Luke Saville vs Max PurcellPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats
Luke Saville and Max Purcell have met 7 times since 2016; Luke Saville leads 4–3. Their first meeting came at Launceston in 2016 on hard. On hard courts Saville leads 4–3. Purcell has won the last 2 meetings. Across all meetings Saville has taken 9 sets to Purcell's 9. Their most recent meeting: Max Purcell won at Gwangju (2023).
Spread & Straight-Sets Form
Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months
| Indicator | Saville | Purcell | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Luke Saville | Max Purcell | ||
| Wins in straight sets | — | 90% | 9/10 | |
| Wins a set when losing | — | 33% | 1/3 | |
| Goes to a deciding set | — | 15% | 2/13 | |
| Covers −1.5 sets as favorite | — | 80% | 8/10 | |
| Covers +1.5 sets as underdog | — | 100% | 1/1 | |
| Tiebreak sets won | — | 0% | 0/2 | |
| Wins after taking set 1 | — | 91% | 10/11 | |
| Wins 2-0 after taking set 1 | — | 82% | 9/11 | |
Colored rows are higher-is-better: green above 50%, red below. Favorite/underdog set by book odds; cover rows count only matches with odds on record. Small sample — read with care. Head-to-head: 3 of 7 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Saville 1, Purcell 2).
Style Matchup
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Saville
⚙️ Grinder
Purcell
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 56% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 1,470 matches in our dataset: a stylistic lean toward Max Purcell.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency.
Previous meetings
7 career meetings, newest first
May 5, 2023
Gwangju
H Hard · Round of 16
Sep 11, 2019
Shanghai
H Hard · Round of 32
Jan 31, 2018
Burnie
H Hard · Round of 32
Feb 27, 2017
Yokohama
H Hard · 1st Round Qualifying
Jan 4, 2017
Happy Valley
H Hard · Round of 32
Jul 10, 2016
Gimcheon
H Hard · Round of 32
Feb 4, 2016
Launceston
H Hard · Round of 16
Player ROI
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Saville | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | - | 9–2 |
| Avg odds | - | 1.26 |
| ROI % | - | -1.6% |
| Units P/L | - | -0.18u |
Travel
Last 30 days
| Metric | Saville | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Countries | — | 1 |
| Events | — | 2 |
| Matches | — | 5 |
| Distance | — | 0 mi · 0 km |
| Route | — | JAM |
Host country from the tournament each match was played in, over the last 30 days. Route is the order of countries visited; consecutive stops in the same country are shown once. Distance is the great-circle total between host cities, shown only when every stop in the window is geocoded. A rough fatigue signal, not a headline stat.
Recent Form
Last five matches per player
Micah Braswell
Fairfield · 2nd Round Qualifying
Oct 7
Joshua Sheehy
Fairfield · 1st Round Qualifying
Oct 6
Alex Rybakov
Charleston · 1st Round Qualifying
Sep 22
Quinn Vandecasteele
Las Vegas · Round of 32
Sep 10
Emilio Nava
Lexington · Round of 32
Jul 30
Michael Zheng
Chicago · 1st Round Qualifying
Jul 21
Maximilian Marterer
Mallorca · 1st Round Qualifying
Jun 22
Henry Searle
Nottingham 2 · 2nd Round Qualifying
Jun 10
Andy Andrade
Kingston 2 Challenger · Quarterfinals
Aug 27
Garrett Johns
Kingston 2 Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 26
Igor Ribeiro Marcondes
Kingston 2 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 24
Harold Mayot
Kingston 1 Challenger · 2nd Round
Aug 19
Blaise Bicknell
Kingston 1 Challenger · 1st Round
Aug 18
Matthew Dellavedova
M15 Wuning · Final
Jun 28
Dong Ju Kim
M15 Wuning · Quarterfinals
Jun 26
Grigoriy Lomakin
M15 Wuning · 2nd Round
Jun 25
Rivalry momentum
Cumulative head-to-head lead over time
Win rate
Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 13–13 matches
| Metric | Saville | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Matches won | - | 77% |
| Sets won | - | 75% |
| Games won | - | 64% |
Record by tier
Head-to-head record by tournament tier
| Stage | Saville | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour | 4 | 3 |
By surface
Head-to-head record per surface
| Surface | Saville | Purcell |
|---|---|---|
| Hard | 4 | 3 |
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