Cruz Hewitt and Emile Hudd will play each other in the qualifications of the Playford Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 10:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Emile Hudd who should win in 2 sets.
Emile Hudd -> 1.114
Cruz Hewitt -> 5.65
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Prediction and head to head Cruz Hewitt vs. Emile Hudd
There is no head to head record between Cruz Hewitt and Emile Hudd since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Cruz Hewitt
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 5-4 | 5-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Currently unranked, Cruz got to the qualifications after beating Joshua Sheehy 6-4 6-3.
In the qualifications, Hewitt had a good straight sets win against Sheehy (6-4 6-3). During the match, Hewitt scored 76 points vs Sheehy’s 64. Cruz was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hewitt scored just 1 ace in the course of the match and he committed only 1 double fault. Cruz Hewitt conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 1 break points. Furthermore, Hewitt put 58% of his first serves in, winning 90% (27/30) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (11/22) on the 2nd serve. Cruz broke Sheehy 3 times after converting 25% of his break points (3/12).
Hewitt has a winning record in the last 2 years having won 54% of his matches (7-6). 2-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Hewitt has a compiled7-6 record in the last 2 years on hard.
Hewitt has a composed 2-2 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.
Emile Hudd
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-19 | 21-14 | 6-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 21-12 | 2-1 | 2-2 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 8-4 | 3-2 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 592, Emile got to the qualifications after defeating Hayato Matsuoka 3-6 6-4 6-2.
In the qualifications against Matsuoka, Hudd recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-4 6-2). During the match Hudd scored 83 points vs Matsuoka’s 78. The Brit was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
About the serving games, Hudd recorded 3 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Emile Hudd lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hudd put 60% of his first serves in, winning 66% (29/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 52% (15/29) on the 2nd serve. Hudd broke Matsuoka 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
Hudd’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in M15 Sharm ElSheikh,Rideau,M25 Nottingham and M15 Celje.
The Brit has a composed 30-19 win-loss record in 2024, 21-14 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Hewitt | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 19 | 27 |
| Pts | 76-64 | 83-78 |
| Total Points | 140 | 161 |
| Winners | 27 | 29 |
| %Winners | 36% | 35% |
Both Hewitt and Hudd played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Emile Hudd dropped 1 set while Cruz Hewitt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Hewitt has played 1 set(s) less than Hudd (2 vs 3). Therefore, Hewitt played 8 games less than Hudd. The Australian scored 27 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Hudd scored 29 winners (35%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Hewitt | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 1 | 3 |
| Avg per match | 1 | 3 |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 44/73 |
| %1st in | 58% | 60% |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 29/44 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 15/29 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 52% |
Hewitt made 1 ace . Hudd also fired 3 aces . Hewitt won 90% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hudd won 66% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Hewitt | Hudd |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/12 | 5/12 |
| % Converted | 25% | 42% |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 |
| Saved | 1 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 3 |
Hewitt broke his opponent 3 times with a 25% conversion rate. Cruz very solid his serve as he has never dropped a single service game after saving 1 break points. The Brit broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Emile conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Hewitt | |||
| Q1 Sheehy | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 19 | |
| pts | 76-64 | 76-64 | |
| Total points | 140 | 140 | |
| Winners | 27 | 27 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 36% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 1 | 1 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 30/52 | 30/52 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 27/30 | 27/30 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/22 | 11/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 3/12 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Hudd | |||
| Q1 Matsuoka | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 3-6 6-4 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 27 | 27 | |
| pts | 83-78 | 83-78 | |
| Total points | 161 | 161 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 35% | 35% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 44/73 | 44/73 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 29/44 | 29/44 | |
| % 1st pts | 66% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/29 | 15/29 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 5/12 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
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