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

Aleksandar Vukic

33 - 35win/loss

Hard
13-18
I Hard
5-1
Clay
5-9
Grass
10-7
Rank
69
High
48
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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
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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.

Taipei 2 Challenger
Vukic's Record

Mukund Sasikumar

Mukund Sasikumar

39 - 29win/loss

Hard
37-29
I Hard
2-0
Rank
367
High
229
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 40-31 38-30 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
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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).

Taipei 2 Challenger
Kumar Mukund's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

A.Vukic
S.Kumar Mukund
3h:20
3h:20
Time on court​
3h:49
3h:49
!
2h:01
2h:01
Last match​
!
2h:21
2h:21
2
2
Match played
2
2
52
52
Games Played​
56
56
5
5
Set played​​
6
6
170
170
Total points​
176
176
85
85
Avg point​
88
88
66
66
Winners
82
82
33
33
Avg Winners​
41
41
39%
39%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
22
22
Aces
21
21
!
11
11
Avg Aces
!
10.5
10.5
5
5
Double Faults
9
9
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
4.5
4.5
66/86
66/86
1st won total​
82/95
82/95
!
77%
77%
1st won %
!
86%
86%
44/79
44/79
2nd won total​
32/68
32/68
56%
56%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
6/11
6/11
BP won
7/14
7/14
3/5.5
3/5.5
Avg BP won
3.5/7
3.5/7
!
55%
55%
Won
50%
50%
16
16
Conceded
7
7
8
8
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
4
4
Broken
4
4
2
2
Avg Broken
2
2
12
12
Saved
3
3
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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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