Valentin Vacherot and Dane Sweeny will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Pune Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 5:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Valentin Vacherot who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Valentin Vacherot is the pick to win this match.
Valentin Vacherot -> 1.74
Dane Sweeny -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Valentin Vacherot vs. Dane Sweeny

There is no head to head record between Valentin Vacherot and Dane Sweeny since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Valentin Vacherot

Ranked no. 173, Valentin reached the semifinal after beating Vasek Pospisil 6-3 7-5, Tristan Schoolkate 6-1 6-2 and Enzo Couacaud 7-6² 6-4.

In the quarter, Valentin had a good straight sets win against Couacaud (7-6² 6-4). During the match, Vacherot scored 76 points vs Couacaud’s 66. Vacherot was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vacherot scored 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Valentin Vacherot was quite efficient on serve to win 80% (33/41) of his 1st serve and 65% (17/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Valentin broke Couacaud twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Vacherot hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to win 58% of the points he played.

Vacherot has a solid match record in the last 9 years having won 66% of his matches (210-106). 14-1 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Vacherot has a compiled101-36 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title the Nonthaburi 1 Challenger where he overcame Lucas Pouille in the final 3-2 ret. and the Nonthaburi 2 Challenger where he overcame Manuel Guinard in the final 7-5 7-6(5).

Vacherot has an overall 14-1 win-loss record in 2024, 14-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

The Monegasque has never competed in this tournament before.

Dane Sweeny

Ranked no. 218, Dane reached the semifinal after defeating Maxime Janvier 4-6 6-1 7-6⁴, Maks Kasnikowski 6-4 6-1 and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 4-6 6-2 7-6³.

In the quarter against Kaliyanda Poonacha, Dane recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 7-6³). During the match Sweeny scored 101 points vs Kaliyanda Poonacha’s 92. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Sweeny scored 5 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Dane Sweeny lost the serve 3 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Sweeny put 71% of his first serves in, winning 78% (53/68) of the points behind his 1st serve and 29% (8/28) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Kaliyanda Poonacha 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Dane has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Sweeny’s best result of the season was getting to the final in the Burnie 2 Challenger.

Sweeny has an overall 12-5 win-loss record in 2024, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Pune Challenger

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2023. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Vacherot	Sweeny
Match played	3	3
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	59	78
Pts	194-143	265-228
Total Points	337	493
Winners	84	123
%Winners	43%	46%

Both Vacherot and Sweeny played 3 matches. At the moment, Dane Sweeny conceded 2 sets while Valentin Vacherot hasn’t dropped a set so far. Vacherot has played 2 set(s) less than Sweeny (6 vs 8). Therefore, Vacherot played 19 games less than Sweeny. Valentin scored 84 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Dane scored 123 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Vacherot	Sweeny
Aces	20	9
Avg per match	6.7	3
1st in	100/161	160/240
%1st in	62%	67%
1st pts	84/100	123/160
%1st pts	84%	77%
2nd pts	42/61	40/80
%2nd pts	69%	50%

Vacherot fired 20 aces (6.7 per match). Sweeny fired 9 aces (3 per match). Vacherot won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Sweeny won 77% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Vacherot	Sweeny
Won	8	10
Converted	8/23	10/32
% Converted	35%	31%
Conceded	4	19
Saved	3	14
% Saved	75%	74%
Times Broken	1	5

Vacherot broke his opponents 8 times with a 35% conversion rate. Vacherot lost his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 10 times with a 31% conversion rate. Sweeny conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded.

Vacherot
	R1 Pospisil	R2 Schoolkate	1/4 Couacaud	Total
Score	6-3 7-5	6-1 6-2	7-62 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	21	15	23	59
pts	63-46	55-31	76-66	194-143
Total points	109	86	142	337
Winners	31	20	33	84
%Winners	49%	36%	43%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	5	6	20
Double Faults	3	3	3	9
1st in	36/53	23/41	41/67	100/161
% 1st in	68%	56%	61%	62%
1st pts	31/36	20/23	33/41	84/100
% 1st pts	86%	87%	80%	84%
2nd pts	13/17	12/18	17/26	42/61
% 2nd pts	76%	67%	65%	69%
Breaks
Won	2	4	2	8
Converted	2/6	4/9	2/8	8/23
Converted %	33%	44%	25%	35%
Conceded	0	0	4	4
Saved	0/0	0/0	3/4	3
Saved %	–	–	75%	25%
Times Broken	0	0	1	1

Sweeny
	R1 Janvier	R2 Kasnikowski	1/4 Kaliyanda	Total
Score	4-6 6-1 7-64	6-4 6-1	4-6 6-2 7-63
Tot Set	3	2	3	8
Tot Games	30	17	31	78
pts	101-92	63-44	101-92	265-228
Total points	193	107	193	493
Winners	38	32	53	123
%Winners	38%	51%	52%	46%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	5	9
Double Faults	4	2	6	12
1st in	53/90	39/54	68/96	160/240
% 1st in	59%	72%	71%	67%
1st pts	38/53	32/39	53/68	123/160
% 1st pts	72%	82%	78%	77%
2nd pts	23/37	9/15	8/28	40/80
% 2nd pts	62%	60%	29%	50%
Breaks
Won	3	3	4	10
Converted	3/13	3/7	4/12	10/32
Converted %	23%	43%	33%	31%
Conceded	5	5	9	19
Saved	3/5	5/5	6/9	14
Saved %	60%	100%	67%	76%
Times Broken	2	0	3	5

Tennis Scores in Pune Challenger

• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-6² 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Adam WaltonWalton – Mukund SasikumarSasikumar (w/o) – See score progression
• Dane SweenySweeny – Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaKaliyanda Poonacha (4-6 6-2 7-6³) – See score progression
• Saketh-Sai Myneni/Ramkumar RamanathanMyneni/Ramkumar Ramanathan – Duje Ajdukovic/Enrico Dalla ValleAjdukovic/Enrico Dalla Valle (6-2 6-7⁴ 10-2) – See score progression
• Dane SweenySweeny – Niki Kaliyanda PoonachaKaliyanda Poonacha (4-6 6-2 7-6(3)) – See score progression
• Valentin VacherotVacherot – Enzo CouacaudCouacaud (7-6(2) 6-4) – See score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adam WaltonWalton – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Dane SweenySweeny – Valentin VacherotVacherot (0-0) – H2H and prediction