Max Purcell and Michael Mmoh will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the US Men’s Clay Court Championship for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Michael Mmoh who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Michael Mmoh is the pick to win this match.
Michael Mmoh -> 1.64
Max Purcell -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Michael Mmoh
This will be the 3rd time that Max Purcell and Michael Mmoh face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Purcell won 7-5 1-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in the Aptos Challenger back in 2019.
Max Purcell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 21-24 | 10-16 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 79, the Australian reached the 2nd round after beating Alex Michelsen 7-5 6-74 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Michelsen (7-5 6-74 6-4). During the match, Purcell scored 116 points vs Michelsen’s 108. Max was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Regarding the service games, Purcell scored 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was very effective on serve to win 77% (34/44) of his 1st serve and 61% (37/61) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Michelsen 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).
Purcell has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (267-196). 1-0 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Purcell has an overall 28-22 record in the last years on clay.
The Australian has a compiled 5-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Michael Mmoh
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8-12 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-21 | 27-14 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-29 | 18-12 | 8-7 | 17-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 19-18 | 14-11 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 13-9 | 6-5 | 3-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 123, the American got to the 2nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Varillas 6-2 7-64.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Pablo Patino-Samudio (6-2 7-64). During the match Mmoh scored 80 points vs Pablo Patino-Samudio’s 65. Mmoh was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
About the serving games, Mmoh made 10 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Michael Mmoh lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Mmoh put 71% of his first serves in, winning 73% (38/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Michael broke Pablo Patino-Samudio 3 times after converting 30% of his break points (3/10).
Michael has an overall 7-9 win-loss record in 2024, 1-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Houston
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 35 | 21 |
| Pts | 116-108 | 80-65 |
| Total Points | 224 | 145 |
| Winners | 34 | 38 |
| %Winners | 29% | 48% |
Both Purcell and Mmoh played 1 match. At the moment, Max Purcell dropped 1 set while Michael Mmoh hasn’t lost a set so far. Purcell has played 1 set more than Mmoh (3 vs 2). Therefore, Purcell played 14 games more than Mmoh. Purcell scored 34 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 38 winners (48%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 8 | 10 |
| 1st in | 44/105 | 52/73 |
| %1st in | 42% | 71% |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 38/52 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 37/61 | 9/21 |
| %2nd pts | 61% | 43% |
Purcell bagged 8 aces . Mmoh blasted 10 aces . Purcell won 77% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 61% of the points. On the other side, Mmoh won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Purcell | Mmoh |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 3 |
| Converted | 4/14 | 3/10 |
| % Converted | 29% | 30% |
| Conceded | 7 | 3 |
| Saved | 5 | 2 |
| % Saved | 71% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Purcell broke his opponent 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. Max lost his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Michael broke his opponent 3 times with a 30% conversion rate. Michael conceded his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||
| R1 Michelsen |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-74 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 35 | 35 | |
| pts | 116-108 | 116-108 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 29% | 29% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 44/105 | 44/105 | |
| % 1st in | 42% | 42% | |
| 1st pts | 34/44 | 34/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 37/61 | 37/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 61% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/14 | 4/14 | |
| Converted % | 29% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Mmoh | |||
| R1 Pablo Patino-Samudio |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 80-65 | 80-65 | |
| Total points | 145 | 145 | |
| Winners | 38 | 38 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 48% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/73 | 52/73 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 38/52 | 38/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/21 | 9/21 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/10 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 30% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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