Nick Chappell and Nathan Ponwith will play each other in the qualifications of the Acapulco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 6:30 pm on CANCHA 3. 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 Nick Chappell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Chappell is the pick to win this match.
Nick Chappell -> 1.7
Nathan Ponwith -> 2.07
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Prediction and head to head Nick Chappell vs. Nathan Ponwith
There is no head to head record between Nick Chappell and Nathan Ponwith since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Nick Chappell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24-26 | 19-18 | 1-4 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-36 | 38-25 | 2-4 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-33 | 14-16 | 7-8 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-35 | 14-16 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-16 | 19-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 443, Chappell reached the qualifications after beating Santiago Ruiz Velasco 6-3 6-2.
In the qualifications, Chappell had a good straight sets win against Ruiz Velasco (6-3 6-2). During the match, Chappell scored 65 points vs Ruiz Velasco’s 43. The American was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Regarding the service games, Chappell managed to score 2 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults. Nick Chappell was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 84% (27/32) of his 1st serve and 69% (11/16) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The American broke Ruiz Velasco 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Chappell has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 51% of his matches (211-206). 8-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Chappell has a composed 148-106 match record in the last years on hard.
Nick’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Wesley Chapel.
Nick has an overall 9-12 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Acapulco Challenger
Chappell has never competed in this tournament before.
Nathan Ponwith
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20-27 | 18-21 | 2-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-32 | 18-25 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-27 | 19-15 | 6-7 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 17-14 | 16-13 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 782, Ponwith got to the qualifications after beating Elmar Ejupovic 7-64 6-3.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Ejupovic (7-64 6-3). During the match Ponwith scored 78 points vs Ejupovic’s 66. Nathan was quite aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Ponwith fired 3 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Nathan Ponwith was quite effective on serve to win 84% (26/31) of his 1st serve and 60% (21/35) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Ponwith broke Ejupovic 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
The American’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
The American has a compiled 6-9 win-loss record in 2024, 6-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Chappell | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 17 | 22 |
| Pts | 65-43 | 78-66 |
| Total Points | 108 | 144 |
| Winners | 27 | 26 |
| %Winners | 42% | 33% |
Both Chappell and Ponwith played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Chappell and Ponwith have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Chappell played 5 games less than Ponwith. Chappell scored 27 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The American made 26 winners (33%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Chappell | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 3 |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 31/66 |
| %1st in | 67% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 26/31 |
| %1st pts | 84% | 84% |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 21/35 |
| %2nd pts | 69% | 60% |
Chappell bagged 2 aces . Ponwith scored 3 aces . Chappell won 84% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 69% of the points. On the other side, Ponwith won 84% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Chappell | Ponwith |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 3 |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/9 |
| % Converted | 43% | 33% |
| Conceded | 3 | 6 |
| Saved | 3 | 5 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Nick broke his opponent 3 times with a 43% conversion rate. Nick had a solid display on his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 3 break points. Ponwith broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Chappell | |||
| Q1 Ruiz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 17 | |
| pts | 65-43 | 65-43 | |
| Total points | 108 | 108 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 32/48 | 32/48 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 27/32 | 27/32 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/16 | 11/16 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/7 | 3/7 | |
| Converted % | 43% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| Saved | 3/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Ponwith | |||
| Q1 Ejupovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 78-66 | 78-66 | |
| Total points | 144 | 144 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 33% | 33% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 31/66 | 31/66 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 26/31 | 26/31 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 84% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/35 | 21/35 | |
| % 2nd pts | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 83% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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