Ugo Blanchet and James Watt will play each other in the qualifications of the Quebec City Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 11:00 am on Court 2. 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 Ugo Blanchet who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ugo Blanchet is the pick to win this match.
Ugo Blanchet -> 1.5
James Watt -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Ugo Blanchet vs. James Watt
There is no head to head record between Ugo Blanchet and James Watt since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Ugo Blanchet
13 - 19win/loss
320
139
LWLWWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17-23 | 7-7 | 3-8 | 7-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 30-28 | 13-10 | 7-10 | 8-5 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 21-28 | 4-10 | 14-12 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 42-28 | 15-7 | 23-16 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 47-24 | 15-4 | 27-13 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 192, Blanchet got to the qualifications after defeating Stefano Napolitano 6-4 4-6 7-6(4).
In the qualifications, The French player defeated Napolitano (6-4 4-6 7-64). During the match, Blanchet scored 120 points vs Napolitano’s 116. Blanchet was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanchet blasted 12 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Ugo Blanchet lost the serve 4 times and he saved 6 break points. Furthermore, Blanchet put 47% of his first serves in, winning 69% (36/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 58% (34/59) on the 2nd serve. Blanchet broke Napolitano 4 times after converting 25% of his break points (4/16).
Blanchet has a winning win-loss record in the last 9 years having won 57% of his matches (260-199). 4-4 on hard in 2026. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Blanchet has an overall106-61 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.
Blanchet has an aggregate 13-19 win-loss record in 2026, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Quebec City Challenger
Blanchet has never competed in this tournament before.
James Watt
8 - 8win/loss
897
569
LLWLWLLWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-10 | 5-4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 16-20 | 9-13 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 32-21 | 22-19 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 6-12 | 6-12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 889, Watt got to the qualifications after beating Tristan Boyer 7-6(10) 6-2.
In the qualifications, Watt had a good straight sets win against Boyer (7-610 6-2). During the match Watt scored 79 points vs Boyer’s 67. James was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Watt managed to score 10 aces and he was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. James Watt was very effective on serve to win 77% (41/53) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Watt broke Boyer twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Watt has an aggregate 8-8 win-loss record in 2026, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanchet | Watt |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 33 | 21 |
| Pts | 120-116 | 79-67 |
| Total Points | 236 | 146 |
| Winners | 36 | 41 |
| %Winners | 30% | 52% |
Both Blanchet and Watt played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Ugo Blanchet surrendered 1 set while James Watt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Blanchet has played 1 set more than Watt (3 vs 2). Therefore, Blanchet played 12 games more than Watt. The French player scored 36 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, James bagged 41 winners (52%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanchet | Watt |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 12 | 10 |
| Avg per match | 12 | 10 |
| 1st in | 52/111 | 53/70 |
| %1st in | 47% | 76% |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 41/53 |
| %1st pts | 69% | 77% |
| 2nd pts | 34/59 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 58% | 59% |
Blanchet blasted 12 aces . Watt scored 10 aces . Blanchet won 69% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 58% of the points. On the other side, Watt won 77% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanchet | Watt |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 2 |
| Converted | 4/16 | 2/6 |
| % Converted | 25% | 33% |
| Conceded | 10 | 1 |
| Saved | 6 | 1 |
| % Saved | 60% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 0 |
Ugo broke his opponent 4 times with a 25% conversion rate. Blanchet conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. The Kiwi broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. Watt was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Blanchet | |||
| Q1 Napolitano |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 4-6 7-64 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 33 | |
| pts | 120-116 | 120-116 | |
| Total points | 236 | 236 | |
| Winners | 36 | 36 | |
| %Winners | 30% | 30% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 12 | 12 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 52/111 | 52/111 | |
| % 1st in | 47% | 47% | |
| 1st pts | 36/52 | 36/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 69% | 69% | |
| 2nd pts | 34/59 | 34/59 | |
| % 2nd pts | 58% | 58% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/16 | 4/16 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 10 | 10 | |
| Saved | 6/10 | 6 | |
| Saved % | 60% | 60% | |
| Times Broken | 4 | 4 | |
| Watt | |||
| Q1 Boyer |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-610 6-2 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 21 | 21 | |
| pts | 79-67 | 79-67 | |
| Total points | 146 | 146 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 52% | 52% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 10 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 53/70 | 53/70 | |
| % 1st in | 76% | 76% | |
| 1st pts | 41/53 | 41/53 | |
| % 1st pts | 77% | 77% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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