Max Houkes and Jan Kumstat will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Hamburg Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 10:30 am on M1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jan Kumstat who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Jan Kumstat is the pick to win this match.
Jan Kumstat -> 1.61
Max Houkes -> 2.15
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Prediction and head to head Max Houkes vs. Jan Kumstat
There is no head to head record between Max Houkes and Jan Kumstat since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Max Houkes
31 - 21win/loss
222
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WWWWWWWWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41-22 | 9-2 | 31-17 | 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. 242, the Dutch got to the 2nd round after defeating Sumit Nagal 7-5 6-2.
In the 1st round, Houkes had a good straight sets win against Nagal (7-5 6-2). During the match, Houkes scored 60 points vs Nagal’s 50. The Dutch was very aggressive to blast 33 winners.
Regarding the service games, Houkes managed to score 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Max Houkes was exceptionally effective on serve to win 72% (33/46) 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 Dutch was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Nagal 3 times.
Houkes has a solid record in the last 9 years having won 65% of his matches (333-182). 21-16 on clay in 2026. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Houkes has a compiled300-154 match record in the last 9 years on clay.
Max’s best result of the season was getting to the final in M25 Chennai.
The Dutch has an aggregate 31-21 win-loss record in 2026, 21-16 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Hamburg Challenger
Houkes has never competed in this tournament before.
Jan Kumstat
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37-14 | 6-4 | 29-8 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 24-18 | 7-7 | 17-9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 |
| 2024 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 336 (career-high), Kumstat got to the 2nd round after beating Alan Wazny 6-2 7-6(3), Tom Zeuch 3-6 7-6(2) 6-3 and Jamie Mackenzie 6-7(5) 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Mackenzie, Jan recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-75 6-3 6-3). During the match Kumstat scored 114 points vs Mackenzie’s 98. Kumstat was exceptionally aggressive to blast 46 winners.
About the serving games, Kumstat made 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Jan Kumstat was quite effective on serve to win 82% (46/56) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Jan broke Mackenzie 4 times after converting 24% of his break points (4/17).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Liberec Challenger where he overcame Gonzalo Bueno in the final 6-3 6-1.
Jan has a compiled 28-13 win-loss record in 2026, 20-7 on clay (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Houkes | Kumstat |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 3 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 8 |
| Tot Games | 20 | 83 |
| Pts | 60-50 | 296-256 |
| Total Points | 110 | 552 |
| Winners | 33 | 123 |
| %Winners | 55% | 42% |
Houkes played 1 match while Kumstat competed in 3 matches. Kumstat started his run from the qualifications while Houkes had a direct access to the main draw. At the moment, Jan Kumstat lost 2 sets while Max Houkes hasn’t conceded a set so far. Houkes has played 6 set(s) less than Kumstat (2 vs 8). Therefore, Houkes played 63 games less than Kumstat. Houkes scored 33 winners (55% of the total points). On the other side, Jan managed to score 123 winners (42%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Houkes | Kumstat |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 2 | 31 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 10.3 |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 150/247 |
| %1st in | 73% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 123/150 |
| %1st pts | 72% | 82% |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 53/97 |
| %2nd pts | 65% | 55% |
Houkes fired 2 aces . Kumstat struck 31 aces (10.3 per match). Houkes won 72% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Kumstat won 82% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 55% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Houkes | Kumstat |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 3 | 8 |
| Converted | 3/3 | 8/38 |
| % Converted | 100% | 21% |
| Conceded | 5 | 12 |
| Saved | 5 | 10 |
| % Saved | 100% | 83% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 |
The Dutch broke his opponent 3 times with a 100% conversion rate. Houkes quite strong on his serve as he has never lost a single service game after saving 5 break points. Jan broke his opponents 8 times with a 21% conversion rate. Kumstat conceded his serve twice and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded.
| Houkes | |||
| R1 Nagal |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-5 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 20 | 20 | |
| pts | 60-50 | 60-50 | |
| Total points | 110 | 110 | |
| Winners | 33 | 33 | |
| %Winners | 55% | 55% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 46/63 | 46/63 | |
| % 1st in | 73% | 73% | |
| 1st pts | 33/46 | 33/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 72% | 72% | |
| 2nd pts | 11/17 | 11/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 65% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 3 | 3 | |
| Converted | 3/3 | 3/3 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 5 | |
| Saved | 5/5 | 5 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
| Kumstat | |||||
| Q1 Wazny |
Q3 Zeuch |
R1 Mackenzie |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 7-63 | 3-6 7-62 6-3 | 6-75 6-3 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 31 | 31 | 83 | |
| pts | 75-61 | 107-97 | 114-98 | 296-256 | |
| Total points | 136 | 204 | 212 | 552 | |
| Winners | 36 | 41 | 46 | 123 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 38% | 40% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||||
| Aces | 9 | 10 | 12 | 31 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |
| 1st in | 44/66 | 50/91 | 56/90 | 150/247 | |
| % 1st in | 67% | 55% | 62% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 36/44 | 41/50 | 46/56 | 123/150 | |
| % 1st pts | 82% | 82% | 82% | 82% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/22 | 23/41 | 18/34 | 53/97 | |
| % 2nd pts | 55% | 56% | 53% | 55% | |
| Breaks | |||||
| Won | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 2/13 | 2/8 | 4/17 | 8/38 | |
| Converted % | 15% | 25% | 24% | 21% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Saved | 4/4 | 4/5 | 2/3 | 10 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 80% | 67% | 247% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
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