Keegan Smith and Moerani Bouzige will square off in the qualifications of the Tyler Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. 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 Keegan Smith who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Keegan Smith is the pick to win this match.
Keegan Smith -> 1.35
Moerani Bouzige -> 3.04
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Prediction and head to head Keegan Smith vs. Moerani Bouzige
There is no head to head record between Keegan Smith and Moerani Bouzige since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Keegan Smith
15 - 12win/loss
556
339
LWWWLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-26 | 36-21 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 35-26 | 31-20 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-24 | 26-14 | 3-4 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 16-5 | 8-2 | 0-0 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 595, Smith got to the qualifications after beating Mukund Sasikumar 6-4 7-5.
In the qualifications, Keegan had a good straight sets win against Kumar Mukund (6-4 7-5). During the match, Smith scored 86 points vs Kumar Mukund’s 69. Keegan was quite aggressive to blast 40 winners.
Talking about the service games, Smith blasted 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Keegan Smith lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Smith put 71% of his first serves in, winning 82% (40/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (9/20) on the 2nd serve. Keegan broke Kumar Mukund 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Smith has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 61% of his matches (147-93). 15-9 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Smith has an aggregate126-69 match record in the last 9 years on hard.
The American has a composed 15-11 win-loss record in 2024, 15-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tyler Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Moerani Bouzige
20 - 15win/loss
597
553
WWWWWLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-33 | 42-32 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-36 | 33-27 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 13-19 | 13-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-4 | 21-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 599, Bouzige reached the qualifications after defeating Shintaro Imai 6-4 1-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Bouzige defeated Imai (6-4 1-6 6-4).During the match Bouzige scored less points (5) than Imai. In fact, the world no. 595 won 88 points vs Imai’s. That means that Bouzige was more focused during the important points. Moerani was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Bouzige struck 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Moerani Bouzige lost the serve twice and he saved 9 break points. Furthermore, Bouzige put 54% of his first serves in, winning 71% (35/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (21/42) on the 2nd serve. Moerani broke Imai twice after converting 40% of his break points (2/5).
Bouzige’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in M15 Monastir.
The Australian has an aggregate 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 19-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Smith | Bouzige |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 27 |
| Pts | 86-69 | 88-93 |
| Total Points | 155 | 181 |
| Winners | 40 | 35 |
| %Winners | 47% | 40% |
Both Smith and Bouzige played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Moerani Bouzige lost 1 set while Keegan Smith hasn’t lost a set so far. Smith has played 1 set(s) less than Bouzige (2 vs 3). Therefore, Smith played 5 games less than Bouzige. Keegan scored 40 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Bouzige bagged 35 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Smith | Bouzige |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 13 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 13 | 8 |
| 1st in | 49/69 | 49/91 |
| %1st in | 71% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 35/49 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 71% |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 21/42 |
| %2nd pts | 45% | 50% |
Smith managed to score 13 aces . Bouzige blasted 8 aces . Smith won 82% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Bouzige won 71% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Smith | Bouzige |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 2 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/5 |
| % Converted | 25% | 40% |
| Conceded | 5 | 11 |
| Saved | 4 | 9 |
| % Saved | 80% | 82% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
The American broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Smith surrendered his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 40% conversion rate. Moerani conceded his serve twice and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.
| Smith | |||
| Q1 Kumar Mukund |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 86-69 | 86-69 | |
| Total points | 155 | 155 | |
| Winners | 40 | 40 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 49/69 | 49/69 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 40/49 | 40/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/20 | 9/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 45% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Bouzige | |||
| Q1 Imai |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 1-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 88-93 | 88-93 | |
| Total points | 181 | 181 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 49/91 | 49/91 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 35/49 | 35/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 71% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/42 | 21/42 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/5 | 2/5 | |
| Converted % | 40% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 11 | 11 | |
| Saved | 9/11 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 82% | 82% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
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