Jason Murray Kubler and Marek Gengel will face off in the 2nd round of the Sydney Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 10:00 am on COURT 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jason Murray Kubler who should win in 3 sets.
Jason Murray Kubler -> 1.54
Marek Gengel -> 2.28
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Prediction and head to head Jason Murray Kubler vs. Marek Gengel
There is no head to head record between Jason Murray Kubler and Marek Gengel since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Jason Murray Kubler
36 - 14win/loss
190
63
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36-14 | 27-11 | 6-1 | 0-0 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 8-4 | 8-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-19 | 10-9 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 8-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-22 | 17-10 | 20-5 | 4-5 | 9-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-15 | 23-12 | 0-0 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 190, Jason reached the 2nd round after defeating Pavle Marinkov 6-3 1-6 6-2.
In the 1st round, The Australian defeated Marinkov (6-3 1-6 6-2). During the match, Murray Kubler scored 68 points vs Marinkov’s 58. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Regarding the service games, Murray Kubler recorded 11 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Jason Murray Kubler lost the serve 4 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Murray Kubler put 66% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 40% (8/20) on the 2nd serve. Jason broke Marinkov 5 times after converting 83% of his break points (5/6).
Murray Kubler has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 66% of his matches (256-130). 27-11 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Murray Kubler has an aggregate 157-75 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
His best result of the year was winning the title the Gwangju Challenger where he beat Alibek Kachmazov in the final 7-5 6-7(7) 6-3.
Jason has a composed 36-14 win-loss record in 2025, 27-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Sydney Challenger
Murray Kubler has never competed in this tournament before.
Marek Gengel
20 - 29win/loss
323
229
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-29 | 20-25 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 85-26 | 82-22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 16-27 | 14-15 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 42-29 | 28-16 | 4-8 | 10-4 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2021 | 52-28 | 47-14 | 3-8 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 323, Gengel reached the 2nd round after beating Hayden Jones 5-7 6-4 7-5.
In the 1st round against Jones, Gengel recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-4 7-5). During the match Gengel scored 114 points vs Jones’s 110. The Czech was pretty aggressive to blast 49 winners.
Talking about serving, Gengel blasted 11 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Marek Gengel lost the serve 4 times and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Gengel put 55% of his first serves in, winning 77% (49/64) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (20/52) on the 2nd serve. Marek broke Jones 5 times after converting 45% of his break points (5/11).
The Czech’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in the Brisbane 1 Challenger.
The Czech has an overall 20-29 win-loss record in 2025, 20-25 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Murray Kubler | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 24 | 34 |
| Pts | 68-58 | 114-110 |
| Total Points | 126 | 224 |
| Winners | 29 | 49 |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% |
Both Murray Kubler and Gengel played 1 match. Both players lost a set in the event. Jason Murray Kubler conceded 1 set, while Marek Gengel lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Murray Kubler and Gengel have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Murray Kubler played 10 games less than Gengel. Murray Kubler scored 29 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Czech made 49 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Murray Kubler | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 11 | 11 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 11 |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 64/116 |
| %1st in | 66% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 49/64 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 20/52 |
| %2nd pts | 40% | 38% |
Murray Kubler struck 11 aces . Gengel managed to score 11 aces . Murray Kubler won 74% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 40% of the points. On the other side, Gengel won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 38% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Murray Kubler | Gengel |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 5 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 15 |
| Saved | 1 | 11 |
| % Saved | 20% | 73% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 |
The Australian broke his opponent 5 times with a 83% conversion rate. Murray Kubler lost his serve 4 times and he saved 20% of the break points that he conceded. Marek broke his opponent 5 times with a 45% conversion rate. Marek conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 73% of the break points that he conceded.
| Murray Kubler | |||
| R1 Marinkov | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 1-6 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 24 | |
| pts | 68-58 | 68-58 | |
| Total points | 126 | 126 | |
| Winners | 29 | 29 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 29/39 | 29/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/20 | 8/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 40% | 40% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/6 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 83% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/5 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 20% | 20% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Gengel | |||
| R1 Jones | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 5-7 6-4 7-5 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 34 | 34 | |
| pts | 114-110 | 114-110 | |
| Total points | 224 | 224 | |
| Winners | 49 | 49 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 11 | 11 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 64/116 | 64/116 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 49/64 | 49/64 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 20/52 | 20/52 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 38% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/11 | 5/11 | |
| Converted % | 45% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 15 | 15 | |
| Saved | 11/15 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 73% | 73% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
Tennis Scores in Sydney Challenger
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- Tai SachSach – Blake EllisEllis (w/o) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Carl Emil OverbeckEmil Overbeck (7-63 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hayato MatsuokaMatsuoka – Cruz HewittHewitt (5-7 6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
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- Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler – Marek GengelGengel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tung-Lin WuWu – Dane SweenySweeny (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tai SachSach – (0-0) – H2H and prediction