Jiri Vesely and Maxime Cressy will square off in the quarter of the Eckental Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTER COURT. 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 Jiri Vesely who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jiri Vesely is the pick to win this match.
Jiri Vesely -> 1.67
Maxime Cressy -> 2.2
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Prediction and head to head Jiri Vesely vs. Maxime Cressy
This will be the 2nd time that Jiri Vesely and Maxime Cressy square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Cressy (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on carpet.
The last time that they squared off, Cressy won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in the Ismaning Challenger back in 2019.
Jiri Vesely
Ranked no. 86, the Czech got to the quarter after defeating Jonas Forejtek 6-1 5-7 7-5 and Andrea Vavassori 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Vesely had a good straight sets win against Vavassori (6-4 6-1). During the match, Vesely scored 66 points vs Vavassori’s 49. Vesely was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about the service games, Vesely made 7 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Jiri Vesely conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 4 break points. Furthermore, Vesely put 61% of his first serves in, winning 86% (32/37) of the points behind his 1st serve and 42% (10/24) on the 2nd serve. Jiri broke Vavassori 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Czech started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in this competition to win 54% of the points he played.
Vesely has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (349-234). 2-1 on carpet in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Vesely has a composed 12-3 record in the last years on carpet.
His best result of the current year was winning the title in the Captif Challenger where he defeated Norbert Gombos in the final 6-4 6-4.
Jiri has an overall 25-24 win-loss record in 2021, 2-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2019. See his history.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 133 (career-high), Cressy reached the quarter after defeating Johannes Haerteis 6-71 6-4 6-3 and Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The American had a good straight sets win against Blancaneaux (6-3 6-4). During the match Cressy scored 67 points vs Blancaneaux’s 54. Cressy was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.
About the serving games, Cressy managed to score 10 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Maxime Cressy was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 90% (26/29) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Maxime broke Blancaneaux twice after converting 15% of his break points (2/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Cressy started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Maxime’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in the Ismaning Challenger.
The American has an overall 28-27 win-loss record in 2021, 5-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Vesely | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 48 | 51 |
| Pts | 161-136 | 171-151 |
| Total Points | 297 | 322 |
| Winners | 71 | 78 |
| %Winners | 44% | 46% |
Both Vesely and Cressy played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Jiri Vesely dropped 1 set, while Maxime Cressy conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Vesely and Cressy have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Vesely played 3 games less than Cressy. The Czech scored 71 winners (44% of the total points). On the other side, The American scored 78 winners (46%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Vesely | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 33 |
| Avg per match | 11.5 | 16.5 |
| 1st in | 83/138 | 91/141 |
| %1st in | 60% | 65% |
| 1st pts | 71/83 | 78/91 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 86% |
| 2nd pts | 24/55 | 25/50 |
| %2nd pts | 44% | 50% |
Vesely fired 23 aces (11.5 per match). Cressy made 33 aces (16.5 per match). Vesely won 86% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 44% of the points. On the other side, Cressy won 86% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 50% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Vesely | Cressy |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 6 |
| Converted | 8/22 | 6/22 |
| % Converted | 36% | 27% |
| Conceded | 6 | 6 |
| Saved | 4 | 5 |
| % Saved | 67% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 1 |
Jiri broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Jiri surrendered his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The American broke his opponents 6 times with a 27% conversion rate. Cressy conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Vesely | ||||
| R1 Forejtek |
R2 Vavassori |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 5-7 7-5 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 31 | 17 | 48 | |
| pts | 95-87 | 66-49 | 161-136 | |
| Total points | 182 | 115 | 297 | |
| Winners | 39 | 32 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 48% | 44% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 46/77 | 37/61 | 83/138 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 61% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 39/46 | 32/37 | 71/83 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/31 | 10/24 | 24/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 45% | 42% | 44% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/14 | 3/8 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 38% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Saved | 0/2 | 4/4 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cressy | ||||
| R1 Haerteis |
R2 Blancaneaux |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 51 | |
| pts | 104-97 | 67-54 | 171-151 | |
| Total points | 201 | 121 | 322 | |
| Winners | 52 | 26 | 78 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 46% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 23 | 10 | 33 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 6 | 18 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 29/50 | 91/141 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 58% | 65% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 26/29 | 78/91 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 90% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 14/21 | 25/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 67% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/13 | 6/22 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 15% | 27% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 42% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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