Luca Nardi and Kris Van Wyk will face off in the 2nd round of the Guangzhou Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 10:00 am on COURT 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Luca Nardi who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Luca Nardi is the pick to win this match.
Luca Nardi -> 1.188
Kris Van Wyk -> 4.35
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Prediction and head to head Luca Nardi vs. Kris Van Wyk
There is no head to head record between Luca Nardi and Kris Van Wyk since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Luca Nardi
19 - 19win/loss
92
70
WWWWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-27 | 13-14 | 8-5 | 9-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-36 | 20-10 | 8-13 | 12-12 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-20 | 5-2 | 11-10 | 17-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 33-24 | 3-3 | 26-13 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 9-9 | 7-2 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 90, the Italian got to the 2nd round after beating Jie Cui 6-4 3-6 7-6(4).
In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Cui (6-4 3-6 7-64). During the match, Nardi scored 117 points vs Cui’s 114. Luca was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nardi struck 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Luca Nardi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Nardi put 56% of his first serves in, winning 79% (44/56) of the points behind his 1st serve and 48% (21/44) on the 2nd serve. Luca broke Cui 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Nardi has a winning record in the last 7 years having won 56% of his matches (140-112). 10-9 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Nardi has an aggregate45-26 record in the last 7 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Naples Challenger where he overcame Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 5-7 7-6(3) 6-2.
Luca has an overall 19-19 win-loss record in 2024, 10-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Guangzhou Challenger
Luca has never competed in this tournament before.
Kris Van Wyk
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 65-39 | 64-38 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 55-32 | 54-30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 52-17 | 52-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 381, Van got to the 2nd round after beating Kazuma Kawachi 6-4 6-0, Thomas Fancutt 6-3 6-2 and Alibek Kachmazov 7-6(5) 6-4.
In the 1st round, Van had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (7-65 6-4). During the match Van scored 95 points vs Kachmazov’s 85. Kris was pretty aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Van scored 7 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Kris Van Wyk lost the serve twice and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Van put 52% of his first serves in, winning 84% (38/45) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (17/42) on the 2nd serve. The South African broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
The South African’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,M15 Monastir and M15 Hillcrest.
The South African has an overall 48-26 win-loss record in 2024, 48-26 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nardi | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 32 | 56 |
| Pts | 117-114 | 220-163 |
| Total Points | 231 | 383 |
| Winners | 44 | 85 |
| %Winners | 38% | 39% |
Nardi played 1 match while Van competed in 3 matches. Van started his run from the qualifications while Nardi had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Luca Nardi dropped 1 set while Kris Van Wyk hasn’t dropped a set so far. Nardi has played 3 set(s) less than Van (3 vs 6). Therefore, Nardi played 24 games less than Van. Nardi scored 44 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, The South African recorded 85 winners (39%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nardi | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 7 | 18 |
| Avg per match | 7 | 6 |
| 1st in | 56/100 | 102/190 |
| %1st in | 56% | 54% |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 85/102 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 41/88 |
| %2nd pts | 48% | 47% |
Nardi scored 7 aces . Van fired 18 aces (6 per match). Nardi won 79% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 48% of the points. On the other side, Van won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nardi | Van |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 12 |
| Converted | 3/9 | 12/28 |
| % Converted | 33% | 43% |
| Conceded | 6 | 15 |
| Saved | 3 | 11 |
| % Saved | 50% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Nardi broke his opponent 3 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Italian conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Kris broke his opponents 12 times with a 43% conversion rate. Kris conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nardi | |||
| R1 Cui |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 32 | |
| pts | 117-114 | 117-114 | |
| Total points | 231 | 231 | |
| Winners | 44 | 44 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 38% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 7 | 7 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 56/100 | 56/100 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 56% | |
| 1st pts | 44/56 | 44/56 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/44 | 21/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 48% | 48% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/9 | 3/9 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Van | |||||
| Q1 Kawachi |
Q3 Fancutt |
R1 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-0 | 6-3 6-2 | 7-65 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 23 | 56 | |
| pts | 59-34 | 66-44 | 95-85 | 220-163 | |
| Total points | 93 | 110 | 180 | 383 | |
| Winners | 20 | 27 | 38 | 85 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 41% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 3 | 8 | 7 | 18 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |
| 1st in | 27/51 | 30/52 | 45/87 | 102/190 | |
| % 1st in | 53% | 58% | 52% | 54% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 27/30 | 38/45 | 85/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 90% | 84% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/24 | 10/22 | 17/42 | 41/88 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 45% | 40% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 5 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Converted | 5/5 | 4/11 | 3/12 | 12/28 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 36% | 25% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 4/5 | 7/9 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 80% | 78% | 158% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWWWLWWWL Tennis Scores in Guangzhou Challenger
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- Federico Agustin GomezAgustin Gomez – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Rishab AgarwalAgarwal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Markos KalovelonisKalovelonis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Maxime CressyCressy (7-610 6-3) – See score progression
- Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kris Van WykVan Wyk – Alibek KachmazovKachmazov (7-65 6-4) – See score progression
- Mitsuki Wei Kang LeongWei Kang Leong – Kaichi UchidaUchida (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Jie CuiCui (6-4 3-6 7-64) – See score progression
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Rio NoguchiNoguchi (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Marc PolmansPolmans – Vadym UrsuUrsu (7-5 6-1) – See score progression
- Yan BaiBai – Blake MottMott (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Paul JubbJubb – Linang XiaoXiao (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Ye Cong MoCong Mo – Markos KalovelonisKalovelonis (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
- Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Alexey ZakharovZakharov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Yaojie ZengZeng (6-4 6-7(2) 7-5) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Evgeny DonskoyDonskoy (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- James McCabeMcCabe – Rishab AgarwalAgarwal (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Dalibor SvrcinaSvrcina (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Wishaya TrongcharoenchaikulTrongcharoenchaikul – Radu AlbotAlbot (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Ye Cong MoCong Mo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kris Van WykVan Wyk – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sho ShimabukuroShimabukuro – Yan BaiBai (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paul JubbJubb – Marc PolmansPolmans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
