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H2H. James Ward vs Arthur Rinderknech | Rennes Challenger prediction, odds, preview, pick

Rennes Challenger. Ward and Rinderknech will play each other in the final of the the Rennes Challenger. See the H2H stats, odds, preview and predictions of their next match

Mark Hall

26 January 2020

Prediction and head to head James Ward vs. Arthur Rinderknech

James Ward and Arthur Rinderknech will face off in the final of the the Rennes Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 3:30 pm on LE LIBERTE. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Arthur Rinderknech who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Arthur Rinderknech is the pick to win this match.
Arthur Rinderknech -> 1.61
James Ward -> 2.20

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Prediction and head to head James Ward vs. Arthur Rinderknech

There is no head to head record between James Ward and Arthur Rinderknech since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

James Ward

Ranked no. 313, James got to the final after beating Benjamin Bonzi 3-6 7-6⁶ 7-5, Pavel Kotov 6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3, Corentin Denolly 6-4 6-3, Kyrian Jacquet 7-5 3-6 6-3 and Danilo Petrovic 7-6⁷ 7-6⁴.

In the semifinal, Ward had a good straight sets win against Petrovic (7-6⁷ 7-6⁴). During the match Ward scored 86 points vs Petrovic’s 78. Ward was extremely aggressive to blast 46 winners.

Talking about serving, Ward blasted 14 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. James Ward was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (46/58) of his 1st serve and 60% (15/25) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match.

Overall Performance in this tournament

James has conceded 3 set in this event to win 52% of the points he played.

Ward has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 56% of his matches (147-114). 5-0 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Ward has a 195-195 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

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

James has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Rennes Challenger

The Brit didn’t compete in the Rennes Challenger in 2019.

Arthur Rinderknech

Ranked no. 329, Rinderknech got to the final after defeating Andrea Arnaboldi 6-4 6-3, Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-3 3-6 7-6³, Mats Moraing 6-2 6-3, Cem Ilkel 3-6 6-1 6-4 and Tobias Kamke 6-4 2-6 6-3.

In the semifinal, Arthur defeated Kamke (6-4 2-6 6-3). During the match Rinderknech scored 88 points vs Kamke’s 84. Rinderknech was extremely aggressive to blast 40 winners.

Talking about serving, Rinderknech blasted 17 aces and he was extremely solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Arthur Rinderknech lost the serve 4 times and he saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Rinderknech put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (40/59) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (12/24) on the 2nd serve. Arthur broke Kamke 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The French Player has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Rinderknech has a solid record in the last 5 years having won 69% of his matches (37-17). 5-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Rinderknech has a 11-7 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.

Arthur’s best result of the season was getting to the semi-finals in the Rennes Challenger.

Rinderknech has a 5-1 win-loss record in 2020, 5-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Rennes Challenger

Arthur didn’t play in the Rennes Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Ward	Rinderknech
Match played	5	5
Tot Set	13	13
Tot Games	140	120
Pts	451-423	412-350
Total Points	874	762
Winners	216	178
%Winners	48%	43%

Both Ward and Rinderknech played 5 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. James Ward conceded 3 sets, while Arthur Rinderknech dropper 3 sets. Talking about their workload, Ward and Rinderknech have played the same amount of sets 13. However, Ward played 20 games more than Rinderknech. Ward scored 216 winners (48% on total points). On the other side, Arthur blasted 178 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Ward	Rinderknech
Aces	42	63
Avg per match	8.4	12.6
1st in	297/455	241/350
%1st in	65%	69%
1st pts	216/297	178/241
%1st pts	73%	74%
2nd pts	88/158	60/109
%2nd pts	56%	55%

Ward blasted 42 aces (8.4 per match). Rinderknech blasted 63 aces (12.6 per match). Ward won 73% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 56% of the points. On the other side, Rinderknech won 74% 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	Ward	Rinderknech
Won	12	18
Converted	12/29	18/49
% Converted	41%	37%
Conceded	31	24
Saved	23	14
% Saved	74%	58%
Times Broken	8	10

The Brit broke his opponents 12 times with 41% conversion rate. James conceded his serve 8 times and he saved 74% of the break points that he conceded. Arthur broke his opponents 18 times with 37% conversion rate. Rinderknech conceded his serve 10 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

	R1 Bonzi	R2 Kotov	R3 Denolly	1/4 Jacquet	1/2 Petrovic	Total
Ward
Score	3-6 7-6⁶ 7-5	6-3 6-7⁵ 6-3	6-4 6-3	7-5 3-6 6-3	7-6⁷ 7-6⁴
Tot Set	3	3	2	3	2	13
Tot Games	34	31	19	30	26	140
pts	119-118	94-87	65-53	87-87	86-78	451-423
Total points	237	181	118	174	164	874
Winners	49	50	28	43	46	216
%Winners	41%	53%	43%	49%	53%	48%
SERVE
Aces	8	6	4	10	14	42
Double Faults	6	4	2	5	2	19
1st in	79/126	60/92	35/56	65/98	58/83	297/455
% 1st in	63%	65%	63%	66%	70%	65%
1st pts	49/79	50/60	28/35	43/65	46/58	216/297
% 1st pts	62%	83%	80%	66%	79%	73%
2nd pts	24/47	18/32	13/21	18/33	15/25	88/158
% 2nd pts	51%	56%	62%	55%	60%	56%
Breaks
Won	4	2	2	4	0	12
Converted	4/8	2/5	2/5	4/7	0/4	12/29
Converted %	50%	40%	40%	57%	0%	41%
Conceded	16	0	0	14	1	31
Saved	11	0	0	11	1	23
Saved %	31%	0%	0%	21%	0%	10%
Times Broken	5	0	0	3	0	8

	R1 Arnaboldi	R2 Zapata Miralles	R3 Moraing	1/4 Ilkel	1/2 Kamke	Total
Rinderknech
Score	6-4 6-3	6-3 3-6 7-6³	6-2 6-3	3-6 6-1 6-4	6-4 2-6 6-3
Tot Set	2	3	2	3	3	13
Tot Games	19	31	17	26	27	120
pts	66-49	103-97	64-39	91-81	88-84	412-350
Total points	115	200	103	172	172	762
Winners	31	36	34	37	40	178
%Winners	47%	35%	53%	41%	45%	43%
SERVE
Aces	9	9	16	12	17	63
Double Faults	0	2	0	0	0	2
1st in	36/44	52/92	42/47	52/84	59/83	241/350
% 1st in	82%	57%	89%	62%	71%	69%
1st pts	31/36	36/52	34/42	37/52	40/59	178/241
% 1st pts	86%	69%	81%	71%	68%	74%
2nd pts	5/8	22/40	4/5	17/32	12/24	60/109
% 2nd pts	63%	55%	80%	53%	50%	55%
Breaks
Won	3	4	3	4	4	18
Converted	3/10	4/16	3/5	4/8	4/10	18/49
Converted %	30%	25%	60%	50%	40%	37%
Conceded	0	7	1	7	9	24
Saved	0	3	1	5	5	14
Saved %	0%	57%	0%	29%	44%	26%
Times Broken	0	4	0	2	4	10