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Max Houkes vs Sumit NagalPrediction, Head-to-Head Results, and Stats

Max Houkes

🇳🇱Max Houkes

#237 · 26 yrs · L

3
1–2

3 meetings · sets 2–4

Sumit Nagal

🇮🇳Sumit Nagal

#234 · 29 yrs · R

3

Max Houkes and Sumit Nagal have met 3 times since 2023; Sumit Nagal leads 2–1. Their first meeting came at Rome Challenger in 2023 on clay. On clay courts Nagal leads 2–1. Across all meetings Houkes has taken 2 sets to Nagal's 4. Their most recent meeting: Max Houkes won at Hamburg Challenger (2026).

Spread & Straight-Sets Form

Completed best-of-3 matches · Last 12 months

IndicatorHoukesNagal
Wins in straight sets72%71%
Wins a set when losing34%54%
Goes to a deciding set30%40%
Covers −1.5 sets as favorite57%35%
Covers +1.5 sets as underdog57%72%
Tiebreak sets won44%39%
Wins after taking set 190%76%
Wins 2-0 after taking set 176%59%

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. Head-to-head: 3 of 3 completed meetings ended in straight sets (Houkes 1, Nagal 2).

Style Matchup

Playing styles and historical archetype record

Houkes

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance
vs

Nagal

🪃 Counterpuncher

Elite BP conversionStrong return gameDefensive consistencyRally tolerance

Matchup analysis

Both Max Houkes and Sumit Nagal are 🪃 Counterpuncher types. Mirror matchups usually come down to execution, fitness, and surface fit, across 2,818 matches in our dataset the historical split is about even.

Previous meetings

3 career meetings, newest first

Aug 11, 2026

Hamburg Challenger

C Clay · 1st Round

75
62
Houkes

Jul 24, 2025

Tampere Challenger

C Clay · 2nd Round

26
46
Nagal

Apr 28, 2023

Rome Challenger

C Clay · Quarterfinals

57
06
Nagal

Prop Research

Hit rates on common betting markets · Last 90 days

OutcomeHoukesNagal
1 or more100%61%
3 or more83%11%
5 or more50%6%
10 or more0%0%
15 or more0%0%
20 or more0%0%

Player ROI

Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days

MetricHoukesNagal
W-L6–610–6
Avg odds2.061.89
ROI %-8.1%+17.5%
Units P/L-0.97u+2.80u

Travel

Last 30 days

MetricHoukesNagal
Countries12
Events23
Matches44
Distance185 mi · 297 km593 mi · 954 km
RouteGERCZE → GER → CZE

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.

Common opponents

Results vs. opponents both players faced · Last 12 months

Nagal has a higher win rate against shared opponents (80% vs Houkes's 60%).

OpponentHoukesNagal
Jan Kumstat
L
46
67
L
57
36
Inaki Montes-De La Torre
L
06
26
W
63
63
David Jorda Sanchis
W
63
61
W
63
75
Zdenek Kolar
W
62
63
W
64
76
Frederico Ferreira Silva
W
64
46
76
W
61
64
Daniel Merida
W
36
63
64
W
63
61
Jesper de Jong
L
16
36
L
75
16
46
Alexander Donski
W
76
76
W
64
64
S D Prajwal Dev
W
76
64
W
63
63
Alexander Ritschard
L
63
26
67
W
64
16
75

Recent Form

Last five matches per player

Houkes
LWLWLLWW
L

Jan Kumstat

Hamburg Challenger · 2nd Round

46
647

Aug 13

W

Sumit Nagal

Hamburg Challenger · 1st Round

75
62

Aug 11

L

Jerome Kym

Hagen Challenger · 2nd Round

36
647

Aug 6

W

Vilius Gaubas

Hagen Challenger · 1st Round

26
64
64

Aug 4

L

Roberto Carballes Baena

Bonn Challenger · 1st Round

46
63
26

Jul 28

L

Patrick Zahraj

M25 Metzingen · Quarterfinals

63
36
46

Jul 24

W

Imanol Lopez Morillo

M25 Metzingen · 2nd Round

61
765

Jul 23

W

Stefan Popovic

M25 Metzingen · 1st Round

61
75

Jul 22

Nagal
LWLLWWWL
L

Jan Kumstat

Prague Challenger · 2nd Round

57
36

Aug 19

W

Eduardo Ribeiro

Prague Challenger · 1st Round

765
64

Aug 17

L

Max Houkes

Hamburg Challenger · 1st Round

57
26

Aug 11

L

Jan Kumstat

Liberec Challenger · Semifinals

57
46

Aug 1

W

Martin Krumich

Liberec Challenger · Quarterfinals

63
62

Jul 31

W

Petr Brunclik

Liberec Challenger · 2nd Round

64
64

Jul 29

W

Inaki Montes-De La Torre

Liberec Challenger · 1st Round

63
63

Jul 27

L

Andrej Nedic

Tampere Challenger · 1st Round

16
627

Jul 21

Rivalry momentum

Cumulative head-to-head lead over time

↑ HoukesNagal ahead↓ Nagal

Win rate

Matches, sets and games won · Last 12 months · 62–90 matches

MetricHoukesNagal
Matches won68%55%
Sets won64%56%
Games won55%52%

Record by tier

Head-to-head record by tournament tier

StageHoukesNagal
ATP Challenger Tour12

By surface

Head-to-head record per surface

SurfaceHoukesNagal
Clay12

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Max Houkes vs Sumit Nagal FAQ

Sumit Nagal leads the head-to-head 2–1 over 3 meetings.