Max Purcell and Billy Harris will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Rothesay International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:00 pm 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 Max Purcell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Max Purcell is the pick to win this match.
Max Purcell -> 1.62
Billy Harris -> 2.3
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Prediction and head to head Max Purcell vs. Billy Harris
This will be the 2nd time that Max Purcell and Billy Harris square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Harris (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.
The last time that they fought against each other, Harris won 7-6(3) 7-6(4) in the semifinal in the Las Franquesas del Valles Challenger back in 2023.
Max Purcell
16 - 17win/loss
94
40
WWWWWLWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16-17 | 6-11 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 7-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-28 | 45-17 | 2-3 | 5-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-29 | 21-15 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-14 | 13-9 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-12 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 94, Max reached the semifinal after defeating Jan Choinski 7-64 6-4, Henry Searle 7-66 6-4, Laslo Djere 6-1 4-6 6-3, Lorenzo Sonego 6-4 6-4 and Miomir Kecmanovic 6-3 7-64.
In the quarter, Purcell had a good straight sets win against Kecmanovic (6-3 7-64). During the match, Purcell scored 67 points vs Kecmanovic’s 58. Purcell was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Purcell struck 5 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Max Purcell was very efficient on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Purcell was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Kecmanovic twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has surrendered 1 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Purcell has positive record in the last 10 years having won 58% of his matches (278-204). 7-2 on grass in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Purcell has a composed 24-18 record in the last years on grass.
Purcell has a composed 16-17 win-loss record in 2024, 7-2 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Eastbourne
Billy Harris
25 - 20win/loss
139
139
WWWLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 25-20 | 3-3 | 6-8 | 5-6 | 11-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 59-34 | 27-15 | 7-8 | 14-5 | 11-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-34 | 23-13 | 10-9 | 9-8 | 2-3 | 2-1 |
| 2021 | 51-20 | 13-5 | 38-15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-13 | 19-10 | 8-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 139 (career-high), Harris reached the semifinal after defeating Jacob Fearnley 6-4 7-67, Charles Broom 3-6 6-2 6-2 and Flavio Cobolli 6-73 7-64 6-2.
In the quarter against Cobolli, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-73 7-64 6-2). During the match Harris scored 108 points vs Cobolli’s 95. The Brit was quite aggressive to blast 54 winners.
Talking about serving, Harris managed to score 8 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Billy Harris was very effective on serve to win 77% (54/70) of his 1st serve and 72% (21/29) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Billy broke Cobolli twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Harris has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Harris’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Surbiton Challenger and the Nottingham 2 Challenger.
Harris has a composed 25-20 win-loss record in 2024, 11-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 5 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 11 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 114 | 82 |
| Pts | 389-330 | 274-240 |
| Total Points | 719 | 514 |
| Winners | 165 | 128 |
| %Winners | 42% | 47% |
Purcell played 5 matches while Harris competed in 3 matches. Purcell started his run from the qualifications while Harris had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Max Purcell conceded 1 set, while Billy Harris lost 2 sets. Purcell has played 3 sets more than Harris (11 vs 8). Therefore, Purcell played 32 games more than Harris. Max scored 165 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Brit recorded 128 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 39 | 23 |
| Avg per match | 7.8 | 7.7 |
| 1st in | 212/336 | 166/250 |
| %1st in | 63% | 66% |
| 1st pts | 165/212 | 128/166 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 67/124 | 50/84 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 60% |
Purcell bagged 39 aces (7.8 per match). Harris bagged 23 aces (7.7 per match). Purcell won 78% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Harris won 77% 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 | Purcell | Harris |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 15 | 8 |
| Converted | 15/42 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 36% | 36% |
| Conceded | 20 | 12 |
| Saved | 13 | 10 |
| % Saved | 65% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 7 | 2 |
Purcell broke his opponents 15 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Australian dropped his serve 7 times and he saved 65% of the break points that he conceded. Harris broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Billy conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Purcell | |||||||
| Q1 Choinski |
Q3 Searle |
R1 Djere |
R2 Sonego |
1/4 Kecmanovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-4 | 7-66 6-4 | 6-1 4-6 6-3 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 22 | 114 | |
| pts | 88-77 | 76-67 | 91-73 | 67-55 | 67-58 | 389-330 | |
| Total points | 165 | 143 | 164 | 122 | 125 | 719 | |
| Winners | 35 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 35 | 165 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 42% | 40% | 52% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 13 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 39 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 47/72 | 37/65 | 51/76 | 31/54 | 46/69 | 212/336 | |
| % 1st in | 65% | 57% | 67% | 57% | 67% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 35/47 | 30/37 | 38/51 | 27/31 | 35/46 | 165/212 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 81% | 75% | 87% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/25 | 17/28 | 13/25 | 12/23 | 13/23 | 67/124 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 61% | 52% | 52% | 57% | 54% | |
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 15 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/5 | 5/12 | 3/11 | 2/2 | 15/42 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 40% | 42% | 27% | 100% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 1/2 | 5/7 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 50% | 71% | 67% | 50% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Harris | |||||||
| R1 Fearnley |
R2 Broom |
1/4 Cobolli |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-67 | 3-6 6-2 6-2 | 6-73 7-64 6-2 | ||||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Tot Games | 23 | 25 | 34 | 82 | |||
| pts | 74-64 | 92-81 | 108-95 | 274-240 | |||
| Total points | 138 | 173 | 203 | 514 | |||
| Winners | 40 | 34 | 54 | 128 | |||
| %Winners | 54% | 37% | 50% | 47% | |||
| SERVE | |||||||
| Aces | 10 | 5 | 8 | 23 | |||
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 1st in | 47/68 | 49/83 | 70/99 | 166/250 | |||
| % 1st in | 69% | 59% | 71% | 66% | |||
| 1st pts | 40/47 | 34/49 | 54/70 | 128/166 | |||
| % 1st pts | 85% | 69% | 77% | 77% | |||
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 17/34 | 21/29 | 50/84 | |||
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 72% | 60% | |||
| Breaks | |||||||
| Won | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Converted | 1/1 | 5/15 | 2/6 | 8/22 | |||
| Converted % | 100% | 33% | 33% | 36% | |||
| Conceded | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Saved | 1/1 | 6/8 | 3/3 | 10 | |||
| Saved % | 100% | 75% | 100% | 55% | |||
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||
Head 2 Head
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WWWLWWLWWW Tennis Scores in Eastbourne
- Max PurcellPurcell – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-73 7-64 6-2) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic – Lloyd Glasspool/Jean-Julien RojerGlasspool/Jean-Julien Rojer (0-6 6-4 10-6) – See score progression
- Matthew Ebden/John PeersEbden/John Peers – Austin Krajicek/Mackenzie McDonaldKrajicek/Mackenzie McDonald (6-3 6-73 10-5) – See score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 3-6 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Max PurcellPurcell – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (6-3 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Billy HarrisHarris – Flavio CobolliCobolli (6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-2) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Max PurcellPurcell – Billy HarrisHarris (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
