Denis Kudla and Bernard Tomic will fight against each other in the quarter of the San Luis Potosi Challenger for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on ESTADIO. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Denis Kudla who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Denis Kudla is the pick to win this match.
Denis Kudla -> 1.46
Bernard Tomic -> 2.55
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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Bernard Tomic
This will be the 4th time that Denis Kudla and Bernard Tomic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Tomic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Tomic won 6-1 4-6 7-6(12) in the 1st round in the Tiburon Challenger back in 2023.
Denis Kudla
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 163, Kudla got to the quarter after beating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-3 6-1 and Vasek Pospisil 6-0 7-63.
In the 2nd round, Kudla had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (6-0 7-63). During the match, Kudla scored 74 points vs Pospisil’s 55. Denis was extremely aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Kudla managed to score 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was quite effective on serve to win 76% (25/33) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The American broke Pospisil 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 59% of the points he played.
Kudla has positive record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (315-254). 2-0 on clay in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has an aggregate 36-40 record in the last years on clay.
Kudla’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger.
Kudla has an overall 12-6 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the San Luis Potosi Challenger
Denis has never competed in this tournament before.
Bernard Tomic
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 50-29 | 34-19 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 298, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Valentin Vacherot 6-2 3-6 6-3 and Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Bernard defeated Huesler (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match Tomic scored less points (8) than Huesler. In fact, the world no. 163 won 74 points vs Huesler’s. That means that Tomic was more focused during the important points. Tomic was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Tomic scored 4 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Bernard Tomic lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tomic put 51% of his first serves in, winning 78% (32/41) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (18/39) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Huesler twice after converting 50% of his break points (2/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Bernard has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The Australian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Chennai.
The Australian has a compiled 14-7 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kudla | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 53 |
| Pts | 142-99 | 165-158 |
| Total Points | 241 | 323 |
| Winners | 47 | 63 |
| %Winners | 33% | 38% |
Both Kudla and Tomic played 2 matches. At the moment, Bernard Tomic surrendered 2 sets while Denis Kudla hasn’t conceded a set so far. Kudla has played 2 set(s) less than Tomic (4 vs 6). Therefore, Kudla played 18 games less than Tomic. Kudla scored 47 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, Tomic bagged 63 winners (38%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kudla | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 5 |
| 1st in | 58/109 | 84/152 |
| %1st in | 53% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 47/58 | 63/84 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 29/51 | 37/68 |
| %2nd pts | 57% | 54% |
Kudla made 8 aces (4 per match). Tomic managed to score 10 aces (5 per match). Kudla won 81% points on his first serve. He quite strong on his second serve to win 57% of the points. On the other side, Tomic won 75% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kudla | Tomic |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 6/16 |
| % Converted | 38% | 38% |
| Conceded | 7 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 5 |
| % Saved | 86% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 5 |
The American broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. Denis dropped his serve once and he saved 86% of the break points that he conceded. Tomic broke his opponents 6 times with a 38% conversion rate. Bernard conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Pablo Ficovich |
R2 Pospisil |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-0 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 19 | 35 | |
| pts | 68-44 | 74-55 | 142-99 | |
| Total points | 112 | 129 | 241 | |
| Winners | 22 | 25 | 47 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 34% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 25/47 | 33/62 | 58/109 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 53% | 53% | |
| 1st pts | 22/25 | 25/33 | 47/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 88% | 76% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/22 | 16/29 | 29/51 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 55% | 57% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 4/14 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 29% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 2/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 67% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tomic | ||||
| R1 Vacherot |
R2 Huesler |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-3 | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 27 | 53 | |
| pts | 91-76 | 74-82 | 165-158 | |
| Total points | 167 | 156 | 323 | |
| Winners | 31 | 32 | 63 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 43% | 38% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 4 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 43/72 | 41/80 | 84/152 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 51% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 31/43 | 32/41 | 63/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 78% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 19/29 | 18/39 | 37/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 66% | 46% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 2/4 | 6/16 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 50% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 3/5 | 2/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 40% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
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