John Patrick Smith vs Denis Kudla — Dallas CH Round of 16

Dallas CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
AUS
John Patrick Smith
37 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 February 2015
hard
USA5
Denis Kudla
33 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLW
Smith J.
6-1 6-4
Kudla D.
Smith J.
662
Kudla D.
140

John Patrick Smith defeated Denis Kudla 6-1 6-4 in the Dallas CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Denis Kudla came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's round of 16. John Patrick Smith claimed a first win over Denis Kudla in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-03-15AcapulcoQ1hardDenis Kudla6-4 6-4
2018-07-23AtlantaQ1hardDenis Kudla3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
2016-01-04BrisbaneR32hardDenis Kudla4-6 6-3 6-2
2014-01-13Australian OpenQ2hardDenis Kudla6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Smith J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Kudla D.

Kudla D.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Smith J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Smith J.Kudla D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.8
5.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.7
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Smith J.Kudla D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
16
50
Break points saved·Even
86
90
Break points won·Clear edge
6
19
Deciding sets·Dominant
21
81
Tiebreaks·Dominant
3
30

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Smyczek T.[4]
Ram R.[7]
6-24-1
Semi-finals
Ram R.[7]
Gabashvili T.[2]
5-76-46-3
Smyczek T.[4]
Trungelliti M.
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Smyczek T.[4]
Smith J.
6-47-64
Ram R.[7]
Rublev A.
3-66-27-5
Trungelliti M.
Kuznetsov A.
1-66-36-4
Gabashvili T.[2]
Andreozzi G.
6-46-1
R16
Rublev A.
Velotti A.
6-26-3
Kuznetsov A.
Buchanan C.
6-43-67-60
Ram R.[7]
Quigley E.
6-26-4
Trungelliti M.
Tchoutakian M.
7-646-4
Smyczek T.[4]
Harrison R.
6-23-66-1
Smith J.
Kudla D.[5]
6-16-4
Andreozzi G.
Hanescu V.[6]
7-676-4
Gabashvili T.[2]
Jung J.
6-46-3
R32
Gabashvili T.[2]
Nguyen D.
6-46-3
Rublev A.
Rola B.[3]
2-67-656-4
Quigley E.
Norrie C.
6-27-63
Kuznetsov A.
Kukushkin M.[1]
6-24-66-3
Tchoutakian M.
Elias G.[8]
6-46-3
Harrison R.
Williams R.
7-656-2
Velotti A.
Molchanov D.
5-76-26-3
Andreozzi G.
Sweeting R.
6-06-2
Trungelliti M.
Meister N.
6-37-5
Kudla D.[5]
Broady L.
6-26-3
Hanescu V.[6]
Novikov D.
7-697-5
Smith J.
Struvay E.
6-36-2
Smyczek T.[4]
Mcgee J.
3-66-47-5
Buchanan C.
Smith C.
6-756-16-3
Ram R.[7]
Kwiatkowski T.
6-46-3
Jung J.
Kutrovsky D.
4-66-16-4