Bernard Tomic and Liam Draxl will play each other in the quarter of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 3:00 pm on NATIONAL BANK 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 Liam Draxl who should win in 3 sets.
Liam Draxl -> 1.72
Bernard Tomic -> 2.03
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Prediction and head to head Bernard Tomic vs. Liam Draxl
There is no head to head record between Bernard Tomic and Liam Draxl since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Bernard Tomic
47 - 25win/loss
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| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-28 | 33-18 | 12-5 | 4-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-27 | 35-19 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-12 | 24-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-12 | 4-4 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 207, the Australian reached the quarter after defeating Patrick Maloney 6-4 7-6(3) and Andre Ilagan 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Tomic had a good straight sets win against Ilagan (6-3 6-2). During the match, Tomic scored 62 points vs Ilagan’s 38. The Australian was quite aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tomic struck 2 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults. Bernard Tomic was quite effective on serve to win 72% (21/29) of his 1st serve and 78% (18/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Bernard broke Ilagan 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Tomic hasn’t dropped yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Tomic has good record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (254-196). 2-0 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Tomic has an aggregate 18-23 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
The Australian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Chennai,M25 Xalapa,M25 Tulsa and the Fairfield Challenger.
Bernard has a composed 47-24 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Calgary Challenger
Tomic has never competed in this tournament before.
Liam Draxl
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 39-22 | 9-8 | 17-12 | 13-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-9 | 23-5 | 0-0 | 13-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 26-16 | 16-10 | 3-1 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 29-14 | 16-9 | 12-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 272, Draxl got to the quarter after beating Goncalo Oliveira 6-1 6-7(2) 6-4 and Louis Wessels 7-6(4) 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Draxl had a good straight sets win against Wessels (7-64 6-1). During the match Draxl scored 78 points vs Wessels’s 61. The Canadian was quite aggressive to blast 38 winners.
Talking about serving, Draxl bagged 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Liam Draxl was pretty effective on serve to win 78% (38/49) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Liam broke Wessels twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Draxl has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Draxl’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Constanta and M25 Edmonton.
Draxl has a composed 33-20 win-loss record in 2024, 7-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS)
.Previously in the Calgary Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tomic | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 40 | 50 |
| Pts | 131-98 | 189-159 |
| Total Points | 229 | 348 |
| Winners | 57 | 87 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Tomic and Draxl played 2 matches. At the moment, Liam Draxl lost 1 set while Bernard Tomic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Tomic has played 1 set(s) less than Draxl (4 vs 5). Therefore, Tomic played 10 games less than Draxl. The Australian scored 57 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, Liam bagged 87 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tomic | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 12 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 6 |
| 1st in | 73/119 | 120/167 |
| %1st in | 61% | 72% |
| 1st pts | 57/73 | 87/120 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 34/46 | 28/47 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 60% |
Tomic blasted 6 aces (3 per match). Draxl blasted 12 aces (6 per match). Tomic won 78% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Draxl won 73% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 60% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tomic | Draxl |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 7 |
| Converted | 4/9 | 7/24 |
| % Converted | 44% | 29% |
| Conceded | 4 | 13 |
| Saved | 4 | 12 |
| % Saved | 100% | 92% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Bernard broke his opponents 4 times with a 44% conversion rate. The Australian had a solid display on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points. Liam broke his opponents 7 times with a 29% conversion rate. Liam conceded his serve once and he saved 92% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tomic | ||||
| R1 Maloney | R2 Ilagan | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-63 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 17 | 40 | |
| pts | 69-60 | 62-38 | 131-98 | |
| Total points | 129 | 100 | 229 | |
| Winners | 36 | 21 | 57 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 34% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 44/67 | 29/52 | 73/119 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 56% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 21/29 | 57/73 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 72% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/23 | 18/23 | 34/46 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 78% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Converted | 1/2 | 3/7 | 4/9 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 43% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 3/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Draxl | ||||
| R1 Oliveira | R2 Wessels | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-72 6-4 | 7-64 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 30 | 20 | 50 | |
| pts | 111-98 | 78-61 | 189-159 | |
| Total points | 209 | 139 | 348 | |
| Winners | 49 | 38 | 87 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 49% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 5 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 71/98 | 49/69 | 120/167 | |
| % 1st in | 72% | 71% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 49/71 | 38/49 | 87/120 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 78% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/27 | 12/20 | 28/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 60% | 60% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/18 | 2/6 | 7/24 | |
| Converted % | 28% | 33% | 29% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 7/7 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 83% | 100% | 92% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger
- Liam Draxl/Cleeve HarperDraxl/Cleeve Harper – Tim Handel/Louis WesselsHandel/Louis Wessels (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
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