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.

As per the initial odds, Elmar Ejupovic is the pick to win this match.
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

Elmar Ejupovic

30 - 24win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
7-8
Clay
19-12
Carpet
1-2
Rank
549
High
273
LWWWLWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 34-27 7-5 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

Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Ejupovic's Record

Maxwell Mckennon

Maxwell Mckennon

28 - 21win/loss

Hard
28-21
I Hard
0-0
Rank
685
High
685
LWWLWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 30-22 30-22 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.

Puerto Vallarta Challenger
Mckennon's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

E.Ejupovic
M.Mckennon
1h:12
1h:12
Time on court​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1h:12
1h:12
Last match​
!
2h:34
2h:34
1
1
Match played
1
1
14
14
Games Played​
31
31
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
61
61
Total points​
101
101
61
61
Avg point​
101
101
26
26
Winners
49
49
26
26
Avg Winners​
49
49
43%
43%
Ratio winners
49%
49%
-- Serve --
14
14
Aces
10
10
!
14
14
Avg Aces
10
10
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
2
2
Avg Double Faults
5
5
26/33
26/33
1st won total​
49/61
49/61
!
79%
79%
1st won %
!
80%
80%
4/8
4/8
2nd won total​
20/36
20/36
50%
50%
2nd won %
56%
56%
-- Break Points --
5/10
5/10
BP won
1/6
1/6
5/10
5/10
Avg BP won
1/6
1/6
50%
50%
Won
!
17%
17%
2
2
Conceded
5
5
2
2
Avg Conceded
5
5
0
0
Broken
1
1
!
0
0
Avg Broken
1
1
2
2
Saved
4
4

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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