %
!
79%
79%
32/52
32/52
2nd won total​
42/74
42/74
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
6/20
6/20
BP won
5/11
5/11
3/10
3/10
Avg BP won
2.5/5.5
2.5/5.5
30%
30%
Won
45%
45%
10
10
Conceded
6
6
5
5
Avg Conceded
3
3
2
2
Broken
2
2
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
8
8
Saved
4
4

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Sweeny Kaliyanda
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 5 5
Tot Games 47 54
Pts 164-136 178-163
Total Points 300 341
Winners 70 79
%Winners 43% 44%

Both Sweeny and Kaliyanda played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Dane Sweeny dropped 1 set, while Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Sweeny and Kaliyanda have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Sweeny played 7 games less than Kaliyanda. Sweeny scored 70 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Kaliyanda recorded 79 winners (44%).

Serve Performance

Serve Sweeny Kaliyanda
Aces 4 28
Avg per match 2 14
1st in 92/144 100/174
%1st in 64% 57%
1st pts 70/92 79/100
%1st pts 76% 79%
2nd pts 32/52 42/74
%2nd pts 62% 57%

Sweeny recorded 4 aces (2 per match). Kaliyanda made 28 aces (14 per match). Sweeny won 76% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Kaliyanda won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Sweeny Kaliyanda
Won 6 5
Converted 6/20 5/11
% Converted 30% 45%
Conceded 10 6
Saved 8 4
% Saved 80% 67%
Times Broken 2 2

Dane broke his opponents 6 times with a 30% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Niki broke his opponents 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. The Indian conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.

Sweeny
R1
Janvier
R2
Kasnikowski
Total
Score 4-6 6-1 7-64 6-4 6-1
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 30 17 47
pts 101-92 63-44 164-136
Total points 193 107 300
Winners 38 32 70
%Winners 38% 51% 43%
SERVE
Aces 0 4 4
Double Faults 4 2 6
1st in 53/90 39/54 92/144
% 1st in 59% 72% 64%
1st pts 38/53 32/39 70/92
% 1st pts 72% 82% 76%
2nd pts 23/37 9/15 32/52
% 2nd pts 62% 60% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3 6
Converted 3/13 3/7 6/20
Converted % 23% 43% 30%
Conceded 5 5 10
Saved 3/5 5/5 8
Saved % 60% 100% 80%
Times Broken 2 0 2
Kaliyanda
R1
Oliveira
R2
Nagal
Total
Score 6-3 6-72 7-63 6-4 6-3
Tot Set 3 2 5
Tot Games 35 19 54
pts 117-115 61-48 178-163
Total points 232 109 341
Winners 50 29 79
%Winners 43% 48% 44%
SERVE
Aces 21 7 28
Double Faults 5 4 9
1st in 62/114 38/60 100/174
% 1st in 54% 63% 57%
1st pts 50/62 29/38 79/100
% 1st pts 81% 76% 79%
2nd pts 30/52 12/22 42/74
% 2nd pts 58% 55% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 3 5
Converted 2/8 3/3 5/11
Converted % 25% 100% 45%
Conceded 5 1 6
Saved 4/5 0/1 4
Saved % 80% 0% 40%
Times Broken 1 1 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Sweeny
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Kaliyanda Poonacha
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2024 2023 2022
18 - 25
4 - 11
18-18
Hard
2-6
0-2
Clay
2-3

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