Denis Kudla and Gijs Brouwer will square off in the 2nd round of the Savannah Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 5:30 pm on LANDINGS COMPANY STADIUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance 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 -> 1.85
Gijs Brouwer -> 1.89

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Prediction and head to head Denis Kudla vs. Gijs Brouwer

There is no head to head record between Denis Kudla and Gijs Brouwer since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Denis Kudla

Denis Kudla

14 - 11win/loss

Hard
5-3
I Hard
5-3
Clay
4-5
Rank
161
High
53
LWWLWLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 16-12 5-3 6-6 5-3 0-0 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. 162, Kudla got to the 2nd round after defeating Tristan Mccormick 6-4 7-64.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Mccormick (6-4 7-64). During the match, Kudla scored 90 points vs Mccormick’s 78. Denis was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Kudla blasted 6 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Denis Kudla lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kudla put 56% of his first serves in, winning 63% (32/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 55% (22/40) on the 2nd serve. Denis broke Mccormick 4 times after converting 44% of his break points (4/9).

Kudla has positive match record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (317-258). 4-4 on clay in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kudla has an aggregate 38-44 match record in the last years on clay.

Kudla’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.

Kudla has an overall 14-10 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Savannah Challenger

Savannah Challenger
Kudla's Record

Gijs Brouwer

Gijs Brouwer

12 - 11win/loss

Hard
4-5
I Hard
4-5
Clay
4-1
Rank
241
High
114
LWLWLLWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-15 4-5 6-5 4-5 0-0 0-0
2023 24-34 5-8 3-6 12-15 4-5 0-0
2022 47-27 12-5 13-5 14-12 8-5 0-0
2021 47-25 9-5 12-10 21-10 0-0 5-0
2020 20-10 13-4 5-4 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 252, Brouwer reached the 2nd round after defeating Hady Habib 6-2 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Dutch had a good straight sets win against Habib (6-2 6-4). During the match Brouwer scored 58 points vs Habib’s 47. The Dutch was exceptionally aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Brouwer scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he was quite consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Gijs Brouwer lost the serve once. Furthermore, Brouwer put 62% of his first serves in, winning 69% (22/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the 2nd serve. Brouwer broke Habib 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).

Gijs’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Noumea Challenger.

Gijs has a compiled 11-11 win-loss record in 2024, 3-1 on clay (See FULL STATS).

Savannah Challenger
Brouwer's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

D.Kudla
G.Brouwer
!
2h:14
2h:14
Time on court​
1h:06
1h:06
!
2h:14
2h:14
Last match​
1h:06
1h:06
1
1
Match played
1
1
23
23
Games Played​
18
18
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
90
90
Total points​
58
58
90
90
Avg point​
58
58
32
32
Winners
22
22
32
32
Avg Winners​
22
22
36%
36%
Ratio winners
38%
38%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
1
1
6
6
Avg Aces
1
1
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
32/51
32/51
1st won total​
22/32
22/32
63%
63%
1st won %
69%
69%
22/40
22/40
2nd won total​
12/20
12/20
55%
55%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
4/9
4/9
BP won
4/11
4/11
4/9
4/9
Avg BP won
4/11
4/11
44%
44%
Won
36%
36%
10
10
Conceded
1
1
10
10
Avg Conceded
1
1
3
3
Broken
1
1
3
3
Avg Broken
1
1
7
7
Saved
0
0

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Kudla Brouwer
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 18
Pts 90-78 58-47
Total Points 168 105
Winners 32 22
%Winners 36% 38%

Both Kudla and Brouwer played 1 match. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Kudla and Brouwer have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Kudla played 5 games more than Brouwer. Denis scored 32 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Gijs made 22 winners (38%).

Serve Performance

Serve Kudla Brouwer
Aces 6 1
Avg per match 6 1
1st in 51/91 32/52
%1st in 56% 62%
1st pts 32/51 22/32
%1st pts 63% 69%
2nd pts 22/40 12/20
%2nd pts 55% 60%

Kudla made 6 aces . Brouwer recorded 1 ace . Kudla won 63% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Brouwer won 69% 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 Kudla Brouwer
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/11
% Converted 44% 36%
Conceded 10 1
Saved 7 0
% Saved 70% 0%
Times Broken 3 1

Kudla broke his opponent 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. Denis dropped his serve 3 times and he saved 70% of the break points that he conceded. The Dutch broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. Gijs conceded his serve once and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded.

Kudla
R1
Mccormick
Total
Score 6-4 7-64
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 90-78 90-78
Total points 168 168
Winners 32 32
%Winners 36% 36%
SERVE
Aces 6 6
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 51/91 51/91
% 1st in 56% 56%
1st pts 32/51 32/51
% 1st pts 63% 63%
2nd pts 22/40 22/40
% 2nd pts 55% 55%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/9 4/9
Converted % 44% 44%
Conceded 10 10
Saved 7/10 7
Saved % 70% 70%
Times Broken 3 3
Brouwer
R1
Habib
Total
Score 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 18 18
pts 58-47 58-47
Total points 105 105
Winners 22 22
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 32/52 32/52
% 1st in 62% 62%
1st pts 22/32 22/32
% 1st pts 69% 69%
2nd pts 12/20 12/20
% 2nd pts 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/11 4/11
Converted % 36% 36%
Conceded 1 1
Saved 0/1 0
Saved % 0% 0%
Times Broken 1 1

Tennis Scores in Savannah Challenger

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