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.
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
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14-16 | 14-11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 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
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
3 - 1win/loss
748
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 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.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
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 | |
Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger
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