Elmar Ejupovic and Maxwell Mckennon will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Puerto Vallarta Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 1:30 pm on HEAD. 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 Elmar Ejupovic who should win in 2 sets.
Elmar Ejupovic -> 1.4
Maxwell Mckennon -> 2.77
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Prediction and head to head Elmar Ejupovic vs. Maxwell Mckennon
There is no head to head record between Elmar Ejupovic and Maxwell Mckennon since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Elmar Ejupovic
29 - 24win/loss
584
273
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 29-24 | 2-2 | 19-12 | 7-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 |
| 2023 | 30-34 | 4-7 | 16-17 | 7-7 | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| 2022 | 46-28 | 4-2 | 32-19 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 7-2 |
| 2021 | 34-25 | 1-2 | 23-17 | 6-5 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
| 2020 | 18-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 10-3 |
Ranked no. 584, Elmar reached the qualifications after defeating Cesar Ramirez 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, The German had a good straight sets win against Ramirez (6-1 6-1). During the match, Ejupovic scored 61 points vs Ramirez’s 34. The German was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.
Regarding the service games, Ejupovic recorded 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Elmar Ejupovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 2 break points. Furthermore, Ejupovic put 80% of his first serves in, winning 79% (26/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (4/8) on the 2nd serve. The German broke Ramirez 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Ejupovic has good record in the last 10 years having won 57% of his matches (333-247). 2-2 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Ejupovic has an overall 24-26 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Ejupovic’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in M15 Kottingbrunn.
Ejupovic has an overall 29-24 win-loss record in 2024, 2-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Maxwell Mckennon
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 28-20 | 28-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 14-13 | 11-12 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-1 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 728, Maxwell got to the qualifications after defeating Oscar Weightman 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Maxwell defeated Weightman (7-61 3-6 6-3). During the match Mckennon scored 101 points vs Weightman’s 94. The American was very aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Mckennon made 10 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Maxwell Mckennon was extremely effective on serve to win 80% (49/61) of his 1st serve and 56% (20/36) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Maxwell broke Weightman once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
The American’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M15 Kayseri.
Mckennon has an aggregate 28-20 win-loss record in 2024, 28-20 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Maxwell has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Ejupovic | Mckennon |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 14 | 31 |
| Pts | 61-34 | 101-94 |
| Total Points | 95 | 195 |
| Winners | 26 | 49 |
| %Winners | 43% | 49% |
Both Ejupovic and Mckennon played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Maxwell Mckennon surrendered 1 set while Elmar Ejupovic hasn’t dropped a set so far. Ejupovic has played 1 set(s) less than Mckennon (2 vs 3). Therefore, Ejupovic played 17 games less than Mckennon. The German scored 26 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The American managed to score 49 winners (49%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Ejupovic | Mckennon |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 14 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 14 | 10 |
| 1st in | 33/41 | 61/97 |
| %1st in | 80% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 49/61 |
| %1st pts | 79% | 80% |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 20/36 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 56% |
Ejupovic recorded 14 aces . Mckennon recorded 10 aces . Ejupovic won 79% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Mckennon won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Ejupovic | Mckennon |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 1 |
| Converted | 5/10 | 1/6 |
| % Converted | 50% | 17% |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 |
| Saved | 2 | 4 |
| % Saved | 100% | 80% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
Ejupovic broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The German extremely effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 2 break points. Maxwell broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Maxwell conceded his serve once and he saved 80% of the break points that he conceded.
| Ejupovic | |||
| Q1 Ramirez | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 61-34 | 61-34 | |
| Total points | 95 | 95 | |
| Winners | 26 | 26 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 14 | 14 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 33/41 | 33/41 | |
| % 1st in | 80% | 80% | |
| 1st pts | 26/33 | 26/33 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 4/8 | 4/8 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 2/2 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Mckennon | |||
| Q1 Weightman | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-61 3-6 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 31 | |
| pts | 101-94 | 101-94 | |
| Total points | 195 | 195 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 49% | 49% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 61/97 | 61/97 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 49/61 | 49/61 | |
| % 1st pts | 80% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/36 | 20/36 | |
| % 2nd pts | 56% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 80% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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