Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mert Alkaya will face off in the qualifications of the Boss Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 1:30 pm on COLOSSEUM. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Pierre-Hugues Herbert who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Pierre-Hugues Herbert is the pick to win this match.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert -> 1.123
Mert Alkaya -> 5.1
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Prediction and head to head Pierre-Hugues Herbert vs. Mert Alkaya
There is no head to head record between Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Mert Alkaya since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
15 - 12win/loss
278
36
LLWLLLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-18 | 5-5 | 5-8 | 5-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 27-27 | 1-5 | 8-11 | 15-8 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 33-31 | 3-5 | 8-11 | 19-12 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-22 | 2-4 | 5-4 | 16-11 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 18-15 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 10-7 | 6-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 220, the French player reached the qualifications after beating Daniil Glinka 7-6(3) 6-4.
In the qualifications, The French player had a good straight sets win against Glinka (7-63 6-4). During the match, Herbert scored 70 points vs Glinka’s 61. Herbert was exceptionally aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about the service games, Herbert made 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Pierre-Hugues Herbert was exceptionally effective on serve to win 90% (35/39) of his 1st serve and 70% (14/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French player broke Glinka once after converting 17% of his break points (1/6).
Herbert has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 52% of his matches (241-219). 1-0 on grass in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Herbert has a composed 27-24 record in the last years on grass.
Pierre-Hugues’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in the St. Brieuc Challenger.
The French player has a compiled 15-12 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
Mert Alkaya
29 - 14win/loss
296
296
LWLWWLWLLW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39-24 | 36-20 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 55-24 | 55-24 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 35-21 | 20-7 | 15-14 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 31-17 | 10-5 | 21-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 9-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 321 (career-high), Mert reached the qualifications after defeating Michalis Sakellaridis 6-1 6-1.
In the qualifications, Mert had a good straight sets win against Sakellaridis (6-1 6-1). During the match Alkaya scored 57 points vs Sakellaridis’s 29. Mert was very aggressive to blast 17 winners.
About the serving games, Alkaya fired 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Mert Alkaya was pretty efficient on serve to win 85% (17/20) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Mert broke Sakellaridis 6 times after converting 75% of his break points (6/8).
The Turk’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M15 Monastir.
Alkaya has an overall 29-14 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on grass (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Stuttgart
Alkaya has never competed in this tournament before.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Herbert | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 |
| Pts | 70-61 | 57-29 |
| Total Points | 131 | 86 |
| Winners | 35 | 17 |
| %Winners | 50% | 30% |
Both Herbert and Alkaya played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Herbert and Alkaya have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Herbert played 9 games more than Alkaya. Herbert scored 35 winners (50% of the total points). On the other side, Alkaya made 17 winners (30%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Herbert | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 6 |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 20/43 |
| %1st in | 66% | 47% |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 17/20 |
| %1st pts | 90% | 85% |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 12/23 |
| %2nd pts | 70% | 52% |
Herbert struck 6 aces . Alkaya bagged 6 aces . Herbert won 90% points on his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 70% of the points. On the other side, Alkaya won 85% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Herbert | Alkaya |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 6 |
| Converted | 1/6 | 6/8 |
| % Converted | 17% | 75% |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 |
| Saved | 0 | 3 |
| % Saved | 0% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 |
The French player broke his opponent once with a 17% conversion rate. Pierre-Hugues pretty effective on his serve as he has never surrendered a single service game after saving 0 break points. The Turk broke his opponent 6 times with a 75% conversion rate. Alkaya conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Herbert | |||
| Q1 Glinka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 70-61 | 70-61 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 35 | 35 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 39/59 | 39/59 | |
| % 1st in | 66% | 66% | |
| 1st pts | 35/39 | 35/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 90% | 90% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/20 | 14/20 | |
| % 2nd pts | 70% | 70% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/6 | 1/6 | |
| Converted % | 17% | 17% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Alkaya | |||
| Q1 Sakellaridis |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 57-29 | 57-29 | |
| Total points | 86 | 86 | |
| Winners | 17 | 17 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 20/43 | 20/43 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 17/20 | 17/20 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 85% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/23 | 12/23 | |
| % 2nd pts | 52% | 52% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 6 | 6 | |
| Converted | 6/8 | 6/8 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 75% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
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