Ruben Bemelmans and Tomas Machac will clash against each other in the semifinal of the Koblenz Challenger for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and the prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ruben Bemelmans who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ruben Bemelmans is the pick to win this match.
Ruben Bemelmans -> 1.72
Tomas Machac -> 2.00

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Prediction and head to head Ruben Bemelmans vs. Tomas Machac

There is no head to head record between Ruben Bemelmans and Tomas Machac since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Ruben Bemelmans

Ranked no. 249, Ruben got to the semifinal after beating Artem Dubrivnyy 6-3 6-1, Quentin Halys 6-2 6-4 and Yannick Hanfmann 6-3 6-2.

In the quarter, The Belgian had a good straight sets win against Hanfmann (6-3 6-2). During the match Bemelmans scored 72 points vs Hanfmann’s 53. Bemelmans was extremely aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Bemelmans blasted 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Ruben Bemelmans was extremely effective on serve to win 74% (26/35) of his 1st serve and 67% (14/21) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Ruben broke Hanfmann 3 times after converting 50% of his break points (3/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ruben hasn’t conceded yet a set in this tournament to conquer 59% of the points he played.

Bemelmans has a favorable record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (404-328). 5-3 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Bemelmans has a 302-235 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.

The Belgian’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in M25 Nussloch.

Ruben has a 10-3 win-loss record in 2020, 5-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Koblenz Challenger

Ruben didn’t play in the Koblenz Challenger in 2019.

Tomas Machac

Ranked no. 347, the Czech reached the semifinal after defeating Leopold Zima 6-2 6-2, Teimuraz Gabashvili 6-0 6-3, Vit Kopriva 6-3 6-3 and Dimitar Kuzmanov 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Tomas had a good straight sets win against Kuzmanov (6-4 6-4). During the match Machac scored 64 points vs Kuzmanov’s 48. Machac was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Talking about serving, Machac blasted 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Tomas Machac lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Machac put 73% of his first serves in, winning 81% (29/36) of the points behind his 1st serve and 46% (6/13) on the 2nd serve. Tomas broke Kuzmanov 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Machac hasn’t dropped yet a set in the tournament to win 59% of the points he played.

Machac has a fantastic record in the last 4 years having won 71% of his matches (20-8). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Machac has a 6-6 win-loss record in the last 4 years on indoor hard courts.

Machac has a 5-2 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).

Last year in the Koblenz Challenger

Tomas didn’t play in the Koblenz Challenger in 2019.

Live score

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H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Bemelmans	Machac
Match played	3	4
Tot Set	6	8
Tot Games	51	69
Pts	193-133	254-174
Total Points	326	428
Winners	71	103
%Winners	37%	41%

Bemelmans played 3 matches while Machac competed in 4 matches. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Bemelmans has played 2 sets less than Machac (6 vs 8). Therefore, Bemelmans played 18 games less than Machac. Ruben scored 71 winners (37% on total points). On the other side, The Czech blasted 103 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Bemelmans	Machac
Aces	9	14
Avg per match	3	3.5
1st in	89/146	126/186
%1st in	61%	68%
1st pts	71/89	103/126
%1st pts	80%	82%
2nd pts	36/57	33/60
%2nd pts	63%	55%

Bemelmans blasted 9 aces (3 per match). Machac blasted 14 aces (3.5 per match). Bemelmans won 80% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 63% of the points. On the other side, Machac won 82% 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	Bemelmans	Machac
Won	11	16
Converted	11/21	16/34
% Converted	52%	47%
Conceded	6	8
Saved	5	6
% Saved	83%	75%
Times Broken	1	2

Ruben broke his opponents 11 times with 52% conversion rate. Bemelmans conceded his serve once and he saved 83% of the break points that he conceded. The Czech broke his opponents 16 times with 47% conversion rate. Machac conceded his serve twice and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.

Bemelmans
	R2 Dubrivnyy	R3 Halys	1/4 Hanfmann	Total
Score	6-3 6-1	6-2 6-4	6-3 6-2
Tot Set	2	2	2	6
Tot Games	16	18	17	51
pts	61-41	60-39	72-53	193-133
Total points	102	99	125	326
Winners	21	24	26	71
%Winners	34%	40%	36%	37%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	3	9
Double Faults	0	0	1	1
1st in	26/47	28/43	35/56	89/146
% 1st in	55%	65%	63%	61%
1st pts	21/26	24/28	26/35	71/89
% 1st pts	81%	86%	74%	80%
2nd pts	13/21	9/15	14/21	36/57
% 2nd pts	62%	60%	67%	63%
Breaks
Won	4	4	3	11
Converted	4/8	4/7	3/6	11/21
Converted %	50%	57%	50%	52%
Conceded	2	1	3	6
Saved	2/2	0/1	3/3	5
Saved %	100%	0%	100%	67%
Times Broken	0	1	0	-67

Machac
	R1 Zima	R2 Gabashvili	R3 Kopriva	1/4 Kuzmanov	Total
Score	6-2 6-2	6-0 6-3	6-3 6-3	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	2	2	2	8
Tot Games	16	15	18	20	69
pts	65-38	63-38	62-50	64-48	254-174
Total points	103	101	112	112	428
Winners	21	26	27	29	103
%Winners	32%	41%	44%	45%	41%
SERVE
Aces	1	7	4	2	14
Double Faults	0	3	1	1	5
1st in	24/39	31/42	35/56	36/49	126/186
% 1st in	62%	74%	63%	73%	68%
1st pts	21/24	26/31	27/35	29/36	103/126
% 1st pts	88%	84%	77%	81%	82%
2nd pts	11/15	4/11	12/21	6/13	33/60
% 2nd pts	73%	36%	57%	46%	55%
Breaks
Won	4	5	3	4	16
Converted	4/11	5/10	3/7	4/6	16/34
Converted %	36%	50%	43%	67%	47%
Conceded	0	2	3	3	8
Saved	0/0	2/2	3/3	1/3	6
Saved %	–	100%	100%	33%	78%
Times Broken	0	0	0	2	-50

Tennis Scores in Koblenz Challenger

• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Yannick MadenMaden (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Tomas MachacMachac – Dimitar KuzmanovKuzmanov (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Ruben BemelmansBemelmans – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Nicola KuhnKuhn – Daniel MasurMasur (5-7 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Nicola KuhnKuhn (0-0) – See H2H details
• Tomas MachacMachac – Ruben BemelmansBemelmans (0-0) – See H2H details