Matteo Viola and Yannick Mertens will square off in the qualifications of the Orleans Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CJF LA FORET 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Matteo Viola who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Viola is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Viola -> 1.51
Yannick Mertens -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Viola vs. Yannick Mertens
This will be the 3rd time that Matteo Viola and Yannick Mertens face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Mertens (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they played, Mertens won 7-6(5) 6-1 in the semifinal in Great Britain F1 (Glasgow) back in 2018.
Matteo Viola
Ranked no. 292, the Italian will start his run in the Orleans Challenger after he played his last match in the Biel Challenger where he lost 7-6(3) 7-6(1) to Ilkel in the 1st round on the 21st of September.
Matteo has an aggregate 15-25 win-loss record in 2021, 6-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Viola has an overall 417-351 record. He has a negative 66-67 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in the Orleans Challenger
Matteo has never competed in this tournament before.
Yannick Mertens
Ranked no. 483, the Belgian will start his run in the Orleans Challenger after he played his last match in the Biel Challenger where he lost 6-2 6-1 to Ritschard in the qualifications on the 20th of September.
Yannick has a compiled 19-14 win-loss record in 2021, 2-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Mertens’s best result of the year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir and M15 Marbella.
In terms of his career, Mertens has an overall 144-219 record. He has a negative 37-59 record on indoor hard courts.
Head 2 Head
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