Learner Tien and Denis Kudla will play each other in the quarter of the Tiburon Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 4:30 pm on KENNEDY-GROSSMAN. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Learner Tien who should win in 3 sets.
Learner Tien -> 1.43
Denis Kudla -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Learner Tien vs. Denis Kudla
There is no head to head record between Learner Tien and Denis Kudla since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Learner Tien
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 60-12 | 53-8 | 0-1 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-10 | 20-10 | 0-0 | 10-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 12-11 | 8-5 | 3-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 148 (career-high), Learner got to the quarter after beating Govind Nanda 7-6(7) 6-1 and Micah Braswell 6-2 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round, Tien had a good straight sets win against Braswell (6-2 7-66). During the match, Tien scored 81 points vs Braswell’s 68. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tien made 2 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Learner Tien was pretty efficient on serve to win 74% (34/46) of his 1st serve and 55% (16/29) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Learner broke Braswell 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to conquer 54% of the points he played.
Tien has a fantastic win-loss record in the last 3 years having won 75% of his matches (89-29). 47-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tien has an overall75-22 win-loss record in the last 3 years on hard.
His best result of the current season was conquering the title the Bloomfield Hills Challenger where he overcame Nishesh Basavareddy in the final 4-6 6-3 6-4 and the Las Vegas Challenger where he overcame Tristan Boyer in the final 7-5 1-6 6-3.
The American has a composed 47-8 win-loss record in 2024, 47-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Denis Kudla
22 - 20win/loss
267
53
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23-23 | 9-7 | 6-6 | 7-7 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 30-28 | 13-17 | 1-3 | 11-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 33-33 | 21-19 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 7-6 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-27 | 20-14 | 4-5 | 4-4 | 12-4 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 19-9 | 13-6 | 0-1 | 6-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 241, the American got to the quarter after beating Carl Emil Overbeck 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4 and Goncalo Oliveira 7-5 3-6 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Denis defeated Oliveira (7-5 3-6 6-2). During the match Kudla scored 88 points vs Oliveira’s 78. The American was quite aggressive to blast 32 winners.
About the serving games, Kudla scored 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Denis Kudla was extremely efficient on serve to win 74% (32/43) of his 1st serve and 56% (19/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Kudla broke Oliveira 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kudla has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Cleveland Challenger and the San Luis Potosi Challenger.
The American has a compiled 22-19 win-loss record in 2024, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Tiburon Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the final in 2015. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tien | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 41 | 65 |
| Pts | 153-128 | 198-189 |
| Total Points | 281 | 387 |
| Winners | 64 | 86 |
| %Winners | 42% | 43% |
Both Tien and Kudla played 2 matches. At the moment, Denis Kudla dropped 2 sets while Learner Tien hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tien has played 2 set(s) less than Kudla (4 vs 6). Therefore, Tien played 24 games less than Kudla. Tien scored 64 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Denis scored 86 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tien | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 8 | 22 |
| Avg per match | 4 | 11 |
| 1st in | 84/145 | 107/187 |
| %1st in | 58% | 57% |
| 1st pts | 64/84 | 86/107 |
| %1st pts | 76% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 32/61 | 42/80 |
| %2nd pts | 52% | 53% |
Tien recorded 8 aces (4 per match). Kudla fired 22 aces (11 per match). Tien won 76% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 52% of the points. On the other side, Kudla won 80% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tien | Kudla |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/14 | 7/12 |
| % Converted | 43% | 58% |
| Conceded | 7 | 17 |
| Saved | 5 | 13 |
| % Saved | 71% | 76% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 4 |
The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 43% conversion rate. Learner dropped his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 7 times with a 58% conversion rate. The American conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 76% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tien | ||||
| R1 Nanda | R2 Braswell | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-67 6-1 | 6-2 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 21 | 41 | |
| pts | 72-60 | 81-68 | 153-128 | |
| Total points | 132 | 149 | 281 | |
| Winners | 30 | 34 | 64 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 38/70 | 46/75 | 84/145 | |
| % 1st in | 54% | 61% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 30/38 | 34/46 | 64/84 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 74% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/29 | 32/61 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 55% | 52% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/5 | 3/9 | 6/14 | |
| Converted % | 60% | 33% | 43% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 3/4 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 75% | 71% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Kudla | ||||
| R1 Emil | R2 Oliveira | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-73 6-4 | 7-5 3-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 36 | 29 | 65 | |
| pts | 110-111 | 88-78 | 198-189 | |
| Total points | 221 | 166 | 387 | |
| Winners | 54 | 32 | 86 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 10 | 12 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 8 | 3 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 64/110 | 43/77 | 107/187 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 56% | 57% | |
| 1st pts | 54/64 | 32/43 | 86/107 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 74% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 23/46 | 19/34 | 42/80 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 56% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Converted | 2/4 | 5/8 | 7/12 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 63% | 58% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 7 | 17 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 4/7 | 13 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 57% | 74% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Tiburon Challenger
- Goncalo Oliveira/Kelsey StevensonOliveira/Kelsey Stevenson – Trey Hilderbrand/Alex LawsonHilderbrand/Alex Lawson (3-6 7-5 10-8) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Denis KudlaKudla – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karue SellSell – (0-0) – H2H and prediction