Matteo Martineau and Michael Geerts will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Cherbourg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:00 pm on JEAN JAURES. 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 Martineau who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Matteo Martineau is the pick to win this match.
Matteo Martineau -> 1.58
Michael Geerts -> 2.25
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Prediction and head to head Matteo Martineau vs. Michael Geerts
There is no head to head record between Matteo Martineau and Michael Geerts since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Matteo Martineau
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 30-33 | 2-4 | 7-13 | 18-13 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 50-36 | 0-1 | 23-17 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 9-3 |
| 2022 | 36-31 | 2-1 | 23-20 | 11-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-26 | 4-4 | 27-15 | 7-6 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2020 | 19-14 | 4-3 | 7-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 6-3 |
Ranked no. 218 (career-high), Matteo reached the semifinal after beating Mae Malige 6-2 3-6 6-1, Benoit Paire 6-1 6-4 and Alibek Kachmazov 6-2 6-4.
In the quarter, Martineau had a good straight sets win against Kachmazov (6-2 6-4). During the match, Martineau scored 60 points vs Kachmazov’s 46. Martineau was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Regarding the service games, Martineau recorded 7 aces and he was very steady in conceding no double faults. Matteo Martineau was extremely efficient on serve to win 76% (28/37) of his 1st serve and 75% (9/12) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Martineau broke Kachmazov 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
Martineau has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (261-197). 11-4 on indoor hard courts in 2024. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Martineau has a compiled78-63 win-loss record in the last 9 years on indoor hard courts.
Martineau’s best result of the season was reaching the final in the Nottingham Challenger.
Matteo has an overall 11-5 win-loss record in 2024, 11-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Michael Geerts
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 49-36 | 17-10 | 10-12 | 17-13 | 0-1 | 5-0 |
| 2023 | 32-39 | 13-10 | 13-19 | 6-8 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| 2022 | 42-37 | 5-8 | 24-14 | 11-13 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| 2021 | 35-28 | 13-7 | 14-14 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 12-8 | 5-2 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 |
Ranked no. 299, Michael reached the semifinal after beating Oscar Otte 6-75 6-3 6-4, Brandon Nakashima 6-4 6-4 and Mark Lajal 6-1 6-3.
In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Lajal (6-1 6-3). During the match Geerts scored 66 points vs Lajal’s 42. Michael was very aggressive to blast 24 winners.
Talking about serving, Geerts scored 6 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Michael Geerts was very efficient on serve to win 83% (24/29) of his 1st serve and 65% (11/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Belgian broke Lajal 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Geerts has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 55% of the points he played.
The Belgian has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Cherbourg Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Martineau | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 7 | 7 |
| Tot Games | 59 | 68 |
| Pts | 207-158 | 225-181 |
| Total Points | 365 | 406 |
| Winners | 95 | 97 |
| %Winners | 46% | 43% |
Both Martineau and Geerts played 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Matteo Martineau surrendered 1 set, while Michael Geerts conceded 1 set. Talking about their workload, Martineau and Geerts have played the same amount of sets 7. However, Martineau played 9 games less than Geerts. The French player scored 95 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Michael blasted 97 winners (43%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Martineau | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 19 | 19 |
| Avg per match | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| 1st in | 122/169 | 118/189 |
| %1st in | 72% | 62% |
| 1st pts | 95/122 | 97/118 |
| %1st pts | 78% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 26/47 | 47/71 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 66% |
Martineau made 19 aces (6.3 per match). Geerts managed to score 19 aces (6.3 per match). Martineau won 78% points behind his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Geerts won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 66% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Martineau | Geerts |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 8 |
| Converted | 11/25 | 8/19 |
| % Converted | 44% | 42% |
| Conceded | 7 | 4 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| % Saved | 71% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 0 |
Matteo broke his opponents 11 times with a 44% conversion rate. Matteo surrendered his serve twice and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded. Geerts broke his opponents 8 times with a 42% conversion rate. Michael was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 4 break points.
| Martineau | |||||
| R1 Malige |
R2 Paire |
1/4 Kachmazov |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 3-6 6-1 | 6-1 6-4 | 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 24 | 17 | 18 | 59 | |
| pts | 90-71 | 57-41 | 60-46 | 207-158 | |
| Total points | 161 | 98 | 106 | 365 | |
| Winners | 38 | 29 | 28 | 95 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 51% | 47% | 46% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 4 | 8 | 7 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 1st in | 48/72 | 37/48 | 37/49 | 122/169 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 77% | 76% | 72% | |
| 1st pts | 38/48 | 29/37 | 28/37 | 95/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 78% | 76% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/24 | 5/11 | 9/12 | 26/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 75% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/6 | 3/8 | 11/25 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 67% | 38% | 44% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 100% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Geerts | |||||
| R1 Otte |
R2 Nakashima |
1/4 Lajal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-75 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Tot Games | 32 | 20 | 16 | 68 | |
| pts | 99-87 | 60-52 | 66-42 | 225-181 | |
| Total points | 186 | 112 | 108 | 406 | |
| Winners | 46 | 27 | 24 | 97 | |
| %Winners | 46% | 45% | 36% | 43% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 10 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 56/87 | 33/56 | 29/46 | 118/189 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 59% | 63% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 46/56 | 27/33 | 24/29 | 97/118 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | 83% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 21/31 | 15/23 | 11/17 | 47/71 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 65% | 65% | 66% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/8 | 2/4 | 4/7 | 8/19 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 50% | 57% | 42% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 1/1 | 3/3 | 4 | |
| Saved % | – | 100% | 100% | 67% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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