Felix Balshaw and Mika Brunold will play each other in the quarter of the Roanne Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 4:00 pm on Court 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Felix Balshaw who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Felix Balshaw is the pick to win this match.
Felix Balshaw -> 1.84
Mika Brunold -> 1.84
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Prediction and head to head Felix Balshaw vs. Mika Brunold
There is no head to head record between Felix Balshaw and Mika Brunold since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Felix Balshaw
47 - 19win/loss
198
193
WWLLWWLWWW | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47-19 | 11-8 | 29-8 | 7-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 33-24 | 19-13 | 14-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 10-7 | 5-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 198, Felix reached the quarter after defeating Gauthier Onclin 6-4 6-7(3) 6-4 and Matisse Bobichon 6-3 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Balshaw had a good straight sets win against Bobichon (6-3 6-4). During the match, Balshaw scored 67 points vs Bobichon’s 52. The French player was quite aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Regarding the service games, Balshaw scored 9 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Felix Balshaw was very effective on serve to win 82% (36/44) of his 1st serve and 52% (12/23) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Balshaw broke Bobichon twice after converting 67% of his break points (2/3).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French player has lost 1 set in this tournament to conquer 54% of the points he played.
ATP Roanne Challenger - Felix Balshaw's projected path
Balshaw has a solid record in the last 4 years having won 64% of his matches (92-52). 7-3 on indoor hard courts in 2026. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Balshaw has a compiled9-7 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Manacor Challenger where he beat Inaki Montes-De La Torre in the final 3-6 6-2 6-3.
Balshaw has a compiled 47-19 win-loss record in 2026, 7-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Felix has never competed in this tournament before.
Mika Brunold
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38-17 | 0-0 | 24-11 | 11-5 | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| 2025 | 32-25 | 0-0 | 18-17 | 14-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 43-25 | 3-4 | 34-16 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 2-1 |
| 2023 | 23-21 | 2-3 | 10-9 | 10-8 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| 2022 | 11-9 | 2-2 | 5-4 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 261, Mika got to the quarter after beating Mathys Domenc 7-6(2) 6-3 and Benjamin Bonzi 6-2 2-6 6-4.
In the 2nd round, The Swiss defeated Bonzi (6-2 2-6 6-4). During the match Brunold scored 79 points vs Bonzi’s 74. Brunold was pretty aggressive to blast 34 winners.
About the serving games, Brunold scored 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Mika Brunold was very effective on serve to win 71% (34/48) of his 1st serve and 56% (15/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Swiss broke Bonzi 3 times after converting 23% of his break points (3/13).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Swiss has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.
ATP Roanne Challenger - Mika Brunold's projected path
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Tulln Challenger where he beat Joao Lucas Reis Da Silva in the final 6-4 6-3.
Brunold has an overall 38-17 win-loss record in 2026, 11-5 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Roanne Challenger
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2025. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Balshaw | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 5 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 52 | 48 |
| Pts | 170-146 | 165-140 |
| Total Points | 316 | 305 |
| Winners | 80 | 67 |
| %Winners | 47% | 41% |
Both Balshaw and Brunold played 2 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Felix Balshaw surrendered 1 set, while Mika Brunold lost 1 set. Talking about their workload, Balshaw and Brunold have played the same amount of sets 5. However, Balshaw played 4 games more than Brunold. The French player scored 80 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Brunold fired 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Balshaw | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 22 | 6 |
| Avg per match | 11 | 3 |
| 1st in | 96/160 | 92/147 |
| %1st in | 60% | 63% |
| 1st pts | 80/96 | 67/92 |
| %1st pts | 83% | 73% |
| 2nd pts | 34/64 | 30/55 |
| %2nd pts | 53% | 55% |
Balshaw scored 22 aces (11 per match). Brunold made 6 aces (3 per match). Balshaw won 83% points behind his first serve. He extremely effective on his second serve to win 53% of the points. On the other side, Brunold won 73% of the points on 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 | Balshaw | Brunold |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 6 |
| Converted | 5/15 | 6/23 |
| % Converted | 33% | 26% |
| Conceded | 8 | 13 |
| Saved | 7 | 9 |
| % Saved | 88% | 69% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 4 |
Felix broke his opponents 5 times with a 33% conversion rate. The French player lost his serve once and he saved 88% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponents 6 times with a 26% conversion rate. Mika conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 69% of the break points that he conceded.
| Balshaw | ||||
| R1 Onclin |
R2 Bobichon |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 6-73 6-4 | 6-3 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 33 | 19 | 52 | |
| pts | 103-94 | 67-52 | 170-146 | |
| Total points | 197 | 119 | 316 | |
| Winners | 44 | 36 | 80 | |
| %Winners | 43% | 54% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 13 | 9 | 22 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| 1st in | 52/93 | 44/67 | 96/160 | |
| % 1st in | 56% | 66% | 60% | |
| 1st pts | 44/52 | 36/44 | 80/96 | |
| % 1st pts | 85% | 82% | 83% | |
| 2nd pts | 22/41 | 12/23 | 34/64 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 52% | 53% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/12 | 2/3 | 5/15 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 67% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Saved | 2/3 | 5/5 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 67% | 100% | 84% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brunold | ||||
| R1 Domenc |
R2 Bonzi |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-3 | 6-2 2-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 86-66 | 79-74 | 165-140 | |
| Total points | 152 | 153 | 305 | |
| Winners | 33 | 34 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 38% | 43% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| Double Faults | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 44/72 | 48/75 | 92/147 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 64% | 63% | |
| 1st pts | 33/44 | 34/48 | 67/92 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 71% | 73% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/28 | 15/27 | 30/55 | |
| % 2nd pts | 54% | 56% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
| Converted | 3/10 | 3/13 | 6/23 | |
| Converted % | 30% | 23% | 26% | |
| Conceded | 8 | 5 | 13 | |
| Saved | 6/8 | 3/5 | 9 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 60% | 68% | |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
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