Karl Poling and Matt Kuhar will face off in the 1^st round of the Manzanillo Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 11:00 am on CANCHA 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karl Poling who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Karl Poling is the pick to win this match.
Karl Poling -> 1.31
Matt Kuhar -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Karl Poling vs. Matt Kuhar

There is no head to head record between Karl Poling and Matt Kuhar since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Karl Poling

Ranked no. 723 (career-high), the American reached the 1^st round after beating Alvaro Garcia 6-1 6-0 and Tanguy Genier 6-4 6-2.

In the qualifications, The American had a good straight sets win against Genier (6-4 6-2). During the match, Poling scored 72 points vs Genier’s 54. Karl was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Regarding the service games, Poling struck 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Karl Poling lost the serve once and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Poling put 57% of his first serves in, winning 69% (20/29) of the points behind his 1st serve and 73% (16/22) on the 2nd serve. Karl broke Genier 4 times after converting 29% of his break points (4/14).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Poling started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points he played.

Poling has a winning match record in the last 4 years having won 59% of his matches (36-25). 16-9 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Poling has an aggregate24-15 record in the last 4 years on hard.

The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Laval.

The American has a composed 21-14 win-loss record in 2024, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Manzanillo Challenger

Karl has never competed in this tournament before.

Matt Kuhar

Ranked no. 898, Kuhar got to the 1^st round after defeating Cesar Ramirez 7-6(5) 6-2 and Alfredo Perez 7-6(3) 6-2.

In the qualifications, Kuhar had a good straight sets win against Perez (7-6³ 6-2). During the match Kuhar scored 73 points vs Perez’s 63. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Kuhar blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Matt Kuhar lost the serve twice and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Kuhar put 61% of his first serves in, winning 73% (32/44) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (12/28) on the 2nd serve. Kuhar broke Perez 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kuhar started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to win 55% of the points he played.

Matt has a compiled 11-14 win-loss record in 2024, 11-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Poling	Kuhar
Match played	2	2
Tot Set	4	4
Tot Games	31	42
Pts	72-54	145-119
Total Points	126	264
Winners	20	57
%Winners	28%	39%

Both Poling and Kuhar played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Poling and Kuhar have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Poling played 11 games less than Kuhar. Karl scored 20 winners (28% of the total points). On the other side, The American fired 57 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Poling	Kuhar
Aces	2	13
Avg per match	1	6.5
1st in	29/51	81/132
%1st in	57%	61%
1st pts	20/29	57/81
%1st pts	69%	70%
2nd pts	16/22	24/51
%2nd pts	73%	47%

Poling bagged 2 aces (1 per match). Kuhar recorded 13 aces (6.5 per match). Poling won 69% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 73% of the points. On the other side, Kuhar won 70% of the points on 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	Poling	Kuhar
Won	4	9
Converted	4/14	9/15
% Converted	29%	60%
Conceded	3	11
Saved	2	6
% Saved	67%	55%
Times Broken	1	5

The American broke his opponents 4 times with a 29% conversion rate. The American dropped his serve once and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Matt broke his opponents 9 times with a 60% conversion rate. Matt conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 55% of the break points that he conceded.

Poling
	Q1 Garcia	Q3 Genier	Total
Score	6-1 6-0	6-4 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	13	18	31
pts	–	72-54	72-54
Total points	0	126	126
Winners		20	20
%Winners	0%	28%	28%
SERVE
Aces	0	2	2
Double Faults		1	1
1st in	/	29/51	29/51
% 1st in	0%	57%	57%
1st pts	/	20/29	20/29
% 1st pts	0%	69%	69%
2nd pts	/	16/22	16/22
% 2nd pts	0%	73%	73%
Breaks
Won		4	4
Converted	/	4/14	4/14
Converted %	0%	29%	29%
Conceded		3	3
Saved	0/	2/3	2
Saved %	–	67%	34%
Times Broken		1	1

Kuhar
	Q1 Ramirez	Q3 Perez	Total
Score	7-65 6-2	7-63 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	4
Tot Games	21	21	42
pts	72-56	73-63	145-119
Total points	128	136	264
Winners	25	32	57
%Winners	35%	44%	39%
SERVE
Aces	8	5	13
Double Faults	4	3	7
1st in	37/60	44/72	81/132
% 1st in	62%	61%	61%
1st pts	25/37	32/44	57/81
% 1st pts	68%	73%	70%
2nd pts	12/23	12/28	24/51
% 2nd pts	52%	43%	47%
Breaks
Won	5	4	9
Converted	5/8	4/7	9/15
Converted %	63%	57%	60%
Conceded	4	7	11
Saved	1/4	5/7	6
Saved %	25%	71%	48%
Times Broken	3	2	5

Tennis Scores in Manzanillo Challenger

• Strong KirchheimerKirchheimer – Kiranpal PannuPannu (6-0 5-7 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Neil OberleitnerOberleitner – Guillermo DelgadilloDelgadillo (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Justin EngelEngel – Valerio AboianAboian (6-7² 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Bor ArtnakArtnak (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Andre IlaganIlagan (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Aziz DougazDougaz – Keegan SmithSmith (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Michael GeertsGeerts – Juan Hernandez SerranoHernandez Serrano (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alfredo PerezPerez – Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Felix CorwinCorwin – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Evan ZhuZhu – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karl PolingPoling – Matt KuharKuhar (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Noah SchachterSchachter – Alan MagadanMagadan (0-1) – H2H and prediction