Maxime Cressy and Tomas Machac will fight against each other in the semifinal of the Eckental Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 12:00 pm 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 Maxime Cressy who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Maxime Cressy is the pick to win this match.
Maxime Cressy -> 1.85
Tomas Machac -> 1.95
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Tomas Machac
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 133 (career-high), Maxime got to the semifinal after defeating Johannes Haerteis 6-71 6-4 6-3, Geoffrey Blancaneaux 6-3 6-4 and Jiri Vesely 7-60 7-63.
In the quarter, Cressy had a good straight sets win against Vesely (7-60 7-63). During the match, Cressy scored 77 points vs Vesely’s 66. Maxime was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
Regarding the service games, Cressy overwhelmed his opponent with 24 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Maxime Cressy was pretty efficient on serve to win 86% (37/43) of his 1st serve and 54% (14/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. Maxime broke Vesely twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Maxime started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has lost 1 set in this tournament to win 53% of the points he played.
Cressy has a solid win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 61% of his matches (148-95). 6-1 on carpet in 2021. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Cressy has a compiled11-4 win-loss record in the last 5 years on carpet.
Cressy’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in the Ismaning Challenger.
Cressy has a compiled 29-27 win-loss record in 2021, 6-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
Tomas Machac
Ranked no. 134 (career-high), Machac got to the semifinal after defeating Jack Draper 7-65 4-6 6-4, Henri Squire 6-2 7-64 and Dominic Stephan Stricker 6-4 6-4.
In the quarter, The Czech had a good straight sets win against Stephan Stricker (6-4 6-4). During the match Machac scored 68 points vs Stephan Stricker’s 57. The Czech was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about serving, Machac blasted 8 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Tomas Machac was pretty effective on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Czech broke Stephan Stricker 3 times after converting 60% of his break points (3/5).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Machac started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Nur-Sultan 2 Challenger where he beat Sebastian Ofner in the final 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Tomas has a composed 26-17 win-loss record in 2021, 4-1 on carpet (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Eckental Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 77 | 74 |
| Pts | 248-217 | 253-217 |
| Total Points | 465 | 470 |
| Winners | 115 | 107 |
| %Winners | 46% | 42% |
Both Cressy and Machac played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Maxime Cressy surrendered 1 set, while Tomas Machac surrendered 1 set. Talking about their workload, Cressy and Machac have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Cressy played 3 games more than Machac. Maxime scored 115 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Machac bagged 107 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 57 | 27 |
| Avg per match | 19 | 9 |
| 1st in | 134/210 | 136/218 |
| %1st in | 64% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 115/134 | 107/136 |
| %1st pts | 86% | 79% |
| 2nd pts | 39/76 | 46/82 |
| %2nd pts | 51% | 56% |
Cressy blasted 57 aces (19 per match). Machac struck 27 aces (9 per match). Cressy won 86% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 51% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 79% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Machac |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/25 | 8/22 |
| % Converted | 32% | 36% |
| Conceded | 9 | 10 |
| Saved | 6 | 6 |
| % Saved | 67% | 60% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 |
Cressy broke his opponents 8 times with a 32% conversion rate. The American surrendered his serve 3 times and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 8 times with a 36% conversion rate. Tomas conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | |||||
| R1 Haerteis |
R2 Blancaneaux |
1/4 Vesely |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-71 6-4 6-3 | 6-3 6-4 | 7-60 7-63 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 19 | 26 | 77 | |
| pts | 104-97 | 67-54 | 77-66 | 248-217 | |
| Total points | 201 | 121 | 143 | 465 | |
| Winners | 52 | 26 | 37 | 115 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 39% | 48% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 23 | 10 | 24 | 57 | |
| Double Faults | 12 | 6 | 5 | 23 | |
| 1st in | 62/91 | 29/50 | 43/69 | 134/210 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 58% | 62% | 64% | |
| 1st pts | 52/62 | 26/29 | 37/43 | 115/134 | |
| % 1st pts | 84% | 90% | 86% | 86% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/29 | 14/21 | 14/26 | 39/76 | |
| % 2nd pts | 38% | 67% | 54% | 51% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/9 | 2/13 | 2/3 | 8/25 | |
| Converted % | 44% | 15% | 67% | 32% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Saved | 5/6 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 83% | – | 33% | 39% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Machac | |||||
| R1 Draper |
R2 Squire |
1/4 Stephan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-65 4-6 6-4 | 6-2 7-64 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 | 20 | 74 | |
| pts | 101-93 | 84-67 | 68-57 | 253-217 | |
| Total points | 194 | 151 | 125 | 470 | |
| Winners | 47 | 32 | 28 | 107 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 38% | 41% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 60/94 | 39/67 | 37/57 | 136/218 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 58% | 65% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 47/60 | 32/39 | 28/37 | 107/136 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 76% | 79% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 17/28 | 11/20 | 46/82 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 61% | 55% | 56% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 2/9 | 3/5 | 8/22 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 22% | 60% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | |
| Saved | 0/3 | 2/2 | 4/5 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 80% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
Head 2 Head
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