Ivo Karlovic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux will square off in the 3rd round of the Calgary Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:30 am on NATIONAL BANK 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 Ivo Karlovic who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Ivo Karlovic is the pick to win this match.
Ivo Karlovic -> 1.53
Geoffrey Blancaneaux -> 2.37
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Prediction and head to head Ivo Karlovic vs. Geoffrey Blancaneaux
There is no head to head record between Ivo Karlovic and Geoffrey Blancaneaux since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Ivo Karlovic
Ranked no. 124, the Croatian reached the 3rd round after defeating Evan King 7-62 6-4.
In the 2nd round, Karlovic had a good straight sets win against King (7-62 6-4). During the match Karlovic scored 71 points vs King’s 60. Karlovic was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.
Talking about serving, Karlovic overpowered his opponent with 23 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Ivo Karlovic conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 71% of his first serves in, win 89% (41/46) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (9/19) on the 2nd serve. Karlovic was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break King once.
Karlovic has a winning win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of his matches (237-194). 1-1 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Karlovic has a 243-206 record in the last 10 years on indoor hard courts.
The Croatian has a 2-4 win-loss record in 2020, 1-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Calgary Challenger
Karlovic didn’t compete in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.
Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Ranked no. 271, Blancaneaux reached the 3rd round after beating Benjamin Lock 6-2 6-0.
In the 2nd round, Blancaneaux had a good straight sets win against Lock (6-2 6-0). During the match Blancaneaux scored 53 points vs Lock’s 30. The French Player was extremely aggressive to blast 21 winners.
Talking about serving, Blancaneaux blasted 8 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Geoffrey Blancaneaux was extremely effective on serve to win 78% (21/27) of his 1st serve and 59% (10/17) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The French Player broke Lock 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).
Blancaneaux has a negative win-loss record in the last 5 years having won 47% of his matches (33-37). 5-2 on indoor hard courts in 2020. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Blancaneaux has a 50-48 win-loss record in the last 5 years on indoor hard courts.
Blancaneaux’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Rancho Santa Fe and M15 Cancun.
Blancaneaux has a 19-5 win-loss record in 2020, 5-2 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Last year in the Calgary Challenger
Blancaneaux didn’t compete in the Calgary Challenger in 2019.
Live score
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H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Karlovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 23 | 14 |
| Pts | 71-60 | 53-30 |
| Total Points | 131 | 83 |
| Winners | 41 | 21 |
| %Winners | 58% | 40% |
Both Karlovic and Blancaneaux played 1 matche. Both players have not dropped a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Karlovic and Blancaneaux have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Karlovic played 9 games more than Blancaneaux. Ivo scored 41 winners (58% on total points). On the other side, The French Player blasted 21 winners (40%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Karlovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 23 | 8 |
| Avg per match | 23 | 8 |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 27/44 |
| %1st in | 71% | 61% |
| 1st pts | 41/46 | 21/27 |
| %1st pts | 89% | 78% |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 10/17 |
| %2nd pts | 47% | 59% |
Karlovic blasted 23 aces . Blancaneaux blasted 8 aces . Karlovic won 89% points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Blancaneaux won 78% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 59% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Karlovic | Blancaneaux |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 1 | 5 |
| Converted | 1/1 | 5/8 |
| % Converted | 100% | 63% |
| Conceded | 0 | 1 |
| Saved | 0 | 1 |
| % Saved | NAN% | 100% |
| Times Broken | 0 | 0 |
Ivo broke his opponent once with 100% conversion rate. Ivo was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 0 break points. Geoffrey broke his opponent 5 times with 63% conversion rate. Blancaneaux was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 1 break points.
| Karlovic | |||
| R2 King |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-62 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 23 | |
| pts | 71-60 | 71-60 | |
| Total points | 131 | 131 | |
| Winners | 41 | 41 | |
| %Winners | 58% | 58% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 23 | 23 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 4 | |
| 1st in | 46/65 | 46/65 | |
| % 1st in | 71% | 71% | |
| 1st pts | 41/46 | 41/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 89% | 89% | |
| 2nd pts | 9/19 | 9/19 | |
| % 2nd pts | 47% | 47% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/1 | 1/1 | |
| Converted % | 100% | 100% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 0 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
| Blancaneaux | |||
| R2 Lock |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-2 6-0 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 14 | |
| pts | 53-30 | 53-30 | |
| Total points | 83 | 83 | |
| Winners | 21 | 21 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 40% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 8 | 8 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 0 | |
| 1st in | 27/44 | 27/44 | |
| % 1st in | 61% | 61% | |
| 1st pts | 21/27 | 21/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 78% | 78% | |
| 2nd pts | 10/17 | 10/17 | |
| % 2nd pts | 59% | 59% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/8 | 5/8 | |
| Converted % | 63% | 63% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 1 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 100% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | -100 | |
Head 2 Head
LLWLWLLWWW Tennis Scores in Calgary Challenger
- Kacper ZukZuk – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Jc AragoneAragone – Felix CorwinCorwin (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Collin AltamiranoAltamirano (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Go SoedaSoeda (7-64 6-75 7-62) – See score progression
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Matias Franco DescotteFranco Descotte (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Thai KwiatkowskiKwiatkowski (4-6 6-3 7-66) – See score progression
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Blake MottMott (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Gage BrymerBrymer (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
- Julian LenzLenz – Shintaro ImaiImai (6-3 3-6 7-63) – See score progression
- Nick ChappellChappell – Akira SantillanSantillan (6-4 6-75 6-1) – See score progression
- Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Tobias SimonSimon – Manuel GuinardGuinard (6-73 7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux – Benjamin LockLock (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Evan KingKing (7-62 6-4) – See score progression
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Filip PeliwoPeliwo (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Kacper ZukZuk – Vasek PospisilPospisil (6-4 4-6 6-4) – See score progression
- Brayden SchnurSchnur – Blake MottMott (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Patrik Niklas-SalminenNiklas-Salminen (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alex RybakovRybakov – Go SoedaSoeda (7-6(4) 6-7(5) 7-6(2)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Ivo KarlovicKarlovic – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tobias KamkeKamke – Brayden SchnurSchnur (0-0) – See H2H details
- Tobias SimonSimon – Yusuke TakahashiTakahashi (0-0) – See H2H details
- Liam BroadyBroady – Nick ChappellChappell (0-0) – See H2H details
- Julian LenzLenz – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – See H2H details
- Goncalo OliveiraOliveira – Alex RybakovRybakov (1-0) – See H2H details
- Aziz DougazDougaz – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – See H2H details
- Kacper ZukZuk – Jc AragoneAragone (0-0) – See H2H details
