Steve Darcis and James Ward will square off in the 1^st round of the Eckental Challenger for the 3^rd time of their career.

Steve Darcis: results and record

Ranked no. 181, the Belgian will start his run in Eckental Challenger after he played his last match in Hamburg Challenger where he lost 4-6 7-6³ 6-3 to Troicki in the 2^nd round the 22^nd of October.

The Belgian has a 23-23 win-loss record in 2019, 0-0 on carpet (See FULL STATS).

This will be the first match of the season on carpet.

Steve’s best result of the year was reaching the final in the Cherbourg Challenger.

Last year in the Eckental Challenger

Steve didn’t play in the Eckental Challenger in 2018.

James Ward: results and record

Ranked no. 290, Ward will start his run in Eckental Challenger after he played his last match in Brest Challenger where he lost 7-6³ 6-2 to Kolar in the 1^st round the 21^st of October.

Ward has a 18-29 win-loss record in 2019, 1-2 on carpet (See FULL STATS).

James’s best result of the current year was getting to the semi-finals in the Leon Challenger.

Last year in the Eckental Challenger

The Brit didn’t compete in the Eckental Challenger in 2018.

Eckental Challenger Live score and result Steve Darcis vs. James Ward

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Prediction and head to head Steve Darcis vs. James Ward

This will be the 3^rd time that Steve Darcis and James Ward face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Darcis (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on carpet.

The last time that they locked horns, Darcis won 6-7⁶ 6-4 6-2 in the 1^st round in the Bordeaux Challenger back in 2016.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Steve Darcis who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Steve Darcis is the pick to win this match.
Steve Darcis -> 1.50
James Ward -> 2.50

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Head 2 Head

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• 2Main
• 10Chall
• 8Minor

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Steve
Darcis

3:0

James
Ward

Rank

High

38

1Hard0

1Clay0

1Carpet0

Rank

High

89

Win Loss

Darcis

Ward

2024 2023 2022

0 - 0

0 - 0

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