Aleksandar Vukic and Mukund Sasikumar will fight against each other in the quarter of the Taipei 2 Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 2:30 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.051
Mukund Sasikumar -> 8.1
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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Mukund Sasikumar
There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Mukund Sasikumar since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Aleksandar Vukic
33 - 35win/loss
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LWWWLWWWLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34-36 | 13-18 | 5-9 | 6-2 | 10-7 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 48-33 | 34-20 | 9-4 | 1-3 | 4-6 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 30-25 | 14-15 | 4-5 | 12-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 34-26 | 8-5 | 10-11 | 11-7 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-12 | 10-4 | 9-5 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 72, Vukic reached the quarter after beating Yusuke Takahashi 6-1 7-6(3) and Maxime Janvier 6-4 3-6 7-6(6).
In the 2nd round, Vukic defeated Janvier (6-4 3-6 7-66).During the match, Vukic scored less points (4) than Janvier. In fact, the world no. 72 won 104 points vs Janvier’s. That means that Vukic was more focused during the important points. Vukic was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
Regarding the service games, Vukic managed to score 13 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Aleksandar Vukic was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (42/55) of his 1st serve and 52% (24/46) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Australian broke Janvier twice after converting 29% of his break points (2/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Australian has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to conquer 52% of the points he played.
Vukic has winning record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (281-216). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vukic has a composed 47-30 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
Vukic’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in the Phoenix Challenger, Eastbourne and Almaty.
Vukic has a compiled 33-35 win-loss record in 2024, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Taipei 2 Challenger
Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.
Mukund Sasikumar
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41-33 | 39-32 | 0-0 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-31 | 21-25 | 0-1 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 48-35 | 33-21 | 6-7 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 28-32 | 25-24 | 2-3 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 8-9 | 4-4 | 0-3 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 400, Kumar Mukund reached the quarter after beating Thanapet Chanta 2-6 6-2 6-0 and Yasutaka Uchiyama 5-7 6-3 7-6(4).
In the 2nd round against Uchiyama, Sasi recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 7-64). During the match Kumar Mukund scored 98 points vs Uchiyama’s 90. Sasi was very aggressive to blast 51 winners.
About the serving games, Kumar Mukund scored 12 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Mukund Sasikumar was extremely effective on serve to win 85% (51/60) of his 1st serve and 53% (19/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Kumar Mukund was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Uchiyama twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
Kumar Mukund has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
Kumar Mukund’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M25 Chennai,M15 Tianjin and M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat.
The Indian has a compiled 39-29 win-loss record in 2024, 2-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vukic | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 6 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 56 |
| Pts | 170-157 | 176-150 |
| Total Points | 327 | 326 |
| Winners | 66 | 82 |
| %Winners | 39% | 47% |
Both Vukic and Kumar Mukund played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Vukic surrendered 1 set, while Mukund Sasikumar dropped 2 sets. Vukic has played 1 set(s) less than Kumar Mukund (5 vs 6). Therefore, Vukic played 4 games less than Kumar Mukund. Vukic scored 66 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Kumar Mukund scored 82 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vukic | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 86/165 | 95/163 |
| %1st in | 52% | 58% |
| 1st pts | 66/86 | 82/95 |
| %1st pts | 77% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 44/79 | 32/68 |
| %2nd pts | 56% | 47% |
Vukic struck 22 aces (11 per match). Kumar Mukund fired 21 aces (10.5 per match). Vukic won 77% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Kumar Mukund won 86% 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 | Vukic | Kumar Mukund |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 6 | 7 |
| Converted | 6/11 | 7/14 |
| % Converted | 55% | 50% |
| Conceded | 16 | 7 |
| Saved | 12 | 3 |
| % Saved | 75% | 43% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponents 6 times with a 55% conversion rate. Aleksandar lost his serve 4 times and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded. Kumar Mukund broke his opponents 7 times with a 50% conversion rate. Sasi conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 43% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vukic | ||||
| R1 Takahashi |
R2 Janvier |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 7-63 | 6-4 3-6 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 32 | 52 | |
| pts | 66-49 | 104-108 | 170-157 | |
| Total points | 115 | 212 | 327 | |
| Winners | 24 | 42 | 66 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 40% | 39% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 13 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 31/64 | 55/101 | 86/165 | |
| % 1st in | 48% | 54% | 52% | |
| 1st pts | 24/31 | 42/55 | 66/86 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 76% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/33 | 24/46 | 44/79 | |
| % 2nd pts | 61% | 52% | 56% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/4 | 2/7 | 6/11 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 29% | 55% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 9 | 16 | |
| Saved | 5/7 | 7/9 | 12 | |
| Saved % | 71% | 78% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Kumar Mukund | ||||
| R1 Chanta |
R2 Uchiyama |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 2-6 6-2 6-0 | 5-7 6-3 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 34 | 56 | |
| pts | 78-60 | 98-90 | 176-150 | |
| Total points | 138 | 188 | 326 | |
| Winners | 31 | 51 | 82 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 52% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 35/67 | 60/96 | 95/163 | |
| % 1st in | 52% | 63% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 31/35 | 51/60 | 82/95 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 85% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/32 | 19/36 | 32/68 | |
| % 2nd pts | 41% | 53% | 47% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Converted | 5/12 | 2/2 | 7/14 | |
| Converted % | 42% | 100% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 1/3 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 33% | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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