Patrick Zahraj and Govind Nanda will face off in the qualifications of the Calgary Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 5:30 pm on COURT 4. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Govind Nanda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Govind Nanda is the pick to win this match.
Govind Nanda -> 1.59
Patrick Zahraj -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Patrick Zahraj vs. Govind Nanda
This will be the 2nd time that Patrick Zahraj and Govind Nanda fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nanda (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they locked horns, Nanda won 6-4 3-1 ret. in the qualifications in the Tiburon Challenger back in September 2024.
Patrick Zahraj
33 - 27win/loss
464
454
LLWWWWWLWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 42-31 | 9-5 | 17-15 | 14-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2023 | 28-16 | 4-3 | 15-10 | 7-2 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2022 | 10-7 | 0-1 | 10-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 8-7 | 0-1 | 8-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 578 (career-high), the German got to the qualifications after beating Preston Brown 7-5 6-0.
In the qualifications, Patrick had a good straight sets win against Brown (7-5 6-0). During the match, Zahraj scored 75 points vs Brown’s 57. The German was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about the service games, Zahraj fired 6 aces and he committed only 9 double faults. Patrick Zahraj lost the serve once and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Zahraj put 62% of his first serves in, winning 78% (29/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (10/23) on the 2nd serve. Patrick broke Brown 5 times after converting 36% of his break points (5/14).
Zahraj has a winning win-loss record in the last 7 years having won 57% of his matches (99-74). 5-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Zahraj has a composed15-9 record in the last 7 years on indoor hard courts.
The German’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M25 Klosters.
Patrick has a compiled 33-26 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
Zahraj has never competed in this tournament before.
Govind Nanda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 26-16 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-6 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 27-26 | 22-19 | 5-3 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 23-14 | 21-10 | 2-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 743, Govind got to the qualifications after beating Collin Altamirano 7-6(1) 6-2.
In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Altamirano (7-61 6-2). During the match Nanda scored 76 points vs Altamirano’s 49. Nanda was pretty aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Nanda couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Govind Nanda was quite efficient on serve to win 81% (21/26) of his 1st serve and 69% (22/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The American broke Altamirano 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M15 Lakewood.
The American has an aggregate 18-11 win-loss record in 2024, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Zahraj | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 18 | 21 |
| Pts | 75-57 | 76-49 |
| Total Points | 132 | 125 |
| Winners | 29 | 21 |
| %Winners | 39% | 28% |
Both Zahraj and Nanda played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Zahraj and Nanda have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Zahraj played 3 games less than Nanda. Zahraj scored 29 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Nanda managed to score 21 winners (28%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Zahraj | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 0 |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 26/58 |
| %1st in | 62% | 45% |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 21/26 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 81% |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 22/32 |
| %2nd pts | 43% | 69% |
Zahraj made 6 aces . Nanda didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Zahraj won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 43% of the points. On the other side, Nanda won 81% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 69% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Zahraj | Nanda |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 4 |
| Converted | 5/14 | 4/6 |
| % Converted | 36% | 67% |
| Conceded | 5 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 80% | 67% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Patrick broke his opponent 5 times with a 36% conversion rate. Zahraj conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded. Govind broke his opponent 4 times with a 67% conversion rate. Govind conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded.
| Zahraj | |||
| Q1 Brown |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 18 | 18 | |
| pts | 75-57 | 75-57 | |
| Total points | 132 | 132 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 39% | 39% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 9 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 37/60 | 37/60 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 29/37 | 29/37 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/23 | 10/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 43% | 43% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 5/14 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Nanda | |||
| Q1 Altamirano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 76-49 | 76-49 | |
| Total points | 125 | 125 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 28% | 28% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 26/58 | 26/58 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 21/26 | 21/26 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/32 | 22/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 69% | 69% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/6 | 4/6 | |
| Converted % | 67% | 67% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/6 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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