Prajnesh Gunneswaran vs James Ward — Shanghai CH Round of 32

Shanghai CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
IND1
Prajnesh Gunneswaran
36 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 September 2019
hard
GBR
James Ward
39 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
Gunneswaran P.
6-4 7-6
Ward J.
Gunneswaran P.
6772
Ward J.
4630

Prajnesh Gunneswaran defeated James Ward 6-4 7-6 in the Shanghai CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Ward came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Prajnesh Gunneswaran claimed a first win over James Ward in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-06-17Queen's ClubQ1grassJames Ward6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Gunneswaran P.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Ward J.

Ward J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Gunneswaran P.

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
Gunneswaran P.Ward J.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
33%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
68%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.1
8.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.5
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (173 vs 67). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Gunneswaran P.Ward J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
24
29
Break points saved·Even
84
86
Break points won·Slight edge
14
6
Deciding sets·Even
37
36
Tiebreaks·Dominant
4
40

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
Final
Uchiyama Y.[4]
Wu D.
6-47-64
Semi-finals
Uchiyama Y.[4]
Gunneswaran P.[1]
7-676-4
Wu D.
Sugita Y.[3]
6-47-62
Quarter-finals
Uchiyama Y.[4]
Harris A.[7]
7-612-1
Sugita Y.[3]
Lopez Perez E.[9]
6-47-63
Wu D.
Altamirano C.
6-46-0
Gunneswaran P.[1]
Moriya H.[8]
6-46-4
R16
Moriya H.[8]
Purcell M.[10]
4-67-626-1
Harris A.[7]
Santillan A.[12]
2-65-5
Lopez Perez E.[9]
Diez S.[6]
6-47-5
Altamirano C.
Ito T.[2]
6-37-64
Wu D.
Ortega Olmedo R.[11]
6-15-77-64
Sugita Y.[3]
Uchida K.[15]
7-626-3
Uchiyama Y.[4]
Sekiguchi S.
6-46-3
Gunneswaran P.[1]
Oliveira G.[16]
6-36-4
R32
Santillan A.[12]
Gabashvili T.
6-26-1
Gunneswaran P.[1]
Ward J.
6-47-63
Wu D.
Polmans M.[5]
6-36-3
Ortega Olmedo R.[11]
He Y.
6-26-3
Oliveira G.[16]
Wang T.
6-736-36-4
Ito T.[2]
Mukund S.
6-46-4
Altamirano C.
Vukic A.[14]
6-47-64
Sugita Y.[3]
Bourchier H.
6-36-3
Uchida K.[15]
Takahashi Y.
4-67-686-0
Diez S.[6]
Hua R.
7-56-3
Harris A.[7]
Ochi M.
4-66-27-65
Sekiguchi S.
Myneni S.[13]
4-66-37-64
Uchiyama Y.[4]
Kadhe A.
7-646-3
Moriya H.[8]
Sun F.
6-25-76-2
Purcell M.[10]
Saville L.
4-67-56-3
Lopez Perez E.[9]
Yamasaki J.
6-43-66-2
R64
Bourchier H.
Fancutt T.
3-67-647-68
Wu D.
Sijsling I.
6-30-0
Kadhe A.
Imai S.
7-626-3
Ward J.
Tokuda R.
6-36-4
Takahashi Y.
Wang C.
6-46-4
Mukund S.
Ayeni O.
6-46-1
He Y.
Velotti A.
6-36-2
Yamasaki J.
Nishiwaki K.
6-36-2
Hua R.
Rawat S.
6-46-4
Ochi M.
Niesten M.
6-46-2
Gabashvili T.
Orlov V.
6-27-5
Sekiguchi S.
Grills J.
3-66-16-1
Sun F.
King E.
6-27-65
Saville L.
Castelnuovo L.
7-56-737-5
Wang T.
Wang C.
4-66-46-2
Altamirano C.
Gao X.
6-16-1