What Time Will Max Purcell Play Against Miomir Kecmanovic?
Purcell and Kecmanovic are on the Day 4 Schedule at Rothesay International 2024 on Thursday 27 June 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?
Max Purcell (AUS) and Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) will be facing each other for the first time at the tour-level. However, they have previously met at the Zhangjiagang CH tournament in China, where Kecmanovic emerged victorious with a scoreline of 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the round of 32.
Max Purcell, aged 26, is currently ranked World No. 94. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 40 in October 2023. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 8-14, including a quarterfinal appearance at the Eastbourne tournament. In the 2021 edition of Eastbourne, Purcell, as a lucky loser, managed to reach his first-ever ATP Tour singles semifinal. Along the way, he achieved the biggest win of his career by defeating World No. 7 Casper Ruud. In the 2023 Cincinnati tournament, Purcell reached the quarterfinals, his first ATP Masters 1000 QF, where he eventually lost to World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz. Notably, he replaced two-time Olympic gold medalist Andy Murray in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics draw and secured a victory over World No. 15 Felix Auger-Aliassime in the first round of the event (held in 2021). Purcell also had an impressive record on the ATP Challenger Tour in 2023, compiling a 34-7 win-loss record and capturing three titles in three consecutive weeks in Chennai, Bengaluru, and Pune. In doubles, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 25 and was the finalist at the Australian Open in 2020 and 2022. Additionally, Purcell achieved success at the 2022 Wimbledon tournament, where he won the doubles title alongside his partner Ebden, becoming the first all-Australian men’s doubles Wimbledon champions since Woodbridge/Woodforde in 2000. He is now looking to reach his second ATP Tour semifinal after the 2021 Eastbourne event, where he lost to Lorenzo Sonego. Notably, Purcell managed to avenge his loss to Sonego in the second round of this event and most of his tour-level wins on grass have come at the Eastbourne tournament, including a victory over Mannarino in the 2022 Newport first round.
Miomir Kecmanovic, aged 24, is currently ranked World No. 53. He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 27 in January 2023. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 15-17, including two quarterfinal appearances. Kecmanovic had a breakthrough in his career when he won his first ATP Tour title at the 2020 Kitzbuhel tournament, which helped him break into the Top 40 rankings. He had a successful year in 2022, achieving a personal-best of 38 wins and reaching the round of 16 at the Australian Open, round of 32 at Roland Garros, and round of 32 at Wimbledon. In terms of his ATP Masters 1000 performance, he reached the quarterfinals at the 2019 Indian Wells tournament as a lucky loser, and also made it to the quarterfinals of the 2022 Indian Wells and 2022 Miami tournaments, securing the biggest win of his career in the 2022 Indian Wells fourth round against World No. 6 Matteo Berrettini. Kecmanovic also had a notable run at the 2019 Next Gen ATP Finals, where he defeated Ruud and Davidovich Fokina to reach the semifinals, eventually losing to the eventual champion Jannik Sinner. In his junior career, Kecmanovic won the 2015 Orange Bowl junior title by defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in a third-set tiebreak. He finished 2016 as the World No. 1 junior, ahead of Tsitsipas. In terms of his performance at the Eastbourne tournament, Kecmanovic has a record of 4-1, including a quarterfinal appearance in 2023-24. He is aiming to reach his 14th ATP Tour semifinal, with his previous grass semifinal being at the 2019 Antalya tournament, where he lost to Lorenzo Sonego in the final. If Kecmanovic reaches the semifinals in Eastbourne, he would become the first Serbian semifinalist in the tournament since Novak Djokovic won the title in 2017.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Purcell will win.
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