Maks Kasnikowski and Matej Dodig will play each other in the 2nd round of the Split Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 11:00 am 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 Matej Dodig who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matej Dodig is the pick to win this match.
Matej Dodig -> 1.87
Maks Kasnikowski -> 1.87
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Prediction and head to head Maks Kasnikowski vs. Matej Dodig
There is no head to head record between Maks Kasnikowski and Matej Dodig since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Maks Kasnikowski
15 - 8win/loss
184
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LWWWWWLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32-17 | 3-4 | 20-10 | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-25 | 13-6 | 22-14 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 44-19 | 16-7 | 20-10 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-11 | 7-5 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 253 (career-high), Kasnikowski got to the 2nd round after beating Zdenek Kolar 6-1 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Pole had a good straight sets win against Kolar (6-1 6-2). During the match, Kasnikowski scored 66 points vs Kolar’s 44. Kasnikowski was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kasnikowski fired 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Maks Kasnikowski lost the serve once and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Kasnikowski put 54% of his first serves in, winning 81% (21/26) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Kasnikowski broke Kolar 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Kasnikowski has a solid match record in the last 5 years having won 63% of his matches (111-64). 3-1 on clay in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Kasnikowski has an overall49-32 match record in the last 5 years on clay.
His best result of the current season was winning the title the Oeiras 1 Challenger where he beat Gastao Elias in the final 7-6(1) 4-6 6-3.
Kasnikowski has an overall 15-8 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Split Challenger
Maks has never competed in this tournament before.
Matej Dodig
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33-12 | 12-2 | 21-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 43-16 | 1-2 | 38-12 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
Ranked no. 420, Dodig got to the 2nd round after defeating Alex Molcan 6-2 6-4.
In the 1st round, The Croatian had a good straight sets win against Molcan (6-2 6-4). During the match Dodig scored 68 points vs Molcan’s 48. The Croatian was exceptionally aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Dodig made 5 aces and he was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Overall, Matej Dodig was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 80% (24/30) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Croatian broke Molcan 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Dodig’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Rovinj.
Matej has a compiled 19-3 win-loss record in 2024, 7-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kasnikowski | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 15 | 18 |
| Pts | 66-44 | 68-48 |
| Total Points | 110 | 116 |
| Winners | 21 | 24 |
| %Winners | 32% | 35% |
Both Kasnikowski and Dodig played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kasnikowski and Dodig have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kasnikowski played 3 games less than Dodig. Kasnikowski scored 21 winners (32% of the total points). On the other side, The Croatian recorded 24 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kasnikowski | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 5 |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 30/47 |
| %1st in | 54% | 64% |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 24/30 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 59% |
Kasnikowski scored 2 aces . Dodig made 5 aces . Kasnikowski won 81% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Dodig won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kasnikowski | Dodig |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/12 | 4/11 |
| % Converted | 42% | 36% |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 1 | 1 |
| % Saved | 50% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Pole broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Pole lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Matej broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Croatian conceded his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kasnikowski | |||
| R1 Kolar |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 15 | 15 | |
| pts | 66-44 | 66-44 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/48 | 26/48 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Dodig | |||
| R1 Molcan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 68-48 | 68-48 | |
| Total points | 116 | 116 | |
| Winners | 24 | 24 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 30/47 | 30/47 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 24/30 | 24/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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