Omni Kumar and Ajeet Rai will square off in the qualifications of the Shanghai Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:00 pm on COURT 6. 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 Omni Kumar who should win in 3 sets.
Omni Kumar -> 1.59
Ajeet Rai -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Omni Kumar vs. Ajeet Rai
This will be the 2nd time that Omni Kumar and Ajeet Rai square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Kumar (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Kumar won 3-6 6-0 6-4 in the 1st round in M15 Monastir back in 2021.
Omni Kumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37-23 | 29-16 | 7-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 54-32 | 54-31 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 49-36 | 47-29 | 1-1 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 75-29 | 73-27 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 16-10 | 16-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 476, Omni reached the qualifications after defeating Vadym Ursu 6-1 2-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Omni defeated Ursu (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match, Kumar scored 92 points vs Ursu’s 82. Kumar was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Regarding the service games, Kumar fired 17 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Omni Kumar lost the serve twice and he saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Kumar put 57% of his first serves in, winning 82% (41/50) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (16/37) on the 2nd serve. Kumar broke Ursu 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).
Kumar has a solid record in the last 7 years having won 63% of his matches (248-146). 12-11 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Kumar has an overall237-132 record in the last 7 years on hard.
Kumar’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in M25 Santo Domingo and M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
The American has an overall 19-15 win-loss record in 2024, 12-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Shanghai Challenger
The American has never competed in this tournament before.
Ajeet Rai
25 - 23win/loss
578
417
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-29 | 24-21 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 29-28 | 19-24 | 4-2 | 1-0 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 38-25 | 38-24 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-19 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-5 | 9-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 510, the Kiwi got to the qualifications after beating Kaichi Uchida 2-6 6-1 6-4.
In the qualifications against Uchida, Ajeet recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-4). During the match Rai scored 75 points vs Uchida’s 67. The Kiwi was quite aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Talking about serving, Rai managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ajeet Rai lost the serve 3 times and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Rai put 68% of his first serves in, winning 73% (37/51) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Rai broke Uchida 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
Rai’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong.
The Kiwi has a composed 24-23 win-loss record in 2024, 20-16 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Kumar | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 |
| Pts | 92-82 | 75-67 |
| Total Points | 174 | 142 |
| Winners | 41 | 37 |
| %Winners | 45% | 49% |
Both Kumar and Rai played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Omni Kumar dropped 1 set, while Ajeet Rai lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Kumar and Rai have played the same amount of sets 3. They also played the same amount of games (25). Omni scored 41 winners (45% of the total points). On the other side, Ajeet managed to score 37 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Kumar | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 13 |
| Avg per match | 17 | 13 |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 51/75 |
| %1st in | 57% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 37/51 |
| %1st pts | 82% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 10/24 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 42% |
Kumar recorded 17 aces . Rai managed to score 13 aces . Kumar won 82% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Rai won 73% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 42% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Kumar | Rai |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 4 |
| Converted | 3/6 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 67% |
| Conceded | 10 | 5 |
| Saved | 8 | 2 |
| % Saved | 80% | 40% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 3 |
Kumar broke his opponent 3 times with a 50% conversion rate. The American lost his serve twice and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. The Kiwi broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Rai conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 40% of the break points that he conceded.
| Kumar | |||
| Q1 Ursu | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 92-82 | 92-82 | |
| Total points | 174 | 174 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 45% | 45% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 17 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 50/87 | 50/87 | |
| % 1st in | 57% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 41/50 | 41/50 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/37 | 16/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/6 | 3/6 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 8/10 | 8 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
| Rai | |||
| Q1 Uchida | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-1 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 25 | 25 | |
| pts | 75-67 | 75-67 | |
| Total points | 142 | 142 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 13 | 13 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 51/75 | 51/75 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 37/51 | 37/51 | |
| % 1st pts | 73% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/24 | 10/24 | |
| % 2nd pts | 42% | 42% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 2/5 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 40% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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