Tom Gentzsch and Max Houkes will square off in the quarter of the Bunschoten Challenger for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTER COURT – NXT LEVEL. 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 Tom Gentzsch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tom Gentzsch is the pick to win this match.
Tom Gentzsch -> 1.7
Max Houkes -> 2.01
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Prediction and head to head Tom Gentzsch vs. Max Houkes
This will be the 2nd time that Tom Gentzsch and Max Houkes face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Gentzsch (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Gentzsch won 7-5 6-4 in the final in M25 Ueberlingen back in 2025.
Tom Gentzsch
31 - 20win/loss
164
145
LWLWWLLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45-27 | 4-4 | 28-15 | 8-4 | 2-3 | 3-1 |
| 2025 | 52-30 | 9-4 | 33-14 | 8-11 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2024 | 48-26 | 12-6 | 26-15 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 6-2 |
| 2023 | 45-39 | 10-6 | 29-25 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-3 |
| 2022 | 34-28 | 14-11 | 15-11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 |
Ranked no. 212 (career-high), the German got to the quarter after defeating Mika Petkovic 7-5 6-4 and Pieter De Lange 6-3 6-2.
In the 2nd round, Gentzsch had a good straight sets win against De Lange (6-3 6-2). During the match, Gentzsch scored 65 points vs De Lange’s 47. Gentzsch was pretty aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Gentzsch recorded 10 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Tom Gentzsch lost the serve twice and he saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Gentzsch put 59% of his first serves in, winning 82% (28/34) of the points behind his 1st serve and 38% (9/24) on the 2nd serve. Gentzsch broke De Lange 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The German hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to win 57% of the points he played.
ATP Bunschoten Challenger - Tom Gentzsch's projected path
Gentzsch has a winning record in the last 6 years having won 59% of his matches (221-154). 15-9 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Gentzsch has an aggregate126-80 match record in the last 6 years on clay.
Tom’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in the Koblenz Challenger and the Split Challenger.
Tom has a compiled 31-20 win-loss record in 2026, 15-9 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bunschoten Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2025. See his history.
Max Houkes
27 - 17win/loss
226
222
WWLWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46-23 | 9-2 | 36-18 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 53-33 | 9-4 | 44-27 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 44-17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 40-33 | 1-1 | 39-30 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 70-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 244, Max got to the quarter after defeating David Jorda Sanchis 6-3 6-1 and Max Schoenhaus 6-4 6-1.
In the 2nd round, Houkes had a good straight sets win against Schoenhaus (6-4 6-1). During the match Houkes scored 65 points vs Schoenhaus’s 47. Houkes was extremely aggressive to blast 32 winners.
Talking about serving, Houkes bagged 5 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Max Houkes was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 73% (32/44) of his 1st serve and 57% (13/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Max broke Schoenhaus 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Houkes hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 58% of the points he played.
ATP Bunschoten Challenger - Max Houkes's projected path
Houkes’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Chennai.
The Dutch has an aggregate 27-17 win-loss record in 2026, 17-12 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Bunschoten Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Gentzsch | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 39 | 33 |
| Pts | 140-106 | 135-98 |
| Total Points | 246 | 233 |
| Winners | 59 | 50 |
| %Winners | 42% | 37% |
Both Gentzsch and Houkes played 2 matches. Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Gentzsch and Houkes have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Gentzsch played 6 games more than Houkes. The German scored 59 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, Houkes struck 50 winners (37%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Gentzsch | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 17 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 8.5 | 4.5 |
| 1st in | 74/118 | 69/110 |
| %1st in | 63% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 59/74 | 50/69 |
| %1st pts | 80% | 72% |
| 2nd pts | 22/44 | 25/41 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 61% |
Gentzsch fired 17 aces (8.5 per match). Houkes bagged 9 aces (4.5 per match). Gentzsch won 80% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Houkes won 72% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 61% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Gentzsch | Houkes |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 8 | 8 |
| Converted | 8/21 | 8/20 |
| % Converted | 38% | 40% |
| Conceded | 7 | 8 |
| Saved | 4 | 7 |
| % Saved | 57% | 88% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 1 |
Tom broke his opponents 8 times with a 38% conversion rate. The German lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. Houkes broke his opponents 8 times with a 40% conversion rate. The Dutch conceded his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded.
| Gentzsch | ||||
| R1 Petkovic |
R2 De |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-4 | 6-3 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 17 | 39 | |
| pts | 75-59 | 65-47 | 140-106 | |
| Total points | 134 | 112 | 246 | |
| Winners | 31 | 28 | 59 | |
| %Winners | 41% | 43% | 42% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 10 | 17 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 40/60 | 34/58 | 74/118 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 59% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 31/40 | 28/34 | 59/74 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 82% | 80% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 9/24 | 22/44 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 38% | 50% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Converted | 3/13 | 5/8 | 8/21 | |
| Converted % | 23% | 63% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 5 | 7 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 3/5 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 60% | 55% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Houkes | ||||
| R1 Jorda Sanchis |
R2 Schoenhaus |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-1 | 6-4 6-1 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 17 | 33 | |
| pts | 70-51 | 65-47 | 135-98 | |
| Total points | 121 | 112 | 233 | |
| Winners | 18 | 32 | 50 | |
| %Winners | 26% | 49% | 37% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 25/43 | 44/67 | 69/110 | |
| % 1st in | 58% | 66% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 18/25 | 32/44 | 50/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 73% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/18 | 13/23 | 25/41 | |
| % 2nd pts | 67% | 57% | 61% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 3/7 | 8/20 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 43% | 40% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| Saved | 0/1 | 7/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 0% | 100% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
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