Who Will Win: Machac Vs Korda? Prediction For ATP Us Open 2024

What Time Will Tomas Machac Play Against Sebastian Korda?

Machac and Korda are on the Day 4 Schedule at Us Open 2024 on Thursday 29 August 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.

Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?

Tomas Machac from Czech Republic and Sebastian Korda from the United States will face each other for the first time at the tour level. However, they have previously met at the Eckental CH tournament in Germany, where Korda emerged victorious with a score of 7-6(0) 6-1 on carpet surface in the round of 32.

Machac is currently ranked 39th in the ATP rankings, with his highest ranking being 33rd in June 2024. He was born in Beroun, Czechia, while Korda hails from Bradenton, FL, USA. In terms of their win-loss records, Machac holds a 21-15 (11-8) record in 2024 on hard courts, while Korda has a 31-18 (19-10) record.

In their careers on hard courts, Machac has accumulated a 37-32 (24-21) record, while Korda has a more impressive record of 125-78 (86-50) and has won two career titles on this surface compared to Machac’s zero.

In Grand Slam events, Machac has managed to reach the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in 2023, and he has a comeback record of winning from two sets down once. In terms of career tiebreak records in 2024, Machac has a 13-16 (8-7) record, while Korda has a 49-49 (12-13) record.

In terms of career prize money, Machac has earned $2,171,770 (with $1,123,003 in 2024), while Korda has earned $6,449,213 (with $2,045,286 in 2024). Machac’s coach is Daniel Vacek, while Korda is coached by Radek Stepanek and Martin Stepanek.

In his most recent match, Machac defeated Fognini, who is ranked 71st, with a score of 7-5 6-1 6-3 in the first round. In previous Grand Slam matches against top 20 players, Machac has a 1-5 record, with his only victory coming against Tiafoe (ranked 17th) in the second round of this year’s Australian Open. Machac aims to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the third time in his career, having achieved this feat at the Australian Open and Roland Garros earlier this year.

Some of Machac’s career highlights include breaking into the top 100 at the end of 2022 and reaching a career-high ranking of 33 in June 2024. He defeated Djokovic, the world No. 1, to reach his first ATP Tour final in Geneva. Machac also reached the quarterfinals of the 2023 Houston

tournament after defeating former champion Sock, and he upset Rublev en route to the quarterfinals of the 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Miami event. Additionally, Machac represented the Czech Republic at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and the Paris Olympics in 2024, winning a gold medal in the mixed doubles event. He also boasts a 110-54 record in Challenger events, with back-to-back titles in October 2023.

On the other hand, Korda has had success in previous Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open, 4th round of the 2020 Roland Garros, and 4th round of the 2021 Wimbledon. He lost in the first round to Fucsovics last year in five sets despite defeating him five days earlier in Winston-Salem. Korda made his main draw debut in 2020 as a wildcard ranked No. 205 and lost to Shapovalov in four sets in the first round. In 2021, he retired in the first round against Basilashvili due to food poisoning.

Korda’s most notable career achievements include reaching a career-high ranking of 15 in August 2024. This made him and his father, Petr Korda, the only father-son duo to rank inside the top 20 in the PIF ATP Rankings history. Korda earned his biggest victories over Medvedev (No. 3) at the 2023 Shanghai Masters and Zverev (No. 4) at the 2024 Montreal Masters. He also won the 2021 Parma title without dropping a set and won the 2024 Washington title, 32 years after his father won the same event. Korda reached the 4th round of the 2020 Roland Garros as a qualifier and achieved the same feat at the 2021 Wimbledon, becoming the third player in the Open Era to reach the 4th round in their debut at both events. Additionally, Korda was ranked No. 1 in the world in juniors after winning the 2018 Australian Open boys’ singles title, following in his father’s footsteps who won the men’s singles title. Notably, Korda’s father, Petr, reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 on the ATP Tour, while his mother, Regina, reached No. 26 on the WTA Tour, and his sister, Nelly, became the world No. 1 women’s golfer in 2021, with his other sister, Jessica, reaching a peak ranking of No. 8 in women’s golf.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Machac will win.
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