Denis Kudla vs Tennys Sandgren — Cleveland CH Quarter-final

Cleveland CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
USA4
Denis Kudla
33 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 January 2024
hard
USA6
Tennys Sandgren
34 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Kudla D.
6-4 5-7 6-2
Sandgren T.
Kudla D.
6562
Sandgren T.
4721

Denis Kudla defeated Tennys Sandgren 6-4 5-7 6-2 in the Cleveland CH quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tennys Sandgren came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Denis Kudla closed it out in three sets, 6–4 5–7 6–2.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kudla D.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Sandgren T.

Sandgren T.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kudla D.

Serve advantage — Sandgren T.

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
Kudla D.Sandgren T.
1st serve in·Even
58%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
78%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
67%
Return points won·Even
39%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
66%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.8
10.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.9
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (44 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kudla D.Sandgren T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
50
36
Break points saved·Even
90
92
Break points won·Clear edge
19
2
Deciding sets·Dominant
82
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
30
86

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Kudla D.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Sandgren T.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.6
Surface form
5.2
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
7.6
Minutes 14d
3.9
7.0
3-set count
4.0
8.0
Prev. match
7.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
8.5

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Kypson P.[5]
Quinn E.
4-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Quinn E.
Kudla D.[4]
6-36-4
Kypson P.[5]
Duckworth J.[1]
6-37-61
Quarter-finals
Duckworth J.[1]
Vandecasteele Q.
6-37-5
Quinn E.
Kwiatkowski T.
7-675-76-4
Kypson P.[5]
Nava E.[3]
4-67-616-4
Kudla D.[4]
Sandgren T.[6]
6-45-76-2
R16
Kypson P.[5]
Cassone M.
6-47-64
Sandgren T.[6]
Fanselow S.
6-07-64
Duckworth J.[1]
Maloney P.
6-46-3
Nava E.[3]
Brady P.
6-36-2
Vandecasteele Q.
Krueger M.[7]
6-46-777-5
Kudla D.[4]
Rubin N.
6-16-3
Quinn E.
Kozlov S.
6-24-66-3
Kwiatkowski T.
Trotter J.
6-47-63
R32
Kudla D.[4]
Smith K.
1-66-46-4
Rubin N.
Pecotic M.
5-76-37-5
Kypson P.[5]
Ponwith N.
6-36-2
Vandecasteele Q.
Kuzuhara B.
6-44-67-63
Trotter J.
Svajda Z.[2]
4-66-37-61
Krueger M.[7]
Fancutt T.
6-47-5
Duckworth J.[1]
Kodat T.
6-36-0
Maloney P.
Clark E.
6-26-3
Kozlov S.
Kirchheimer S.
3-66-17-63
Nava E.[3]
Boitan G.
7-646-1
Brady P.
Gerch L.
6-36-2
Cassone M.
Cid R.
6-17-67
Sandgren T.[6]
Handel T.
6-767-56-4
Fanselow S.
Grant W.
7-636-1
Quinn E.
Mayo A.[8]
6-36-3
Kwiatkowski T.
Chappell N.
6-36-2