Alex Bolt and Benjamin Lock will play each other in the 3rd round of the Launceston Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 1:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alex Bolt who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Alex Bolt is the pick to win this match.
Alex Bolt -> 1.10
Benjamin Lock -> 7.00

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Prediction and head to head Alex Bolt vs. Benjamin Lock

There is no head to head record between Alex Bolt and Benjamin Lock since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Alex Bolt

Ranked no. 151, Alex reached the 3rd round after beating Dayne Kelly 7-68 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Bolt had a good straight sets win against Kelly (7-68 6-4). During the match Bolt scored 76 points vs Kelly’s 64. Bolt was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Talking about serving, Bolt blasted 8 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Alex Bolt was extremely effective on serve to win 84% (36/43) of his 1st serve and 71% (15/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Kelly once after converting 14% of his break points (1/7).

Bolt has a losing win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 41% of his matches (506-354). 8-4 on hard in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bolt has a 151-121 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Bolt has a 8-4 win-loss record in 2020, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Launceston Challenger

Bolt didn’t play in the Launceston Challenger in 2019.

Benjamin Lock

Ranked no. 468, the reached the 3rd round after beating Maverick Banes 6-2 7-68 and Julian Lenz 6-2 5-7 7-63.

In the 2nd round, Benjamin defeated Lenz (6-2 5-7 7-63). During the match Lock scored 112 points vs Lenz’s 106. Benjamin was extremely aggressive to blast 58 winners.

Talking about serving, Lock blasted 9 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Benjamin Lock lost the serve 3 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Lock put 78% of his first serves in, winning 67% (58/86) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Lock broke Lenz 4 times after converting 31% of his break points (4/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 52% of the points he played.

Lock has a negative record in the last 7 years having won 38% of his matches (39-65). 3-1 on hard in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Lock has a 11-22 win-loss record in the last 7 years on hard.

The has a 3-2 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Launceston Challenger

Lock didn’t play in the Launceston Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Bolt Lock
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 5
Tot Games 23 54
Pts 76-64 186-169
Total Points 140 355
Winners 36 94
%Winners 47% 51%

Bolt played 1 match while Lock competed in 2 matches. At the moment, Benjamin Lock dropped 1 set while Alex Bolt hasn’t dropped a set so far. Bolt has played 3 sets less than Lock (2 vs 5). Therefore, Bolt played 31 games less than Lock. The Australian scored 36 winners (47% on total points). On the other side, Lock blasted 94 winners (51%).

Serve Performance

Serve Bolt Lock
Aces 8 14
Avg per match 8 7
1st in 43/64 141/177
%1st in 67% 80%
1st pts 36/43 94/141
%1st pts 84% 67%
2nd pts 15/21 17/36
%2nd pts 71% 47%

Bolt blasted 8 aces . Lock blasted 14 aces (7 per match). Bolt won 84% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 71% of the points. On the other side, Lock won 67% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Bolt Lock
Won 1 8
Converted 1/7 8/21
% Converted 14% 38%
Conceded 0 12
Saved 0 7
% Saved NAN% 58%
Times Broken 0 5

Alex broke his opponent once with 14% conversion rate. Alex was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Lock broke his opponents 8 times with 38% conversion rate. Lock conceded his serve 5 times and he saved 58% of the break points that he conceded.

Bolt
R2
Kelly		 Total
Score 7-68 6-4
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 23 23
pts 76-64 76-64
Total points 140 140
Winners 36 36
%Winners 47% 47%
SERVE
Aces 8 8
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 43/64 43/64
% 1st in 67% 67%
1st pts 36/43 36/43
% 1st pts 84% 84%
2nd pts 15/21 15/21
% 2nd pts 71% 71%
Breaks
Won 1 1
Converted 1/7 1/7
Converted % 14% 14%
Conceded 0 0
Saved 0/0 0
Saved % – 0%
Times Broken 0 -100
Lock
R1
Banes		 R2
Lenz		 Total
Score 6-2 7-68 6-2 5-7 7-63
Tot Set 2 3 5
Tot Games 21 33 54
pts 74-63 112-106 186-169
Total points 137 218 355
Winners 36 58 94
%Winners 49% 52% 51%
SERVE
Aces 5 9 14
Double Faults 1 3 4
1st in 55/67 86/110 141/177
% 1st in 82% 78% 80%
1st pts 36/55 58/86 94/141
% 1st pts 65% 67% 67%
2nd pts 6/12 11/24 17/36
% 2nd pts 50% 46% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 4 8
Converted 4/8 4/13 8/21
Converted % 50% 31% 38%
Conceded 2 10 12
Saved 0/2 7/10 7
Saved % 0% 70% 70%
Times Broken 2 3 150

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