Florent Bax and Gabriel Debru will square off in the 2nd round of the Samsun Challenger for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Gabriel Debru who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Gabriel Debru is the pick to win this match.
Gabriel Debru -> 1.77
Florent Bax -> 1.92
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Prediction and head to head Florent Bax vs. Gabriel Debru
This will be the 3rd time that Florent Bax and Gabriel Debru face off. The head to head is 1-1 for Bax and Debru (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Debru won 6-1 3-6 6-4 in the semifinal in M25 Uriage back in 2024.
Florent Bax
31 - 19win/loss
298
247
LWWLLWWWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-25 | 21-14 | 17-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 58-27 | 25-9 | 31-10 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 47-27 | 13-8 | 33-16 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 37-21 | 25-9 | 12-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 40-28 | 10-10 | 29-17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 247 (career-high), Florent got to the 2nd round after beating Takuya Kumasaka 7-6(3) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The French player had a good straight sets win against Kumasaka (7-63 6-3). During the match, Bax scored 82 points vs Kumasaka’s 78. The French player was exceptionally aggressive to blast 28 winners.
Talking about the service games, Bax made 6 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Overall, Florent Bax was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 72% (28/39) of his 1st serve and 53% (25/47) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Florent broke Kumasaka 3 times after converting 38% of his break points (3/8).
Bax has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 62% of his matches (281-170). 14-8 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Bax has an aggregate 95-54 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Bax’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in M25 Santa Margherita di Pula.
Bax has a composed 31-19 win-loss record in 2026, 14-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Samsun Challenger
The French player has never competed in this tournament before.
Gabriel Debru
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5-1 | 5-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-24 | 6-4 | 25-16 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 44-26 | 4-2 | 31-13 | 9-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 19-18 | 5-3 | 11-9 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 700, the French player got to the 2nd round after beating Adrian Boitan 4-6 6-2 6-2.
In the 1st round against Boitan, Debru recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-2). During the match Debru scored 83 points vs Boitan’s 67. The French player was very aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Talking about serving, Debru recorded 9 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Gabriel Debru lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Debru put 68% of his first serves in, winning 83% (39/47) of the points behind his 1st serve and 36% (8/22) on the 2nd serve. The French player broke Boitan 5 times after converting 38% of his break points (5/13).
Debru has a compiled 1-1 win-loss record in 2026, 1-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Bax | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 |
| Pts | 82-78 | 83-67 |
| Total Points | 160 | 150 |
| Winners | 28 | 39 |
| %Winners | 34% | 47% |
Both Bax and Debru played 1 match. At the moment, Gabriel Debru surrendered 1 set while Florent Bax hasn’t lost a set so far. Bax has played 1 set(s) less than Debru (2 vs 3). Therefore, Bax played 4 games less than Debru. Florent scored 28 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, Debru managed to score 39 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Bax | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 6 | 9 |
| Avg per match | 6 | 9 |
| 1st in | 39/86 | 47/69 |
| %1st in | 45% | 68% |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 39/47 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 83% |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 8/22 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 36% |
Bax recorded 6 aces . Debru blasted 9 aces . Bax won 72% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Debru won 83% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 36% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Bax | Debru |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 5 |
| Converted | 3/8 | 5/13 |
| % Converted | 38% | 38% |
| Conceded | 10 | 4 |
| Saved | 9 | 2 |
| % Saved | 90% | 50% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 2 |
Florent broke his opponent 3 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player surrendered his serve once and he saved 90% of the break points that he conceded. Gabriel broke his opponent 5 times with a 38% conversion rate. The French player conceded his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded.
| Bax | |||
| R1 Kumasaka |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 82-78 | 82-78 | |
| Total points | 160 | 160 | |
| Winners | 28 | 28 | |
| %Winners | 34% | 34% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 6 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 39/86 | 39/86 | |
| % 1st in | 45% | 45% | |
| 1st pts | 28/39 | 28/39 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 25/47 | 25/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/8 | 3/8 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 9/10 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 90% | 90% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Debru | |||
| R1 Boitan |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 4-6 6-2 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 26 | 26 | |
| pts | 83-67 | 83-67 | |
| Total points | 150 | 150 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 7 | 7 | |
| 1st in | 47/69 | 47/69 | |
| % 1st in | 68% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 39/47 | 39/47 | |
| % 1st pts | 83% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/22 | 8/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 36% | 36% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/13 | 5/13 | |
| Converted % | 38% | 38% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 2/4 | 2 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | |
Head 2 Head
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WWWWW Tennis Scores in Samsun Challenger
- Max BasingBasing – Sidharth RawatRawat (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yanki ErelErel – Arda AzkaraAzkara (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Shunsuke NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Mert AlkayaAlkaya (0-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Tuncay DuranDuran (6-75 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Semen PankinPankin – Togan TokacTokac (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Manas Manoj DhamneManoj Dhamne – Koray KirciKirci (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Paul InchauspeInchauspe – Ergi KirkinKirkin (6-4 7-63) – See score progression
- Florent BaxBax – Takuya KumasakaKumasaka (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Benjamin HassanHassan (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – Alexandr BindaBinda (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- S Mert Ozdemir/Mert Naci TurkerMert Ozdemir/Mert Naci Turker – Mirza Basic/Takuya KumasakaBasic/Takuya Kumasaka (6-1 3-6 10-8) – See score progression
- Gabriel DebruDebru – Adrian BoitanBoitan (4-6 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Koki MatsudaMatsuda – Karan SinghSingh (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Dan AddedAdded – Lucas PoullainPoullain (7-5 2-6 6-2) – See score progression
- Kenta MiyoshiMiyoshi – Shunsuke NakagawaNakagawa (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Tuncay DuranDuran (6-7(5) 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Vadym UrsuUrsu – Mert Naci TurkerNaci Turker (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine – Cem IlkelIlkel (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Semen PankinPankin – Togan TokacTokac (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Manas Manoj DhamneManoj Dhamne – Koray KirciKirci (6-3 6-1) – See score progression
- Yanki ErelErel – Arda AzkaraAzkara (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Colin SinclairSinclair – Mert AlkayaAlkaya (0-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Yanki ErelErel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Vadym UrsuUrsu (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Colin SinclairSinclair – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Dan AddedAdded – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Semen PankinPankin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Max BasingBasing – Constantin Bittoun KouzmineBittoun Kouzmine (0-0) – H2H and prediction
