Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ulises Blanch will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Kachreti Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ramkumar Ramanathan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ramkumar Ramanathan is the pick to win this match.
Ramkumar Ramanathan -> 1.86
Ulises Blanch -> 1.88

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Prediction and head to head Ramkumar Ramanathan vs. Ulises Blanch

There is no head to head record between Ramkumar Ramanathan and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Ramkumar Ramanathan

Ramkumar Ramanathan

18 - 10win/loss

Hard
17-10
I Hard
0-0
Grass
1-0
Rank
329
High
111
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-14 18-14 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0
2023 25-21 25-12 0-6 0-2 0-1 0-0
2022 15-34 4-13 4-8 2-6 4-6 1-1
2021 45-32 23-11 8-7 5-8 7-4 2-2
2020 8-18 3-8 0-5 0-3 0-0 5-2
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Ranked no. 343, the Indian reached the 2nd round after beating Yshai Oliel 6-3 7-5.

In the 1st round, Ramanathan had a good straight sets win against Oliel (6-3 7-5). During the match, Ramanathan scored 63 points vs Oliel’s 42. Ramkumar was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about the service games, Ramanathan blasted 15 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Ramkumar Ramanathan was extremely effective on serve to win 89% (32/36) of his 1st serve and 86% (12/14) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ramanathan broke Oliel twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).

Ramanathan has favorable record in the last 10 years having won 53% of his matches (319-284). 17-10 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Ramanathan has an overall 196-147 record in the last years on hard.

The Indian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 New Delhi and M15 Chandigarh.

The Indian has an overall 18-10 win-loss record in 2024, 17-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Kachreti Challenger

Ramkumar has never competed in this tournament before.

Kachreti Challenger
Ramanathan's Record

Ulises Blanch

Ulises Blanch

10 - 2win/loss

Hard
10-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
458
High
236
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 13-4 10-3 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 22-23 14-11 7-7 1-5 0-0 0-0
2022 29-29 10-12 6-5 13-11 0-0 0-1
2021 16-21 11-13 2-4 2-3 1-1 0-0
2020 20-15 7-6 3-5 10-3 0-0 0-1
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Ranked no. 528, Ulises reached the 2nd round after beating Giorgi Giorgadze 6-0 6-0, Ben Jones 6-2 6-3 and Saba Purtseladze 7-64 7-65.

In the 1st round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Purtseladze (7-64 7-65). During the match Blanch scored 85 points vs Purtseladze’s 83. Blanch was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

About the serving games, Blanch bagged 12 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Overall, Ulises Blanch was exceptionally effective on serve to win 74% (40/54) of his 1st serve and 61% (20/33) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Purtseladze once after converting 50% of his break points (1/2).

Blanch’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.

Blanch has a compiled 10-2 win-loss record in 2024, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Kachreti Challenger
Blanch's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

R.Ramanathan
U.Blanch
1h:15
1h:15
Time on court​
!
3h:45
3h:45
1h:15
1h:15
Last match​
1h:56
1h:56
1
1
Match played
!
3
3
21
21
Games Played​
55
55
2
2
Set played​​
6
6
63
63
Total points​
199
199
63
63
Avg point​
66.3
66.3
32
32
Winners
89
89
32
32
Avg Winners​
29.7
29.7
51%
51%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
28
28
!
15
15
Avg Aces
9.3
9.3
1
1
Double Faults
11
11
1
1
Avg Double Faults
3.7
3.7
32/36
32/36
1st won total​
89/108
89/108
!
89%
89%
1st won %
!
82%
82%
12/14
12/14
2nd won total​
35/58
35/58
!
86%
86%
2nd won %
60%
60%
-- Break Points --
2/7
2/7
BP won
10/18
10/18
2/7
2/7
Avg BP won
3.3/6
3.3/6
!
29%
29%
Won
!
56%
56%
0
0
Conceded
10
10
0
0
Avg Conceded
3.3
3.3
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
!
0.3
0.3
0
0
Saved
9
9
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Ramanathan Blanch
Match played 1 3
Tot Set 2 6
Tot Games 21 55
Pts 63-42 199-142
Total Points 105 341
Winners 32 89
%Winners 51% 45%

Ramanathan played 1 match while Blanch competed in 3 matches. Blanch started his run from the qualifications while Ramanathan had a direct access to the main draw. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Ramanathan has played 4 set(s) less than Blanch (2 vs 6). Therefore, Ramanathan played 34 games less than Blanch. The Indian scored 32 winners (51% of the total points). On the other side, The American struck 89 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Ramanathan Blanch
Aces 15 28
Avg per match 15 9.3
1st in 36/50 108/166
%1st in 72% 65%
1st pts 32/36 89/108
%1st pts 89% 82%
2nd pts 12/14 35/58
%2nd pts 86% 60%

Ramanathan fired 15 aces . Blanch scored 28 aces (9.3 per match). Ramanathan won 89% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 86% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 82% of the points behind 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 Ramanathan Blanch
Won 2 10
Converted 2/7 10/18
% Converted 29% 56%
Conceded 0 10
Saved 0 9
% Saved 0% 90%
Times Broken 0 1

Ramkumar broke his opponent twice with a 29% conversion rate. Ramanathan was rock solid on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The American broke his opponents 10 times with a 56% conversion rate. Ulises conceded his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded.

Ramanathan
R1
Oliel		 Total
Score 6-3 7-5
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 63-42 63-42
Total points 105 105
Winners 32 32
%Winners 51% 51%
SERVE
Aces 15 15
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 36/50 36/50
% 1st in 72% 72%
1st pts 32/36 32/36
% 1st pts 89% 89%
2nd pts 12/14 12/14
% 2nd pts 86% 86%
Breaks
Won 2 2
Converted 2/7 2/7
Converted % 29% 29%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 0
Blanch
Q1
Giorgadze		 Q3
Jones		 R1
Purtseladze		 Total
Score 6-0 6-0 6-2 6-3 7-64 7-65
Tot Set 2 2 2 6
Tot Games 12 17 26 55
pts 53-20 61-39 85-83 199-142
Total points 73 100 168 341
Winners 17 32 40 89
%Winners 32% 52% 47% 45%
SERVE
Aces 5 11 12 28
Double Faults 2 3 6 11
1st in 18/29 36/50 54/87 108/166
% 1st in 62% 72% 62% 65%
1st pts 17/18 32/36 40/54 89/108
% 1st pts 94% 89% 74% 82%
2nd pts 7/11 8/14 20/33 35/58
% 2nd pts 64% 57% 61% 60%
Breaks
Won 6 3 1 10
Converted 6/10 3/6 1/2 10/18
Converted % 60% 50% 50% 56%
Conceded 0 5 5 10
Saved 0/0 5/5 4/5 9
Saved % – 100% 80% 180%
Times Broken 0 0 1 1

Tennis Scores in Kachreti Challenger

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