Maxime Cressy and Ulises Blanch will face off in the 3rd round of the Cleveland Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 12:30 pm on CENTER 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 Ulises Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ulises Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Ulises Blanch -> 1.80
Maxime Cressy -> 1.90
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Prediction and head to head Maxime Cressy vs. Ulises Blanch
There is no head to head record between Maxime Cressy and Ulises Blanch since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Maxime Cressy
Ranked no. 258, the French Player got to the 3rd round after beating Luke Saville 6-3 6-4 and Joao Menezes 6-4 7-66.
In the 2nd round, Cressy had a good straight sets win against Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes (6-4 7-66). During the match Cressy scored 70 points vs Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes’s 54. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Cressy blasted 18 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Maxime Cressy lost the serve once. Furthermore, Cressy put 73% of his first serves in, winning 95% (41/43) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (8/16) on the 2nd serve. Cressy was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes twice.
Overall Performance in this tournament
The French Player hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Cressy has a losing win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 25% of his matches (15-5). 3-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Cressy has a 5-6 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.
Maxime has a 5-4 win-loss record in 2020, 3-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Maxime won the title last year in Cleveland Challenger after ousting Mikael Torpegaard 6-74 7-66 6-3.
Ulises Blanch
Ranked no. 266, the American got to the 3rd round after beating Vasil Kirkov 6-2 6-3 and Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7-5 6-3.
In the 2nd round, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Menendez-Maceiras (7-5 6-3). During the match Blanch scored 69 points vs Menendez-Maceiras’s 51. Ulises was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Blanch blasted 12 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Ulises Blanch was extremely effective on serve to win 79% (27/34) of his 1st serve and 63% (17/27) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Blanch broke Menendez-Maceiras 3 times after converting 75% of his break points (3/4).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The American hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.
Blanch has a fantastic record in the last 6 years having won 90% of his matches (54-6). 9-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this competition, Blanch has a 41-33 record in the last 6 years on indoor hard courts.
The American’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in the Ann Arbor Challenger.
Ulises has a 12-3 win-loss record in 2020, 9-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Cleveland Challenger
Blanch didn’t play in the Cleveland Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Cressy | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 42 | 38 |
| Pts | 133-101 | 131-92 |
| Total Points | 234 | 223 |
| Winners | 71 | 52 |
| %Winners | 53% | 40% |
Both Cressy and Blanch played 2 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Cressy and Blanch have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Cressy played 4 games more than Blanch. The French Player scored 71 winners (53% on total points). On the other side, Ulises blasted 52 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Cressy | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 32 | 21 |
| Avg per match | 16 | 10.5 |
| 1st in | 78/115 | 69/116 |
| %1st in | 68% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 71/78 | 52/69 |
| %1st pts | 91% | 75% |
| 2nd pts | 20/37 | 30/47 |
| %2nd pts | 54% | 64% |
Cressy blasted 32 aces (16 per match). Blanch blasted 21 aces (10.5 per match). Cressy won 91% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 54% of the points. On the other side, Blanch won 75% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 64% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Cressy | Blanch |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 5 | 7 |
| Converted | 5/6 | 7/11 |
| % Converted | 83% | 64% |
| Conceded | 6 | 3 |
| Saved | 4 | 1 |
| % Saved | 67% | 33% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 2 |
The French Player broke his opponents 5 times with 83% conversion rate. Cressy conceded his serve twice and he saved 67% of the break points that he conceded. Ulises broke his opponents 7 times with 64% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded.
| Cressy | ||||
| R1 Saville |
R2 Lucas Magalhaes Hueb De Menezes |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 6-4 | 6-4 7-66 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 19 | 23 | 42 | |
| pts | 63-47 | 70-54 | 133-101 | |
| Total points | 110 | 124 | 234 | |
| Winners | 30 | 41 | 71 | |
| %Winners | 48% | 59% | 53% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 14 | 18 | 32 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1st in | 35/56 | 43/59 | 78/115 | |
| % 1st in | 63% | 73% | 68% | |
| 1st pts | 30/35 | 41/43 | 71/78 | |
| % 1st pts | 86% | 95% | 91% | |
| 2nd pts | 12/21 | 8/16 | 20/37 | |
| % 2nd pts | 57% | 50% | 54% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 2/2 | 5/6 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 100% | 83% | |
| Conceded | 5 | 1 | 6 | |
| Saved | 4/5 | 0/1 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 80% | 0% | 40% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Blanch | ||||
| R1 Kirkov |
R2 Menendez-Maceiras |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-3 | 7-5 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 21 | 38 | |
| pts | 62-41 | 69-51 | 131-92 | |
| Total points | 103 | 120 | 223 | |
| Winners | 25 | 27 | 52 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 39% | 40% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 35/55 | 34/61 | 69/116 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 56% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 25/35 | 27/34 | 52/69 | |
| % 1st pts | 71% | 79% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/20 | 17/27 | 30/47 | |
| % 2nd pts | 65% | 63% | 64% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 3 | 7 | |
| Converted | 4/7 | 3/4 | 7/11 | |
| Converted % | 57% | 75% | 64% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 0/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 0% | 25% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Head 2 Head
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LLLLLWLWWW Tennis Scores in Cleveland Challenger
- Thomaz BellucciBellucci – Roberto CidCid (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Sekou BangouraBangoura (6-4 6-1) – See score progression
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Guilherme ClezarClezar (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Denis KudlaKudla – Roberto QuirozQuiroz (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Dmitry PopkoPopko (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-1 7-62) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-72 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (7-65 6-3) – See score progression
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras (7-5 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard – Aleksandar KovacevicKovacevic (6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Michael MmohMmoh – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (7-62 6-2) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Donald YoungYoung (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Ji Sung NamSung Nam (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Joao MenezesMenezes (6-4 7-6(6)) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Jurij RodionovRodionov (4-6 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Tobias KamkeKamke (6-1 7-6(2)) – See score progression
- Ryan HarrisonHarrison – Sebastian OfnerOfner (6-3 6-7(2) 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Denis KudlaKudla – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – See H2H details
- Raymond SarmientoSarmiento – Jc AragoneAragone (1-1) – See H2H details
- Skander MansouriMansouri – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-1) – See H2H details
- Michael MmohMmoh – Mikael TorpegaardTorpegaard (2-0) – See H2H details
- Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – See H2H details
- Ulises BlanchBlanch – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Ryan HarrisonHarrison (0-0) – See H2H details
- Jeff WolfWolf – Thomaz BellucciBellucci (0-0) – See H2H details
