Aleksandar Vukic and Maks Kasnikowski will face off in the semifinal of the Calgary Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 4:00 pm on NATIONAL BANK COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Aleksandar Vukic who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Aleksandar Vukic is the pick to win this match.
Aleksandar Vukic -> 1.49
Maks Kasnikowski -> 2.54

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Prediction and head to head Aleksandar Vukic vs. Maks Kasnikowski

There is no head to head record between Aleksandar Vukic and Maks Kasnikowski since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Aleksandar Vukic

Ranked no. 165, Vukic reached the semifinal after beating Benjamin Lock 6-2 6-1, Charles Broom 4-6 6-4 6-3 and Alexis Galarneau 6-3 7-6⁴.

In the quarter, Vukic had a good straight sets win against Galarneau (6-3 7-6⁴). During the match, Vukic scored 67 points vs Galarneau’s 53. The Australian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Regarding the service games, Vukic bagged 14 aces and he was pretty consistent in conceding no double faults. Aleksandar Vukic was quite efficient on serve to win 93% (26/28) of his 1st serve and 72% (18/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Galarneau twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Aleksandar has conceded 1 set in this tournament to win 56% of the points he played.

Vukic has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of his matches (222-164). 7-2 on indoor hard courts in 2022. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Vukic has a composed38-24 match record in the last 8 years on indoor hard courts.

The Australian’s best result of the year was getting to the final in the Bengalaru 2 Challenger.

Aleksandar has a composed 22-21 win-loss record in 2022, 7-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Previously in the Calgary Challenger

Aleksandar has never competed in this tournament before.

Maks Kasnikowski

Ranked no. 470 (career-high), the Pole got to the semifinal after defeating Simon Carr 3-6 6-3 7-5, Kai Wehnelt 4-6 7-6⁵ 6-1, Brandon Holt 6-4 3-6 7-5, Alfredo Perez 6-4 6-4 and Vasek Pospisil 7-6⁷ 6-3.

In the quarter, Kasnikowski had a good straight sets win against Pospisil (7-6⁷ 6-3). During the match Kasnikowski scored 73 points vs Pospisil’s 61. Maks was pretty aggressive to blast 33 winners.

Talking about serving, Kasnikowski blasted 5 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Maks Kasnikowski was exceptionally effective on serve to win 77% (33/43) of his 1st serve and 77% (20/26) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Pole broke Pospisil once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Pole started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

The Pole’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Wroclaw,M15 Lodz,M15 Parnu and M15 Sozopol.

Kasnikowski has an aggregate 41-17 win-loss record in 2022, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Vukic played 3 matches while Kasnikowski competed in 5 matches. Kasnikowski started his run from the qualifications while Vukic had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Aleksandar Vukic dropped 1 set, while Maks Kasnikowski dropped 3 sets. Vukic has played 6 set(s) less than Kasnikowski (7 vs 13). Therefore, Vukic played 67 games less than Kasnikowski. Vukic scored 85 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, Maks fired 180 winners (39%).

Serve Performance

Vukic recorded 37 aces (12.3 per match). Kasnikowski scored 35 aces (7 per match). Vukic won 83% points on his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Kasnikowski won 80% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

The Australian broke his opponents 12 times with a 67% conversion rate. The Australian surrendered his serve 5 times and he saved 72% of the break points that he conceded. Kasnikowski broke his opponents 11 times with a 26% conversion rate. Maks conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 82% of the break points that he conceded.