Colin Sinclair and Thomas Fancutt will fight against each other in the qualifications of the Playford Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 12:30 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Colin Sinclair who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Colin Sinclair is the pick to win this match.
Colin Sinclair -> 1.84
Thomas Fancutt -> 1.88
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Prediction and head to head Colin Sinclair vs. Thomas Fancutt
This will be the 2nd time that Colin Sinclair and Thomas Fancutt square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Fancutt (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Fancutt won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in M15 Caloundra back in 2022.
Colin Sinclair
20 – 13win/loss
653
340
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
20-13
16-11
4-2
0-0
0-0
0-0
2023
39-32
31-25
8-6
0-1
0-0
0-0
2022
31-22
22-14
7-5
2-3
0-0
0-0
2021
39-21
22-8
14-9
3-4
0-0
0-0
2020
9-12
3-7
6-4
0-1
0-0
0-0
Ranked no. 653, Colin reached the qualifications after beating Charlie Camus 6-4 6-1.
In the qualifications, Colin had a good straight sets win against Camus (6-4 6-1). During the match, Sinclair scored 59 points vs Camus’s 42. Colin was quite aggressive to blast 25 winners.
Talking about the service games, Sinclair fired 13 aces and he was exceptionally solid in conceding no double faults. Colin Sinclair was quite effective on serve to win 83% (25/30) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Camus 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Sinclair has a solid record in the last 8 years having won 60% of his matches (234-155). 16-11 on hard in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Sinclair has a compiled137-92 match record in the last 8 years on hard.
The Australian’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Hong Kong.
Colin has a composed 20-13 win-loss record in 2024, 16-11 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Thomas Fancutt
12 – 16win/loss
790
382
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Year
Total
Hard
Clay
I.hard
Grass
Carpet
2024
12-16
7-8
5-7
0-1
0-0
0-0
2023
28-20
18-17
0-0
1-1
8-1
1-1
2022
34-23
28-18
6-5
0-0
0-0
0-0
2021
16-18
16-15
0-0
0-3
0-0
0-0
2020
2-5
0-3
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-0
Ranked no. 790, Fancutt reached the qualifications after beating Thijmen Loof 6-4 3-6 6-3.
In the qualifications, Fancutt defeated Loof (6-4 3-6 6-3). During the match Fancutt scored 89 points vs Loof’s 82. The Australian was pretty aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Fancutt made 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Thomas Fancutt was very effective on serve to win 79% (42/53) of his 1st serve and 57% (16/28) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Fancutt broke Loof twice after converting 25% of his break points (2/8).
The Australian has a composed 12-16 win-loss record in 2024, 7-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Playford Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
0h:58
2h:10
0h:58
2h:10
1
1
17
28
2
3
59
89
59
89
25
42
25
42
42%
47%
13
9
13
9
0
2
0
2
25/30
42/53
83%
79%
12/20
16/28
60%
57%
3/5
2/8
3/5
2/8
60%
25%
0
6
0
6
0
1
0
1
0
5
Matches, sets, games and points
Points
Sinclair
Fancutt
Match played
1
1
Tot Set
2
3
Tot Games
17
28
Pts
59-42
89-82
Total Points
101
171
Winners
25
42
%Winners
42%
47%
Both Sinclair and Fancutt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Thomas Fancutt conceded 1 set while Colin Sinclair hasn’t lost a set so far. Sinclair has played 1 set(s) less than Fancutt (2 vs 3). Therefore, Sinclair played 11 games less than Fancutt. Colin scored 25 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Thomas managed to score 42 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
Serve
Sinclair
Fancutt
Aces
13
9
Avg per match
13
9
1st in
30/50
53/81
%1st in
60%
65%
1st pts
25/30
42/53
%1st pts
83%
79%
2nd pts
12/20
16/28
%2nd pts
60%
57%
Sinclair scored 13 aces . Fancutt fired 9 aces . Sinclair won 83% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Fancutt won 79% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 57% of the points.
How they played the important points
Breaks
Sinclair
Fancutt
Won
3
2
Converted
3/5
2/8
% Converted
60%
25%
Conceded
0
6
Saved
0
5
% Saved
0%
83%
Times Broken
0
1
Sinclair broke his opponent 3 times with a 60% conversion rate. The Australian quite strong on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Australian broke his opponent twice with a 25% conversion rate. The Australian conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
Sinclair
Q1
Camus
Total
Score
6-4 6-1
Tot Set
2
2
Tot Games
17
17
pts
59-42
59-42
Total points
101
101
Winners
25
25
%Winners
42%
42%
SERVE
Aces
13
13
Double Faults
0
0
1st in
30/50
30/50
% 1st in
60%
60%
1st pts
25/30
25/30
% 1st pts
83%
83%
2nd pts
12/20
12/20
% 2nd pts
60%
60%
Breaks
Won
3
3
Converted
3/5
3/5
Converted %
60%
60%
Conceded
0
0
Saved
0/0
0
Saved %
–
0%
Times Broken
0
0
Fancutt
Q1
Loof
Total
Score
6-4 3-6 6-3
Tot Set
3
3
Tot Games
28
28
pts
89-82
89-82
Total points
171
171
Winners
42
42
%Winners
47%
47%
SERVE
Aces
9
9
Double Faults
2
2
1st in
53/81
53/81
% 1st in
65%
65%
1st pts
42/53
42/53
% 1st pts
79%
79%
2nd pts
16/28
16/28
% 2nd pts
57%
57%
Breaks
Won
2
2
Converted
2/8
2/8
Converted %
25%
25%
Conceded
6
6
Saved
5/6
5
Saved %
83%
83%
Times Broken
1
1
Head 2 Head
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2023
2022
Hard
Clay
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