Martin Damm and Saba Purtseladze will play each other in the 1st round of the Istanbul Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on LIMAK COURT. 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 Martin Damm who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Martin Damm is the pick to win this match.
Martin Damm -> 1.22
Saba Purtseladze -> 3.98
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Prediction and head to head Martin Damm vs. Saba Purtseladze
There is no head to head record between Martin Damm and Saba Purtseladze since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Martin Damm
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15-20 | 7-7 | 1-5 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 52-29 | 30-14 | 9-8 | 13-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-23 | 17-12 | 10-6 | 5-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-22 | 7-4 | 16-12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 5-11 | 3-6 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 205, the American will start his run in the Istanbul Challenger after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 6-7(7) 6-1 7-6(7) to Mochizuki in the qualifications on the 19th of August.
The American has a compiled 14-14 win-loss record in 2024, 6-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Martin’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Oeiras 2 Challenger.
Talking about his overall career, The American has an overall 135-103 record. He has a positive 63-41 record on hard.
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Saba Purtseladze
31 - 25win/loss
417
395
LLLWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 35-33 | 25-19 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 47-37 | 44-27 | 1-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-35 | 34-26 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-23 | 20-16 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 455, Purtseladze got to the 1st round after defeating Marsel Ilhan 6-4 6-4 and Ilya Snitari 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, The Georgean had a good straight sets win against Snitari (6-4 6-3). During the match Purtseladze scored 63 points vs Snitari’s 47. Saba was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Purtseladze made 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Saba Purtseladze lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Purtseladze put 66% of his first serves in, winning 77% (24/31) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (6/16) on the 2nd serve. The Georgean broke Snitari 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Purtseladze started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 56% of the points he played.
The Georgean’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh and the Astana Challenger.
Purtseladze has an overall 31-25 win-loss record in 2024, 21-12 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Istanbul Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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